After the frazzling experience at my staged reading of The Butler Did It! last September, I promised myself I would never direct again. Too many decisions, too many headaches.
Well, it only took me 9 months to go back on that promise. I just got an offer to direct a short play for Funky Little Theatre Company's 24SEVEN: All-Stars. It's an evening of the best plays from their first three 24-hour theatre events.
Am I crazy? Well, no. As far as directing gigs go, this one is as close to wading into a baby pool as you can get. The play--Kentucky Chickens by Oregon playwright Cricket Daniel--was produced before on the same stage and with mostly the same cast. It's only 10 minutes long. And we have just 3 hours of rehearsal before the play goes up.
But it is a big step out of my comfort zone and I hope to learn a lot from it. The very fact that it's written by someone else will get me out of my own head for a few hours and into someone else's. I'm also looking forward to working with real live actors. You miss that human connection when you're holed up in your office day after day. And most importantly, it should help me become a better playwright, if only because it's a new theatrical experience for me.
So if you're in Colorado Springs this Friday, check out 24SEVEN: All-Stars at CIVA, 4635 Northpark Drive, at 7:30pm.
I guarantee you'll have an awesome time.
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