I watched OLEANNA today with Bethany. The play is flawless. I listen to the dialogue and it puts me to shame. Will I ever be able to write something so tight? Where every sentence is needed and there is absolutely no excess?

Not only is it tight, but it's thought provoking, intense, and interesting all the way through.

Man, I love those movies/plays that make you want to throw things.

And now, for kicks, I'm going to list my favorite plays. I'm a senior, from four years of theatrical education, so I should figure out what my favorite plays are.

In no particular order (writing them down as they come):
(Oh, and I've not been in these. I don't think I could judge a play I've been in as the play itself.)

Obviously, Oleanna
The Dutchman
Waiting for Lefty
A Streetcar Named Desire
Fuddy Meers
The Tempest
Othello
Henry V
Hamlet
Agamemnon
Incident at Vichy
Summer and Smoke
Shoot, what's that one that we read in theater history? I think it's called The Wall.

Musicals:
Assassins is #1
Sweeney Todd (The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Jelly's Last Jam
Godspell
Pippin

Hehe, I'm sure you all were SO interested in that entry. But it's my journal. I have a license to be self-indulgent.

Today I sat in the Hopwood room, where they have cookies and coffee every thursday, and chatted with an MFA student who was kicked out of HS three times. Doesn't it make you smile to know that a graduate student got accepted to Rackham (sp?) with a GED? (well, he also had a BA from somewhere...) It actually does make me smile. It goes to show that second chances do exist.

Magic Writing Formula:

1 hour nap + hot shower + large cup of coffee.

Result: An alert mental focus and concentration, yet a drowsy physical state that prevents one from wanting to fidget or get up every five seconds while writing...

Prize to the person who can tell me why i'm so tired all the time.