They're gonna put me in the movies

I did a play a few years back called Broken Hearts & Broken Homes and last spring we were supposed to film it. But about a month before the start date it got canceled and I cut the blue wire and moved out to St Johns. I was bummed out but ending up getting on with Rising Tide for the summer and it proved to be for the best.

Then a few months back I got a call from the playwright, Shirley Morrow. She was calling to tell me that the Committee Against Violence (the non-profit that backed the play) were having their 15 year anniversary and they wanted me to come in and do some selected pieces from the show. Shirley is a great friend of mine and I loved doing the show so I said no problem and immediately made the necessary arrangements. She also told me that the film was back on, but because of different commitments and various restrictions on time and things it was being contracted out to Theater Newfoundland & Labrador and they were going to use their summer cast and film in Corner Brook in June. I was bummed out that I would miss out, but figured at least it was happening.

Then I went in to Grand Falls to do the show. Amanda came out with me and we had a great time, and the show went phenomenally. So well in fact, that the Committee started revisiting the idea of doing it themselves. They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but a non-profit organization deciding to produce a movie based on a one-off performance of excerpts by you and two castmates is right up there.

I decided based on my experience last year with the rug being pulled on it I wouldn't get too excited about the project until I was on stage with a camera pointed in my face. But today I got the contract, so as soon as I get it back to Shirley they're stuck with me.

It was today when I opened the attachment and read the contract when I realized I'm going to make a movie. Sure its a straight-to-DVD, distributed-to-schools thing, but thats still pretty rad. And every school kid in the province is going to be forced fed this thing for years to come.

Holy shit.

You'll notice I also updated the aesthetics of the Soapbox today too. I got bored with the old look so I figured I'd try this out for a bit. Hope you like it.