rowanf | Theatre, marathon & IL

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It is nice to have front row seats at the Rep. I ended up going all by myself last night and that was okay. I sat in the middle of our three seats and felt like I was an audience of one. A fly on the wall of a South African hotel lobby where the drama unfolded. The play, Groundswell, was a tense portrayal of the scars of Apartheid as an elderly business man arrives at the out-of-the-way beachfront Garnet Lodge. Threads of racism, loss, diamonds, entitlement, poverty, police brutality and desperation weave together into a compelling drama that, like life, has no resolution. I admit that the lack of resolution was not unreasonable but I do find it unsatisfying. But, as usual, the cast and sets were superb and it is a very compelling play that will certainly make me think about it in the days to come.

The marathon I took part in raised more than $140,000 for pediatric cancer research, and the donations are still coming in. Our team raised $587, surpassing our goal of $500. Go us. I still have 8 hours of my commitment yet to play on Saturday. Since it is Hallow's End in WoW, this shouldn't be hard.

Then Sunday I leave for Internet Librarian. Even though Ricoh isn't paying for conferences this year they are paying for my time as though I was at work.

spikeiowa and I are sharing a hotel room and I am looking forward to it. It is actually kind of freeing to be paying for it myself, I am taking a class on screencasting which is not relevant to Ricoh but something I am interested in. The programming looks quite good this year too. So yay.