Coming off of a show is always an interesting experience. You’ve just devoted two months of your life to a show, spent every night with the people in the cast, and formed a small community around the show. Then, all of the sudden, on closing night, it’s all over. Many times I need a few days just to recover from the show, and even then, it’s weird going back to “normal life” (whatever that’s supposed to be), and having nights free again.

Now, a couple of weeks after the show, I’m pretty much caught up on mail, cleaning, etc., which I had put off for the past few months. I’ve also downloaded most of the pictures from the show, and I’ve put some more on this site in the Singing in the Rain album. Click here to view them.

During the run of the show, I had someone take a picture of Don, Kathy, and I, and I recreated the original Singing in the Rain poster using our picture. The original poster is on the right. Click on the picture above to see the finished poster that I framed and gave to our director, choreographer, and Don & Kathy. I was pretty happy with how it turned out!

It’s always sad to see a show end, especially a show like this. Singing in the Rain is a huge musical classic, and it was awesome to be a part of it. As I’ve said in earlier posts, the role of Cosmo was a challenge for me both in the acting aspects and especially the dance. Plus, I got to meet a great cast of people and have a lot of fun working with them.

A lot of people have asked me what’s next. I’m taking a break for a little while to catch up on things. But, we’re gearing up to do Forever Plaid at Peoria Players in November, so keep your eyes open for that. Roberta Koch, who has directed me in Forever Plaid 3 times over at Peoria Players is again at the helm in November. She’s bringing back the “original cast” of Jimmy LaHood, Josh Kensinger, Eric Keysor and I to reprise our roles. We first performed the show in May 2004, and it’s going to be a lot of fun to do the show again. So stay tuned for more details of that soon.

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