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Bildungsroman: A novel which traces the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity. (Wikipedia)rnrnBildungsroman: A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psycholog
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Poetry Friday: Madonna Mia by Oscar Wilde
A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain, With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears, And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears Like bluest water seen through mists of rain: Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain, Red underlip...
Goodness Gracious
Keep that good luck and good energy coming my way, please.Good things have happened this week. I am very excited, flattered, and hopeful. I'm living in a state of disbelief until everything actually happens. Then I'll probably still be in disbelief. ...
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings yesterday. I appreciate it. My day included, among other things, acting (I had a show last night!), bread, fruit, candles, the birthday song, mini test tubes, a movie at home, and good intentions.W...
Poetry Friday: The Green River by Lord Alfred Douglas
I know a green grass path that leaves the field, And like a running river, winds along Into a leafy wood where is no throng Of birds at noon-day, and no soft throats yield Their music to the moon. The place is sealed, An unclaimed sovereignty of voic...
Fernando Orozco, Jr. Website
I am happy to unveil the website for actor Fernando Orozco, Jr. Visit Fernando at www.fernandoorozcojr.com...
Post for Luck!
Off to another musical audition. Please let me be seen, please let me be heard, and please let this be great!Update: I stood outside for four hours in the sun for the chance to go inside and sing for thirty seconds, and I'd do it again. You have to w...
Post for Luck!
As we speak - as I type, that is - I am getting ready to go to an audition for a musical. This is a big deal for me. I am bouncing off of the walls, bouncing up and down on my heels. Cross your fingers! Thank you! :)Update: I had fun. There were abou...
Prologus to The Roaring Girl by Thomas Middleton & Thomas Dekker
A play expected long makes the audience lookFor wonders, that each scene should be a book,Compos'd to all perfection; each one comesAnd brings a play in's head with him: up he sumsWhat he would of a roaring girl have writ;If that he finds not here, h...
The Actor and the Text - and the Reader
This article was also posted at GuysLitWire.Have you ever played a part on stage or on film that was completely unlike you? I have. I love it. In my opinion, playing against type is one of the most challenging aspects of acting - and one of the best....
Poetry Friday: Silence by D.H. Lawrence
Since I lost you I am silence-haunted, Sounds wave their little wings A moment, then in weariness settle On the flood that soundless swings. Whether the people in the street Like pattering ripples go by, Or whether the theatre sighs and sighs With a ...
Keep 'Em Coming!
This evening, I have an audition for a national commercial. I'm really looking forward to it.I'm hoping for good things today. Thanks, Twinkie!Yesterday's episodic shoot was fun. Based on a loose script, it was largely improvised. I spoke of Snow Whi...
Bring It
Many exciting things will happen today, including a shoot for an episode of a webseries in which I am to have a small role and an audition for a brand-new musical which sounds both fun and promising. All of that will come after a full day of work, an...
Lovely Day opens tonight! Two weekends only!
Hurricane Season, an annual national playwriting competition/new play festival, opens tonight. Nine scripts were selected from the submissions, and three one-act shows run back-to-back-to-back per weekend. I'm performing in a comedic fairy tale entit...
Poetry Friday: Superboy and the Invisible Girl from Next to Normal
Natalie:Take a look at the Invisible GirlHere she is, clear as the dayPlease look closely and find her before she fades awayNatalie and Gabe:Superboy and the Invisible GirlSon of Steel and Daughter of AirHe's a hero, a lover, a princeShe's not there-...
Poetry Friday: Act 4, Scene 5 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
OPHELIA There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. That's for thoughts.LAERTES A document in madness, thoughts and remembrance fitted.OPHELIA There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue for you; and ...
Performance Update and Crossed Fingers
All day today, I've been in rehearsal for a brand-new play -- that's being performing tonight, for one night only! It's part of a totally wild, totally quick, totally fun 24-hour theatre event.Last night, seven writers were assigned a line of dialogu...
Poetry Friday: Roses and Rue by Oscar Wilde
You were always afraid of a shower,Just like a flower:I remember you started and ranWhen the rain began.I remember I never could catch you,For no one could match you,You had wonderful, luminous, fleet,Little wings to your feet.- from Roses and Rue by...
Performance Update
I'm currently performing in three extremely different shows: a world premiere rock musical, a dialogue-free large ensemble piece, and a staged reading.Tonight is the closing performance of the rock musical. It's a dark comedy not for the faint of hea...
Poetry Friday: If I Didn't Believe in You by Jason Robert Brown
Don't we get to be happy, Cathy?At some point down the lineDon't we get to relax?Without some new tsurisTo push me yet further from you?If I'm cheering on your side, CathyWhy can't you support mine?Why do I have to feelI've committed some felonyDoing...
