the dell

it's a grey morning and i am recovering from the aftermath of the independence day concert/fireworks insanity of yesterday. the dogwood dell - where i'm working this summer - puts on a massive show every year, and we lucky staff members get to do things like hang bunting, direct traffic, and drunk people, and guard the fireworks perimeter - oh and the howitzers for the 1812 overture (which, was pretty cool i must say).

so i've been working with this summerstock program for over a month now. i've made ballet costumes, ASM'd a show (which i didn't realize i was doing until like, oh tech), met a whole bunch of crazy theatre people and made friends, and am in the midst of costuming Joe Turner's Come and Gone (August Wilson). and, as insane as it all is, it's one of the easiest and most fun jobs i've ever had.

my little apartment is great, despite the 20 min drive to work, because i have incredibly low rent thanks to the god-send my hosts are. richmond is fantastic. major contrast from tennessee, even though virginians here adamantly claim the south - they are a different flavor of southern. i'm headed over to agecroft hall tonight to see the richmond shakespeare festival perform the tempest - they're doing henry iv later this summer too. i'm looking forward to simply watching a show, and not worrying about whether everyone's getting their cues right.

hopefully i'll have some pics to post next time - like i said, i've really been blessed with some good friends here - and i've been terrible about documenting my life lately =)