Thesis Approved, Nieland, Cassman et al Hello!

Hello loyal readers and thanks for keeping in touch!

Just finished first section of Directing with Jason Loewith. Next moving on to Musical Theatre!

Initial thesis meeting was today and it's full speed ahead! My advisor loved the gender-neutral casting and the start of my vision: "to resurrect Ibsen," but said "enough" to my pretty far out imaginings. So no live stenographer, coolneon.com, or stage manager quizzing the audience during the show. lol. He thought putting the cast and audience on stage was plenty, and out of a fear of it being too much for inexperienced actors, suggested three sided audience instead of four. We shall see. The script is pretty much set. Ooooh! Here's something fun! At the bottom is a list of phrases that strike me as a bit outdated. Help me come up with contemporary expressions (but not slang or tooooo hip) and listen to your words come to life on stage!

Had tapas last night at Sangria with Nieland, Cassman, Goody, Anne Thompson, Cindy Cox, Ann Pittenger, and Heidi Lee (Tim Goodmanson just won his 5th Emmy btw!). Yummy! Then to a dance club (Roscoe's) in Boystown, and while they really do have the best dance floor in town, it's pretty slow on a Tuesday night!

The phrases that strike me as odd, but now that I look at them, might be too context dependent. Anyway, have a go and respond as a comment!

1.Look, let’s not get into each other’s hair. 6

2.So you want me to spit in my own face officially. 26

3.Knock some sense into his head, will you? 27

4.Some miserable animal who’d crawl up the boots of that gang? 28

5.He’s yellow 30

6.You’re just trying to blow up everything! 46

7.glazier 50

8.A [political] party is like a sausage grinder: it mashes up the clearheads, longheads, fatheads, blockheads—and what comes out? Meatheads! 53

9. When I look at you, I swear to God I see the devil! 56