Zach's First Day

I just had my first rehearsal as Zach in A Chorus Line. This show opens the day after Thanksgiving, I believe. As a member of Actor's Equity, I had to get a waiver to get to do this show. This should be exciting. I'll get to work with Jen, who is co-director (with Sue Kramer) and choreographer. There's a number of talented folks in this show, many of them students at HCC.

The neatest thing is the energy -- not that "seasoned pros" don't still love the work, but there's an ooh factor that is often lost to some degree in the professional situation. Cassie will be played by a woman named Becky who considers this something of a dream role.

I won't be singing -- pity -- but I won't be dancing, either, which doesn't bother me at all. And there's a certain irony that in my role I'll be critiquing a bunch dancers who are all better dancers than I. Which, so I'm told, is something I'll have in common with most guys who play Zach in A Chorus Line.