Drummers Do It With Rhythm
ok, so i don’t know if i’ve told many people about this yet, but i’m totally a drummer. have been for 16 years. started when i was 10. 5th grade. Mr. Wolf’s band class.
drumming’s awesome. in fact — and maybe this is ironic, is this irony?? i think so — drumming is responsible for most of my first theatre experiences. being a drummer got me into one my most important theatrical experiences, when i was a musician and cast member of a really popular touring “theatre as rock concert” company/show in Santa Barbara called WOVEN. in fact, i think www.wovenworld.com is still up. i was 19. before that, i was one of two freshman at UCSB to be cast in a mainstage show (a civil war adaptation of Brecht’s “Mother Courage”) (the other freshman cast was Cliff Chamberlain, btw. little bit of Sandbox trivia for you). i didn’t act in “Mother Courage”, i only drummed, but i definitely got cast. i had to audition. i had to read shit. i was 18 then.
and now. . . now i’m 26 and i’m going to be playing drums in the upcoming House Theatre of Chicago’s production of VALENTINE VICTORIOUS. 1/14 – 3/11 or something like that at the Viaduct. so, yeah, i’m totally in the next House show. first Cliff, then me.
weird.
so weird.
so, yeah. i’m totally a drummer btw.
i just thought about the fact that i’m in VV for the first time (just now). i was like “wow. i’m totally in the next House show”.
hmmm. . .
so everyone’s gotta come!