BENT: We’ve just gone beyond the halfway mark of the play’s run.  There are 5 shows left. I am ecstatic at the houses we’ve been having…even more so with the positive critiques we’ve been getting from the media.  Commentaries are positive from the Gazette, the various student magazines and online zines.  VIPs from the theatre world came out to see the play, people from the US came out and few published playwrights even approached me with their work immediately after the play!  But the icing on the cake is the emails I’ve received from individuals who said that the play gave them courage to come out of the closet and accept themselves for who they are.  I am so touched by their courage.

The cast and crew are efficient with the behind the scene work.  Even more important and what warms my heart is how they get along so well, the joking, the laughter and the camaraderie that has developed between them. To witness them interact as a family helping each other, talking about their days, sharing stories are images that have been burned in my mind.

Although we have 5 more shows in run.  All I can say is that I’ve been blessed with a cast and crew who really got what I’ve been trying to forge in the company, grateful that the audiences have appreciated our offerings and satisfied that I can let go of this production knowing that I can do better.

Winter and Spring will prove to be very busy seasons.  Right after BENT, I jump into memorizing lines for a P4W by Julia Ainsworth (produced by Zeitgeist Theatre Collective) as well, plan for my next show – a children’s show at the Centaur Theatre and plan the 2 directorship projects that I have accepted.  Stay tuned it’s going to be a fun ride!

See you at BENT, we got a few more shows so don’t miss it! It runs until November 15. Come see what the audience and critics are talking about.