What's up with Nate??

Hmmmmmmm....... I'm not sure where to start. Here's a brief recap of things that have been going on with me.

It's been 7 months since the wedding, and my lazy ass has still not finished the thank-you cards. I PROMISE-- they're coming!!

I'm working on 4 shows right now-- NOVEMBER, a new play by David Mamet (my first Broadway show). The blog for the show is pretty amusing, so it's worth checking out (you can get to it in the Links section). It was an AMAZING feeling to get to call on Broadway. TRULY AWESOME.

I just finished up the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, where I had the incredible opportunity to stage manage with directors from all over the world. Now THIS was an excellent experience. It was like camp, but with adult theatre professionals. It rocked! I made a bunch of new friends whom I love and respect.

I'm also the resident SM for a monthly reading series called Project Shaw (which is pretty cool/ political). Our next reading in June 23rd, with Tyne Daly, then there's one in July with Megan Mullally. It's every George Bernard Shaw play ever written (projectshaw.com).

I just did a reading for a new musical called Boynton Beach Club by the woman who wrote/ directed Desperately Seeking Susan. There were some great actors in the reading (Donna McKechnie, Karen Ziemba, Susie Bigelow, Sammi Meckes, so many others), but the experience was less than stellar.

Tuesday, I came in to ASM the Spring Gall for Jennifer Muller/ The Works, a dance company I work for off and on. It was the premiere of a dance piece I was working on with them during its conception last summer. It was hugely personally enriching after the commercial soul-suck that was BBC.

I'm pretty excited to have a couple of weeks off to relax (and maybe get to those Thank You cards) before starting The First Breeze of Summer, a revival of a Negro Ensemble Company show at the Signature Theatre with my friend, Winnie (and a handful of folks from the Lab). I celebrated some of this new found freedom on Friday the 13th with a picnic in the park and an (unfortunately disappointing) viewing of The Happening. I'm looking forward to another game-y good time with friends (and maybe this time, we'll actually get to play some sort of Tag).

I'll try to blog more.
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it's
Nate.