We did it!

Our first week of rehearsals is officially completed -- with much progress I might add. It's amazing when you're able to gather four incredible actors into one show. The instincts of everyone are so on target it's bliss. Amy truly embodies the character of Kate as if it were written for her. Jim (James Howell in print) has the heart of Greg and Kenny is so spectacular at everything he touches that all three characters; Tom, Phyllis and Leslie are wildly different and hysterically funny. And luckily, I'm coming almost each night to rehearsal fresh out of a yoga class and ready to pounce like an overzealous potty mouthed pooch. The potty mouth comes naturally to me and if my father heard my sailor talk first hand he might faint.

The play is so brilliantly written by Gurney that we can't help but make consistent discoveries in both the actual words as well as the logical structure he uses in his writing. Laughter is a given as we make our way through the kinks and into the essence of these characters. I managed to have a moment of true canine clarity when I was given a "treat" in the form of a Welch's chewy snack (Jonathan and Jim have both freaked me out now with the corn syrup involved in creating the chemically produced fruity snacks -- I won't eat them and have resorted to the "no trans fats" animal cookies in the vending machine -- I've completely digressed. Probably due to the fact that I've been working for nearly seven hours on press kits, releases and publicity facets of the show that my eyes are about to cross. I've digressed more!) Basically, I was trying to say that after eating a Welch's snack my salivary glands went nuts and I managed to produce a glob of drool that dripped down my face and somehow missed making it onto Kenny's person. Next I'll work on drinking out water bowls and dripping all over the floor.

We continue this week with rehearsals everyday as we shoot for running the entire show from beginning to end on Thursday night. Our sound designer James Fogel will attend the first full run through for him to make the final adjustments to the incredible sounds he's already created.

It is now time for me to turn in. Tomorrow morning I will wake up in the hopes that Bank of America will grant me a small business loan (they don't check your credit for that do they?!) and then continue to pound the pavement in order to sell ad space.

I will howl at the moon as long as you read this from beginning to end!

Goodnight!