Oh my goodness!
I have died and gone to heaven! Let me tell you, Chatham, Massachusetts may just be the closest thing to heaven on earth. It is just the most lovely beach town ever, and all I do here is theatre, theatre, theatre all the time.
On Tuesday night we opened Fiddler on the Roof here at the Monomoy Theatre. I'm just playing a small role, but I am so excited. The Cape Cod community really enjoys coming out to see the plays and we've been greeted with full houses and big smiles every night so far. We've even gotten our first reviews of the summer from The Cape Cod Times and The Cape Cod Chronicle. They certainly seemed to enjoy the show, The Cape Cod Times said, "the folks at Monomoy Theatre have staged a powerhouse musical that will be hard to match in the months ahead."
As for me, the theatre opening for the summer feels magical. The place has suddenly become so lively. We're doing two shows today, and there will be plays almost every night all summer. Just magical. Sitting in the courtyard yesterday evening waiting for my next entrance listening to the music leaking out from the theatre, and the sounds of a delighted audience I was brought back to my evenings spent working as a stage hand for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's greenshow. I was only a teenager, but I was so in love with the way you could hear the trumpets blow, and the actors begin, and especially the audience laugh echoing out from the Elizabethan stage. I think, theatre, when at its best, is the force that brings a community together, and it does that here at Monomoy. Magic.
We've already begun rehearsals for The Dining Room which is being directed by New Yorker, Rich Cole, and opens on July 6th. More details to follow!
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