Prologue

Hullo All,

Soooooooo I thought I'd delve into the world of blogging; it is the 21st Century and all that. This is really just for me. I've been thinking for a while of starting a theater notebook or dictionary. A place where I can keep definitions of theater terms I come across and don't understand, so I define them and keep them all in one place. And why not keep it online? Yeah, sure why not. No sense in wasting paper.

A little about me. I've been working in (mostly bad) community theater for 16 years now. Every so often I find myself in a gem, where we are all really in the moment and feeling real feelings onstage and it's magic. But mostly, it's laissez faire "oh-its-just-comunity-theater" crap that honest to god working people PAY for. Maybe after 16 years I'm a little jaded and bitter. I'll admit that. It sucks putting real effort into coming up with a character and working my heart out for a show that other people just sort of go through the motions on. But anyway...I digress.

So I thought I'd compile some lessons I've learned over the years. Thoughts. And yes, some definitions of theater terms I've come across.

Aaaaand...places.