The Wagon Wheel

So here I am in Indiana now at the Wagon Wheel Theatre. Ironically though I work most of the day during my few hours off I find that I really have nothing to do. So may be I will be able to start blogging more. Work is great here, though its tough and long, i really enjoy it. The basic structure of the set for our first show, Cabaret, has gone up in only four days. My TD here, Don, is an alumnus of Western Illinois University, where I will be starting my masters program next fall. That has been really nice since he has been able to give me the inside scoop on the professors i will be dealing with. He also applied to be the TD at UWP two years ago, and was turned down because another professor's husband applied for the job as well. It was have saved a lot of heart ache, if he had been hired back then. He is a great guy as is all of the rest of the tech crew and actors here so it should be a very enjoyable summer. We work for thirteen days straight from 9 t0 noon then 1 to 5 and then 7 to 10. So like I said the days are long. I also got my grades today, 3 A's and 3 B's, meaning that I officially have my undergraduate degree. So that is a huge relief. That's about all that I have time for, i need to head back to work soon. Take Care.

Busy Busy Busy

So I have just received a phone call offering me a summer job as the Master Electrician for the Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw IN. The job starts the Monday after I am done with finals and goes up until three days before I begin classes at Western next fall. I am very excited about this job and the opportunities that it is going to open for me. Now I just need to find a place to live next fall.

Update

So it is about time that I update my blog again. Nothing really special, life is extremely, I am currently taking a break from my senior seminar project that is due this wed. I have to give a 40 minute presentation on families and crime. Whats worse is that this is a seminar class for a major that I no longer plan to pursue. I have been officially accepted to Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL for their Master of Fine Arts program in lighting design. So I am quite excited for that. Well I am bothered to get bqack to work SO i GOTTA GO. lVOE YOU ALL.
Greg

Hello Again

Well Since there has been pressure from certain family memebers to get back on here and blog again I suppose that I can find time to do it once in a while. I am sitting here at Molly's computer and it is approaching 12:30 AM, typical college life. Molly is sitting here studying Calc three in preparation for a big exam tomorrow. I promised her a back massage druing the 3 plus hours that this study session will endure. So I am on a union break right now and decided that it would be a good time to get back on the computer and blog. Things have been extremely busy recently ranging from a change in carreer(not major) and deciding to go to grad school next year. The idea is to get an MFA in scenic/lighting design and then get a job as a tech director at a college somewhere. Western Illinois University located in Peoria, IL is looking like my number one choice for grad school. So we will see what happens in the up and coming months. Theater is still a dominating factor in my life, I am currently the lighting designer for our fall production of "Savage Love" a collection of monologues dealing with love and the situations included with that. On top of that I am the sound designer for the fall musical production of "The Fantastics." Along with that I am also the sound designer for a production of "A Raisen in the Sun" being put on by GMETC at the Dubuque Grand Ole Opera House in February. I have numerous scenic design projects to get done for none other than my scenic design class, as well as the duties included in being president of a college theater organization. The most notable of these duties would be putting a together a budget last week of close to 20,000 dollars and then defending it in front of the SUFAC board. We'll find out on friday how much they will actually decided to give us. So you could say I am eating a breathing theater right now. Well I should get back to Molly like I promised and then head home at a somewhat reasonable hour. Sorry that this is so long, but there is a lot to cover when you haven't blogged for six months. And so I leave you. Goodnight.

Home again

Well after a great spring break at home with mom and dad its back up to the frozen tundra. Monday was of many things the first day of spring yet our average daily temp has still been 35 degress. More importantly monday was my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday mom I love you. sorry that its a couple of days late I haven't gotten home before 10 PM yet this week otehr wise i would have called. Well its back intot he full swing of things with pirates and now much ado about nothing starting as well as alexander heading outin a few weeks so life is busy. More problems seem to come up every day in our theater department. Apparantly one of our directors who alos runs the shop decided that we didnt need our staircases anymore or the trap door platform specially cunsructed to fit into the floor of our theater. He did all of this with out consulting anyone when at the same time those stair cases were most likely going to be used in our upcomnig production of much ado about nothing so it will be very interesting to see what comes of this. Well other than the Phi Mu Alpha swing band dance this weekend and retreat out at bethel horizons thats it for now. It willbe interesting to see how all of this turns out.

Home again

Well after a great spring break at home with mom and dad its back up to the frozen tundra. Monday was of many things the first day of spring yet our average daily temp has still been 35 degress. More importantly monday was my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday mom I love you. sorry that its a couple of days late I haven't gotten home before 10 PM yet this week otehr wise i would have called. Well its back intot he full swing of things with pirates and now much ado about nothing starting as well as alexander heading outin a few weeks so life is busy. More problems seem to come up every day in our theater department. Apparantly one of our directors who alos runs the shop decided that we didnt need our staircases anymore or the trap door platform specially cunsructed to fit into the floor of our theater. He did all of this with out consulting anyone when at the same time those stair cases were most likely going to be used in our upcomnig production of much ado about nothing so it will be very interesting to see what comes of this. Well other than the Phi Mu Alpha swing band dance this weekend and retreat out at bethel horizons thats it for now. It willbe interesting to see how all of this turns out.

Monday

Well it's monday. Ijust got done with an exam in Management Race and Gender a few hours ago. I think it went pretty well but we'll see. THis last weekend was men's choir tour. Thursday night's concert at St. Paul's Cathedral in Fon Du Lac was amazing. It was the most musical experience I've had since singing in the colluseum back in high school. Last night was RENT put on by the Broadway touring company, and wow it was the most technically advance show that i have ever seen. The lighting set up was phenomenal. So many differnet perspectives and viewpoints it was just amazing. The sound was loud and at times the balance of the band outweighed the singing from where i was sitting. It was opverall phenomenal however. Now its back to class two weeks before i go home for spring break which should be a lot of fun since molly and deven are coming with me. i'll post again when i can.