I Have Talented Friends

There are new production photos in my website gallery - shots of AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN, INTO THE WOODS, and BOEING BOEING! Go check them out!

I have a lot of work I've been putting off doing this evening (hey, I worked all day, so I find it hard to come home and not zone out for at least a little bit before kicking the brain back into action), mainly for the Larry Moss workshop I'm taking week after next. I'm working on REASONS TO BE PRETTY with my dear friend Denis. I really liked the play when I saw it on Broadway, but I'm finding it more difficult than I would like, as is ALWAYS the way with Larry! You get hired to do the things you already know how to do really well (absurd German accents are a bit of a specialty of mine), and then take classes to work out the kinks elsewhere in your craft. Hence a contemporary play that is not language-based or poetic. Nothing for me to hide behind, urg! Interesting, because certain dialects or heavily wordy plays would really freak out other actors, and it'd be something they'd have to struggle to get through. Nope. Hand me a tureen of George Bernard Shaw Word Stew any day of the week!

I have decided to add an official special feature to my blog on occasion (oooh, special feature, mumble, mumble, general excitement, ahhh!), with no clear idea of how often I'll employ it. I'm calling it "Pimp Your Friends." That's right. I have awesome friends, who are talented and ridiculous in so many ways that it is freaking crazy, and MORE people should know about them and their awesomeness. I've already pimped a few, and here is my glorious pick for this post...

Kerry Cox is a painter and artist who lives in Queens, works in Manhattan, and paints in Brooklyn. She is one of the coolest cats on the planet. She and I met selling eyeglasses together for SEE Eyewear, and I love her and her work. Check her out!

Technical Wizardry

My website is LIVE!
www.amyjojackson.com

Go visit it! And then click on the YouTube links and watch my new videos of performing at Don't Tell Mama(SWEET LIBERTY and IT'S OH SO QUIET)!

Yes, today was all about shameless self-promotion. I'm attempting to get off the computer so that I can go pack for Colorado!!! Wahoooooo!

Fantabulous February

I promised myself that I'd be in bed by 11:30 tonight, and seeing as how it's 11:12, that means I have to make this SHORT and sa-weeeeet.

DASH DEXTER had its first music rehearsal earlier this evening, which was fun and delicious. My stuff is pretty easy musically, as most of the role is text-based. Can't wait! Rehearsal all day Wed/Thurs, with the reading Thursday night!

I got the first draft of my website in from my designer yesterday, and a mini-draft today. I'm so excited! It's getting so close! I also realized how fascinating it is that little tiny things can really affect how I feel about the site, and about how it conveys who I am. I've had some great back and forth with the designer, and I'm really excited to see how it all turns out. Shouldn't be much longer. I shall then be a highly snazzy individual, let me tell you.

Tomorrow night I'm singing at DON'T TELL MAMA'S, which, now that my cold seems to be letting go of my voice, should actually be fun! We'll see if I can belt all the way through both of these songs tomorrow afternoon. Regardless, it's abated enough that I won't be croaking, which, of course, is all to the good. For the curious, I'll be singing "Sweet Liberty" from JANE EYRE, and an old chestnut I haven't pulled out in public in nearly five years - "It's Oh So Quiet," as sung by Bjork. Very excited about it. I've missed it so!

Also, I'm going to Colorado on the 11th. I. Am. So. Excited. Gonna hang out with the fam, maybe SKI, definitely watch a lot of movies and do some serious frivolous reading (meaning, not plays...though, let's face it, I'll probably bring some plays with me anyway), all while holed up in a beautiful cabin in Breckenridge. Sometimes life is just gorgeous.