Open Wardrobes

Kelly and I had a very relaxing afternoon sitting and working on our respective projects. We spent the afternoon at the Tea Source, which we've been going to together for as long as we've known each other. They have two locations now, one in Saint Anthony and one in the Highland Park area of Saint Paul which we prefer. Kelly was of course working on her NaNoWriMo novel and by the time we left had passed 30,000 words. I first spent awhile with my script for The Hanging of the Greens, working on character and so forth, and then turned to my one-man show.


I'm still in the process of taking my various bits and ideas and putting them together into a cohesive, if still rough, draft. As of this afternoon I'm getting close. Lately I started to have some doubts about whether the piece was going in the right direction and if the current structure is the right one. In part I think I was getting a little daunted by the idea of not only being responsible for writing the script, but also performing it. Kelly had the excellent idea to picture someone else in the role as a way to put the performing part of it aside for now. That was helpful this afternoon, and I'm feeling good again about the progress I'm making.


So it was a delightful afternoon as we sit and drank tea, relaxed, and had some time to be creative. I'm impressed with how far Kelly has already gone towards the goal of 50,000 words. My word count is not as high, but thankfully it doesn't take as many words to create a one-hour show. Which reminds me, applications for the 2009 Minnesota Fringe Festival came out yesterday. This is my goal for the one-man show: to perform it at the 2009 Fringe. I have until the end of January to apply, then comes the lottery in February. Fortunately, even if I don't get in at first, mine will be an easy show to still mount if I make it in later on the waiting list. I find it very helpful to have a deadline, so it's nice to have this to shoot for. So I still have just over 8 months to finish the script, rehearse the show, and promote it. So mark your calendars now for July 30th, 2009, and hopefully I'll see you there!