If you read my post about being cast as Orsino in Twelfth Night you perhaps were wondering “How can he possibly do a good job at that role when he has so much other stuff going on?  Plus, his tone doesn’t sound too enthusiastic.”  Not to put words in your mouth (or brain).

Well – you were right in saying or thinking that, and I finally realized it myself.  So, I dropped out of the show.  And I feel a lot better, gotta say.

Lex is Feste in the show, so it’s just kinda crazy having both of us do this.  People have said they would help with child-care arrangements to allow us both to be in it – but I don’t want to shuffle E around if we don’t have to, and the role is especially good for Lex, so I’m cool with bowing out.

I do regret not being able to work with such a great cast.  There are some terrific actors in this production – and I was really looking forward to getting to know them and playing with them.

But, dude, my schedule this summer is nuts – with Nutshell Playhouse stuff as well as RBIT, plus we’re going on vacation in July,  plus keeping Elliot busy and having fun, plus my day job (which is getting annoyingly demanding lately – and making me skip town at a moment’s notice) it’s just too much.  This way, I still have a full plate but I’m not panicked.  Happy to be here, thanks!

Now I can spend all my free time trying to find the Social Studies section on the craptastically redesigned Globe and Mail dot com.