A Leading Woman

Did I mention I got cast in another show somehow?  It'll be my 35th.  "A Leading Woman" is being done by Waukegan Community Players and it opens in only two weeks.  It's the world premier of "the happy true story of how a band of struggling actors stood up to the mighty Broadway producers in the summer of 1919."  George Gershwin, George M. Cohan and the founder of Variety are all in the show.  I play Benjamin Brookings, a "young" director excited about the new theater of Chekhov and Ibsen .It's not a musical, but there are a couple songs, including one with a solo for me.

Admission is 12 bucks (sorry, no credit cards).  Shows are at the Dr. Lynn Schornick Theater in the Jack Benny Center in Bowen Park at the north end of Waukegan:  39 Jack Benny Dr., Waukegan, IL.

Shows are May 7, 8, 14, and 15th at 8:00 pm; May 9th at 3:00 pm.

Jobs

Jobs just seem to come and go.  See that!  That's mine, going.  Here's a nice summary. The part about "abandon development of its Symphony blood bank donation management software"?  That's the product I've worked on the last 5 and a half years.  And the facility to be closed in Chicago?  Yeah, that's where I worked on it.  The Chicago office was an independent company until only a couple years ago when Haemonetics bought it.  Easy come, easy go.  It's not personal, Sonny, it's strictly business.

Hansel & Gretel

My next show -- with the Round Lake Area Park District Community Theater -- opens in a week:  The Story of Hansel and Gretel.  That's me in the role of "Father".  Shows are at the Robert Rolek Community Center in Round Lake:

Friday, Apr. 16, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Apr. 17, 2:00 pm
Saturday, Apr. 17, 7:30 pm
Sunday, Apr. 18, 2:00 pm

It was all Mother's fault that the kids got lost in the forest, you know.

New Killer Owl

My Ancient Order of the Killer Owl friends have recorded a new song, "Looks Like", over at AOKO Central. Their last album, The Jack Loser Memorial Lone Pine Lane Trouble Train, came out in 2005.  The (anticipated) 2010 followup has a much more reasonable name, Blackened Blue Roses.