Well after nearly a year-long hiatus (after only just beginning!), I'm back on my feet and have actually started something. That's right - actually started something. Time to note the differences:
The Glass Boot is no longer purely art-based! Whoa! The alcohol connotation is coming to the fore: I've started brewing beer. That's right - my dear dear friend Andrew Grimm and I have officially jumped in the deep-end and begun homebrewing beer. We started our first batch on Sunday - look out for the announcement to come - and we're super darn excited about it. It was an adventure and who knows how it'll come out, but it's fermenting away and will be ready to taste in about a month. Yeehaw! And since we're both theatre dorks, and since we can't resist an opportunity to show that off, here's the concept, as of now:
Every few weeks, Andrew and I (and guest brewers for real!) will get together to brew some beer. Beers have styles and come from certain cultural traditions. So do plays. And so as that beer brews we'll come up with a name for it that references some piece of theatrical history that comes from a related tradition as the style of beer we're making. Then as the beer ferments, we'll work on a scene from the play/tradition the name comes from. And when it's bottled and ready to drink, we'll perform the scene in some apartment somewhere while we party it up with our beer. Sound like fun? We think so.
Theory. Craft. Energy. They're still there - just different. They're just the 3 components necessary for our success - and we'll work on each as we go further. Who knows where we'll end up. The Glass Boot will provide a home for our research - a place to document our struggles with Theory, our endeavors in Craft, our calls for Energy.
The Glass Boot will still be a place for musing, still a place to give others a head-up, still a place to report whahahappen. It will still provide opportunities to wonder "what if?" or "may i?" or "can we?"
For example...
heads-up - the duet with Erin Cairns is still in the works! We're performing at DNA on February 26 at 4:30 - more details to follow but you should totally come see us!
what if people paid us to brew beer and show them art? Paid us enough to support the projects or even support ourselves? We could make beer and bring it to people's apartments, perform a famous scene, make them change how they think about their own living space, the play, their relationships, the beer(!), who knows what else. What if "apt.art" was a viable, affordable, enjoyable way for new audiences to interact with theater?
can we please see each other more often?
heads-up - I have an idea for whhw (whahahappenwuz) - I have this fabulous new TV and a library card. I want to learn by watching great movies and videos of theater from the past. There is so much available and so much to learn...
can we meet and see old theater or movies or music or art? can we commit to spending once a week investing time in researching what's come before right now and then research what's happening exactly right now?
heads-up - I'm a little bit crazy, with dreams much bigger than my arms or legs or mouth or fingers or belly or eyes.
