Getting ready for Grinder 2026

Picking a season is like playing chess... against an evil master!

This post is just a quick reminder that the Grinder 2026 season will drop, as usual, on New Year's Day. I'll be announcing the two shows that we will be doing this summer at the Ennotville Library, and maybe one or two other things that may or may not come along. 

Have we got a story for you!

Picking the season is something that has always been very important to me. Out of an infinite number of plays and an infinite number of dramatic possibilities I narrow my choices down to just a handful of shows. In this case there are two, but sometimes a season is only one show, or three shows, or three dozen shows. I don't think the actual number of shows is all that important, actually. What matters is why you chose them. 

The Assistant Director fell asleep on the couch...

And the older I get, the reasons why I chose them become more and more important to me. I find that odd, because I thought as time went on I would mellow out, and I suppose that in a lot of ways I have, but for some reason curatorial vision means more to me than ever. I find myself getting excited about all the shows I choose, even the ones that aren't very deep, in a way and too a degree that I never thought I would. The lighter, more accessible plays offer a way to build a community that's different from my usual fare, but no less important. And the older I get the one other thing that is getting more and more important to me is building a sense of community with my work at Grinder Productions. 

Unsung Heroes

So will this season go according to plan? I'd bet against it, if I were you - every year fate has a cruel way of taking my carefully-chosen shows and blowing them to smithereens, along with my dignity and self-confidence. But for some reason that doesn't seem to stop me from trying again the following January. Who knows? Perhaps this is the year that everything goes according to plan. If it does, that would certainly be refreshing, and who knows what I might be able to do with such operational stability. But if plans change then at least I'll be familiar territory. 

Season's Greetings.