March at Grinder Productions

Blocking notes are coming along nicely this year It was a cold and blustery day at the Ennotville Library, but we still managed to pull off both our workshop reading and our open auditions - thank you to everyone who came out to both events! I'm really glad that I put the time and energy into organizing this "preseason" event. I haven't done either an in-person staged reading and workshop or held in-person open auditions for several years now, and I forgot how much I missed them. I spend a lot of time alone with my theatre company this time of year, huddled in the cold of my basement under blankets pouring over the scripts. It's so refreshing to actually hear other people reading my work, or the work of others that I'm directing, out loud. As much as I value all the written feedback that I get, nothing beats hearing a play brought to life by actors who are right there in front of you, theatre as theatre is meant to be. Now it's time to get back to work, i...