Brainerd/Baxter
Caribou Coffee: Yes. JYO told us about his experience with this invitational callback for Dell’Arte. It seemed exhilarating and terrifying—not unlike my auditions for Houston.
At noon, we all met at the theatre to practice the scene changes (always a tricky thing with new venues and vastly different wing/backstage areas). The theatre is smaller than the historic opera houses we’ve been playing in. I’d say it seats about 300, and it was quite full tonight.
In the afternoon, I did some more work and decided to take a run.
I don’t “run” regularly. It’s something I’m trying to do. I’ve been enjoying running outside on trails. Well, there’s the grand ol’ Paul Bunyan Trail. The route I took wasn’t as scenic as I would have liked, but I kept on running, hoping that I could make a loop back to the hotel.
This was not a wise decision—especially since I had no ID or phone on me. But I have a good sense of direction, and knew that I could always turn around, but I didn’t want to. Yes, I’m stubborn. But I ended up a running for a good 45 minutes and then walking on the ditch back to the hotel for another 15 minutes.
But the weather was beautiful, and I’m alive and will be much smarter about this in the future.
THE FOOD: I dared to walk next door to Country Kitchen because they claimed to have Free Wi-Fi. They claimed that at the Hotel, but it never worked for me. I got this burger basket deal and had a strawberry shake.
THE READS: I finished Moon for the Misbegotten. Great play.
THE SHOW: Went well. Art nearly forgot his gavel for the meeting scene. This wouldn’t be so much of a big deal—except he has a line that says “I always bring a gavel.” So he ran around the entire theater right as we were supposed to enter….
MINI RANT OF THE DAY: The Dairy Queen commercials are AWFUL.
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