tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post1347667208761397930..comments2024-02-12T06:10:14.590-08:00Comments on Culture Shock: And the Drammy Goes To...culturejockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-81072308260048329902009-06-10T12:39:26.698-07:002009-06-10T12:39:26.698-07:00Excellent recap, CJ. I, too, was attending for the...Excellent recap, CJ. I, too, was attending for the first time in many years, and felt that the event had taken some great leaps forward. It felt more like the "celebration of Portland Theater" that it touted to be in the past. The old days at the Benson Hotel, even older days at Erickson's Saloon, often felt a little, well, icky. <br /><br />The out of town actor issue has been present in every city I've worked in in theater (now numbering four!), and where I've always worked at the "big" theater. I know a lot of actors who actually welcome the opportunity to work with "fresh" faces from out of town, and enjoy the new energy, the challenge of finding a new rhythm rather than the comfort of the one they know, etc. I think the mix is healthy. At the same time, I'm certainly sympathetic to the actors' life in the U.S., in theater in particular. It's one of always looking for the next job, always dealing with the reality that you will spend a chunk of every year away from home if you want to work consistently at the Equity level. Not a life that any of us would find easy or, indeed, choose, if we didn't have the strong desire it takes as an artist to do that work. I'm grateful so many do make that choice!<br /><br />And a P.S. to your note; Denis Arndt and Bill Geisslinger, while spending years at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in their careers, are out of town actors who were honored at the Drammys this year, too. Well-deserved for their work at ART in "Seafarer."cynseattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546172133271149911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-41581035038505919122009-06-10T08:21:50.893-07:002009-06-10T08:21:50.893-07:00Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that she is ...Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that she is a newcomer to Portland, I meant that some folks in the theater community complain that she is a newcomer to theater. Her local theater debut was a year and a half ago in Cabaret. And all I can say is, thank you Storm and PCS. I told her the other night that I hope she will do as much theater in this world as she possibly can.culturejockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-15711341898156201092009-06-09T21:07:01.271-07:002009-06-09T21:07:01.271-07:00Uh, Storm has lived here for like 10 years.Uh, Storm has lived here for like 10 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com