I have decided to try an experiment…are you ready? Here it is:

I will be posting blog updates – something – at LEAST once a week. I’ve chosen Sunday evening as my posting night because that allows me to let the thoughts percolate all weekend and by Sunday, I will hopefully have something to say about theater. This week I have to say that my brain is a spinning. For folks who follow me on Facebook, you may have seen the few updates about grant applications but if you REALLY follow me on Facebook, what you’ll have noticed is that I haven’t been on Facebook much for the last few weeks. Never fear, dear readers, it is not because I have lost interest in communicating with you all…not at all…in fact, it is the exact opposite. I have missed reading what everyone’s up to, and wishing people happy birthday, and catching up on the latest funny videos “sh**t crunchy moms say” was hilarious and I’ve missed getting the latest update from George Takei – that dude is a riot AND he really hates the Twilight books…but, what has been going on is that I have been in the zone (really I’ve been in grant application hell but for the purposes of this blog post we’re gonna call that the zone). And the zone? That sh**t’s all encompassing. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in project proposal and biographical information and annual budget calculation. I haven’t seen much in the way of sleep or working out or my husband or the latest episode of JUSTIFIED (yeah, that last one’s killing me). In fact I haven’t seen much of anything other than my computer screen and it’s beginning to wear a little thin…it’s also going to continue for another week, but once March rolls around things should be getting back to normal.

But, I have so far applied for three grants and I have a fourth application pending. All of the applications are for a very exciting show coming up in the fall, which I will announce once the contracts are signed. Keep your fingers crossed, my lovelies, that some of these organizations are blown away by the proposals, because if they are, we’ll be in really good shape for the fall.

“But, Jess. What about the spring?” you ask.

Never fear. Here’s the update:

We are full steam ahead on Cat Lady Without a Cat. Carrie Keskinen’s hilarious new one-woman show will run for three performances only March 9th at 8pm, March 1oth at 2pm and March 10th at 7pm at The Poco Space in The Secret Theatre. Tickets will be on sale by the end of the week and notices about the show will be winging their way into your email boxes in the next few days.

We had a small setback with our plans for Persuasion. It turns out that The Secret Theatre is booked solid for all of June so we are now in search of a new performance space for our summer show. Never fear, we’ll find somewhere to entertain you all and as soon as those details are settled you will be the first to hear.

And, lastly but not leastly, we are VERY close to securing a location for our Spring Gala. The planning has begun and we are looking forward to bringing you all a Jane Austen night, complete with dance lessons and period appropriate costumes. Get excited to party it up – Austen Style!

I’ll see you all next week – if not before…