As you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgence set me free.

Okay, so the news it out, and I can now say that I have been cast in The Tempest!!  And I have the wonderful opportunity of playing the part of Prospero.  I am both excited and nervous about this because this is my first Shakespeare, and I have a big part to learn/perform.  Also considering some of the other actors who have been cast alongside me, I am in very humbling territory.  This production will open in Midvale at the Main St. Theatre in July.  If you’re interested in the full cast list, head over to AtG News to see the cast and short biographical info.

Beth, our director, is someone with whom I have worked many times.  I am always thrilled to be in a show of hers and know that it will be spectacular.  With the talent she has assembled (only a few of which I have ever worked with before, but many that I have heard about) I know that this will be a spectacular production, as long as I don’t screw it up!

Of course, the real thing for me will be, as it always will until I finally lose all my weight, dealing with my girth and maneuvering around the stage.  being twice the size you should be has effects on the knees and back that are more pronounced when you start moving around on stage and interacting with other people.  Not all that easy.  And when you further add to the mix that most of them are healthy and fit, I stick out like a hippo!  So, this might just be the push that I need to finally get the old lard ass out of the chair and onto the treadmill and bike.  I know that the first post I make stating that I have actually exercised will also be marked by a deafening wind created by you all fainting. But, it’s a chance I’m willing to take.

I do hope that you all will come see the show, and don’t mind a little behind the scenes blogging here about the show.  It’s just that it’s sure to be a big part of what I’m thinking in the next few months.  That and how to fit my body into something that doesn’t look like an Elizabethan equivalent of a muumuu.  Not a very pretty mental image, and I apologize for it.

Today’s quote:

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“I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead.  --Woody Allen”