Casey and Constantine

First day of work on my new part-time school year schedule. I wonder if the nature of the job will change at all given the fact that classes are back in session. Nothing really so far, but we'll see.

Tonight my brother Casey will be arriving in Boston. This coming semester he is spending abroad in the Netherlands at an intensive acting camp in a castle in the middle of Dutch nowhere. He doesn't fly for a couple of days, but he's driving up with all of his stuff in our car Constantine to stay with a friend of his until it's time to leave. He's on his way to Brandeis, and I'm going to ride with him to his friend's place, help him unload his stuff, and then drive back. After that, the car is mine. :-) Yay, I get Constantine back! Jared is otherwise engaged tonight, so Bernie very kindly offered to ride with me so I won't have to drive back alone. It'll be an unfamiliar destination in Boston on a Friday evening, which means I'm likely to get lost in high-traffic places, so I'll be glad for the company.

I'm also eagerly awaiting the Lear cast list. Frances called me today and expressed some frustration over casting difficulties, but also hinted at what she might be thinking about for me. I'm not sure if she was just thinking out loud, or if she told me who she was giving me. I'm quite pleased if it's the latter, but I don't feel right saying so until I actually hear. *crosses fingers*

Also, a very happy birthday tocontradictacat ! May all your dreams come true, sweetie. :-)

Cordelia and Fool!

Aaaaaand now Casey's mad at me, because he wants to keep the car for the evening and I don't have time to get him to his friend's place tomorrow. My dad called him and told him to stick to the damn plan and he said he would, but he's probably going to be all pissy when I see him later. Great. Bratty kid. Hope he's at least polite to Bernie, even if he isn't particularly well-disposed to me.

On the lighter side of things, I got my King Lear casting! I am in the traditional double cast of Cordelia and the Fool, with which I am well pleased. And it was in fact what Frances told me earlier. Jared, though I don't think he's seen it yet, is Lear, and I am deeply amused by the idea of us in a father-daughter relationship. Kinky even for me. ;-) Also, this is the first true female part I will have undertaken on the Brandeis stage.

I am struck with the desire to ask Frances to let me design the Lear poster. I've always been fond of the image of Lear coming out with the dead body of Cordelia in his arms. That might make an interesting subject for it. If no one minds, my inclination is to do it how I did the Hamlet poster-- with a photograph that is reduced to black and white. I love the way that looks. Hm... maybe I'll ask.