nothing like i imagined it would be.

gReAt eXpEcTaTiOnS. it's funny how things can turn out to be entirely different from anything and everything you imagined. take the month of september, for example. first, some combination of myself and my circumstances make the decision that i will not return to burning man this year. so i regroup, readjust, re-envision my month, my plans, my schedule. i am fully prepared to take september to regroup, having just finished back to back rehearsal and performance processes with 6969 and the deepest play ever. after the deepest play ever closed on sunday, i was exhausted and run down and ready to ease back into a normal routine, for all of us to spend a few days away having fun and relaxing in new hampshire next weekend, to use my newly free evenings for some writing and to catch up on sleep, and to see a bunch of shows later in the month...well, that was the plan anyway. until about 11pm last night. when we received a bit of phenomenal news that could potentially make my schedule even more chaotic than it has been throughout august. and i couldn't be happier. or more energized. or more ready. the deepest play ever has been invited to be part of fringenyc encores, a new program this year that will offer 10-13 outstanding shows from the fringe festival additional performances at one of two venues between september 5th and 24th. so the deepest play ever will have 7 more shows in september at the 14th street y. and it's a good thing i didn't take off for burning man as soon as we closed on sunday. and that i decided i will do the bikram teacher training in the spring rather than this fall. and my lazy september will not be so lazy after all, as it turns out.