Happy endings, new beginnings
Tonight is kind of a sad night for me. One of my friends is leaving and heading on to a new journey in life. How appropriate on New Year's. She will be greatly missed. She's actually from the light side of the theater. She is a bright shining star who will be benefitting a city filled with stars who don't shine nearly as bright as her. I hope my friends in her new area will have the chance to benefit from her spirit. There is often the division between performers and technicians. Heck, I have been one to say "An actor [performer] without technicians try to emote, standing naked in the dark, while a technician without an actor is someone with marketable skills." Funny as it is, it is just as negative as the nasty performers in our lives. After all, with our marketable skills, we should be able to make more money than as stagehands. We don't because we love what we do (or we don't stay in the business). While I will be sad that my friend is mo