Grinder's Grumblings

I have four big things going on right now, and I need some help to get the word out about all of them. Any and all assistance would be graciously appreciated, and not just by me. Here they are, in no particular order: First up, I'm doing a play!  Not me personally, but as part of a large and talented ensemble. That I'm doing a play might not be that surprising, but what is surprising is that it's not with my theatre company, but with my old friend Deb Stanson and Elora Community Theatre.  Our production of Jane Austen's  Pride and Prejudice opens on Friday, May 3rd, and runs until Sunday, May 12th. I play, perhaps a bit ironically, the rich, handsome, young, "catch-of-the-county" Mr. Bingley. It's a great show with a great cast, and we've had a lot of fun rehearsing it. I hope you can check it out.  Learn more and buy tickets Second, I'm hosting a Symposium! Again not me personally, but as a proud board member of Reseau SPARC Network - Supporting

TS Eliot wrote "April is the cruelest month." It's also turning out to be one of the busiest. As I careen ever-less-gracefully into middle age I'm finding that spring is the most hectic time of my year. Some of that is due to the weather, and the myriad of things that start to grow (or start to be born) at this time of year. Some of it is due to the cyclical nature of the day job, with spring and fall being natural times for major projects to come to fruition: spring tours free of weather cancelation worries, end-of-year dance recitals, etc. And some of it is simply due to the frustration of being too busy to get time to work on my summer shows!  I still don't have much work done on my upcoming shows,  not as much as I had hoped, anyways. I still don't have pictures of set pieces to show you. I did get the boxes done though, so I suppose that's something: And I have made some progress on the shows. Maid of Stone has a few set pieces built, a partial cast (