Not Dead (Undead?)

29Mar09

The almost seven month delay was caused by a front-loaded season, which included both “A Doll’s House”, “Oleanna”, and a Halloween production of “Night of the Living Dead” (yes, the zombie movie.  On-stage.)

I was fortunate to be cast as the sheriff in “Night of the Living Dead”, and I had the most ridiculous death scene at the very end of the play.  My deputy (my friend Charles) and I enter the darkened house, only to be surrounded and overtaken by a gang of zombies.  I was also recruited to help with the extensive zombie makeup, as well as helping choreograph the fights I was in.  All in all, it was an amazing experience.

This semester, however, I have been taking it easy on the involvement in the department side of things.  My new life goal is to graduate by next May with a degree in theatre, and then to go on to medical school.  Yes, that’s right – undergrad theatre degree, then medical school.  I want to be a surgeon.  I figure if I can stand the weird hours a theatre job provides, plus the stress of tech week and dealing with actors, I can help save lives too.

Wish me broken legs.

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