Essential

Thanks, Time Out New York.

The Brick has been included in a list of 50 "essential" places, locations, services, etc. in NYC. Nice to be part of something essential for once.

Next up in our essential home, with the New York Clown Theatre Festival and The Crow: Final behind us, are a few guests:

Pig Iron is loading in as I type for Week 51 of 365 Days/365 Plays, playing November 2-3.

They will be followed almost immediately by The Debate Society with A Thought About Raya, November 8-10.

Then Barry Weil and Tanya Khordoc (Evolve Company) will take over with their puppet-play Secrets History Reveals, November 14-18.

Busy, busy, busy.

It seems I'll be directing something in The Baby Jesus One-Act Festival, coming to The Brick again in December (I directed Peter Petralia's The Christmas Suicides, starring Mick O'Brien, for the Fest in 2005). I will be deciding between two scripts once they come in -- Monday or Tuesday, it looks like.

Today, I get a rest. Keep the foot up. Watch the horror movies I meant to yesterday. I should drop in at the space at some point today, check in on Pig Iron, and make sure they have everything they need. A bit later, then.