I got rather busier than I intended...

Hello, there you - occasional reader of my musings on theater, combat, and stage choreography...

So, Hack is nearing the end of it's official 5 show run (woo-ee... 5 shows...) but it appears because this little show has been packed and is the best reviewed, best seller of the festival, we'll be doing a few more nights... possibly the 20th (this Sunday) and the 27th.

Since I last wrote here, the fight that takes place in HACK was somewhat altered. Director John Hurley noted that all of this fast modern combat stuff I was cooking up was neat-o... but not... well... western-y.

Duh.

A day later I was back at rehearsal with some more bar-room brawling type activities (upping the unrealistic is always easier as opposed to making things more truthful). The end result has been very well received, for it's camp factor and it's extremely spaghetti western feel. Also, one of my favorite moments is getting huge response and true to form, I set it up so that I could watch the whole thing and enjoy it. Since the show isn't over yet, I'm not spoiling anything by writing out the fight map yet. But I'll post it up soon.

For now though, it's wrapping "HACK!" for the time being, getting "Ideal Husband" up, and really digging into the dogfighting for "3boys" a Fringe show I'll be fight working later this summer.

On a side note, friend and former roomie Lori Prince reports that her show "Killing Women" went well enough closing a successful run at Theater Row, and was herself pleasantly surprised at her ability to load and ready a replica Colt M1911 .45 without looking at it. I'm not saying it's because I showed her how to do it, but I'm not saying it wasn't that either.

And finally, just to be clear on something. Whenever I think I'm bad-ass enough, I can always count on my friend and teacher Mike Stone to school me. He killed a fly buzzing around his room by shooting it with a paintball fired from a compound bow. When the zombie apocalypse comes, I know people will want to stick with me, but I'm headed to his house.