In case you’re not familiar with it, The Last Five Years is a musical where a man and woman tell the story off meeting, falling in love, marrying, and then having it all fall apart over a five year period in crossing timelines (her first song is about him leaving for good, his is about their first date).
The production that I directed and accidentally starred in back in 2011 was a nightmare from start to finish that I thought was entirely behind me. Turns out I wasn’t as “over it” as I thought.
I’ve been the person everyone was trying to keep up with onstage before, but it’s been rare that I’ve had a fellow actor that I felt was working on a completely different level from what I was. It’s humbling and inspiring and it makes me want to do better.
Don’t worry, Shirley. I’m not going to try and muscle in on your husband. I’m just a sucker for a pretty voice.
Oh, just writing a story about my Mom and crying at work. As you do.
Insomnia sucks.
Sometimes things aren’t as bad as they seem. Sometimes you’re doing just fine.
Connecting.
Spoiler alert: It’s fun.
Also, Ron looks nothing like this and clearly he should put me in more shows so I can get better at drawing him.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
We were talking about several of Portland’s (apparently) beautiful rose gardens. I wouldn’t know since I haven’t seen them yet.
With jokes like these, I do not understand how I’ve ever spent a day of my life single.