albadger | I was Drunk Santa again, and God how I hate apple juice.

Today was the afternoon of staged readings of short comedy plays, starring me & 6 other actors at the Live Oak Theater in Berkeley. I was Drunk Santa in a a nicely written piece (Santa and the elves get right-sized by Jesus); I'd done the piece before at a table reading and had been asked to reprise my Drunk Santa. Quite the honor! Getting to know the hugely talented director was great -- we only had a few minutes to go over each piece, but she hit all the points and made the process seem smooth. I enjoyed meeting the other actors as well, great people.

One performer in particular, name of Janice, had the first of the short pieces with me (we played an eldery computer-challenged married couple), so we had time to chat. She was from San Diego, and had been in shows at the Old Globe... at least one of which I saw. She was Mistress Quickly in the 1965 production of Merry Wives! Kinda cool stuff.

And tomorrow San Diego is where I'll be, going to spend about a month there to help out while my Mom recuperates from surgery. Last semi-staged reading for me for a while.

Update: Good friends