Steppenwolf Surprise

Tonight I surprised Nicole with tickets to Russian Transport at Steppenwolf. Neither of us had been to a legit play in a long time, odd because we both studied theater in college, and it felt good to be back in a straight theater again. The performances were great with the exception of the 14 year old daughter in the play being played by a 22 year old woman, she was way over the top indicating "young" with a lot of waving of elbows and knees and contrived sighs. The ending of the play was a little ambiguous and unsatisfying but overall an enjoyable and interesting show.

Nicole and I both noted what a different kind of crowd it was(compared to a comedy crowd). Probably 80% of the audience was over the age 65 and a good portion of them nodded off at one point or another.

We both commented afterwards how much the experience made us miss doing theater. In the program there was a couple pictures of the cast during rehearsal. It brought back some nice memories of memorizing lines, breaking down a script, taking notes from a director, creating and being molded within the confines of a script.

After doing improv and sketch comedy exclusively for five years I feel compelled to go back to the source of my passion for performance.