Hi there!My Granddaddy used to call me Jenniwren. And it stuck...So, here I am.
Currently I am finishing a run of Hank Williams: Lost Highway at Swiftcreek Mill Playhouse www.swiftcreekmill.com . We close on August 20th 2005 so if you happen to be in the Richmond, Virginia area come and check us out. It's a great show and a great cast.
Some shows come and go and you don't miss them too much, but I'm going to miss this one. I've met some really cool folks, who are really quite different than the usual theatre folk in this town. But this is a good different, a refreshing different, and a challenging different (and god knows, I am always up for a callenge). I think more than doing the show I'm going to miss the camaraderie we have formed......So, if you guys read this...THANK YOU...A LOT!!!
So, September is completely dry for me...Got any work?... I am formulating a project however. I am looking at Native American transformation stories. From here I am going to build a 45 minute piece comprised of three 15 minute stories. This I hope to take to schools around the Richmond, Virginia area. I figure city kids can really benefit from transformation stories.
I hope this leads me in the direction of really fleshing these stories out. I want to really focus on the universal archtypal aspects of them to create a good hour long production complete with music, props, puppets, and lights and such. Ultimately I would like this to be a performance piece adults would enjoy as well...because I think adults can benefit from transformation stories as well, I know I have. I also really REALLY want to take something to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival www.livearts-fringe.org
In late September I am going to take a trip I've been wanting to take for years. I am going to New Mexico. Something has been driving me to explore the Southwest for as long as I can remember. I guess it must be the color of the sand, or the promise of a big sky, or maybe just the intrigue of the desert...I don't know, but I'm finally going. I hope to be inspired there. I hope to fall in love with the world around me. I hope to see billons of stars. I hope to hear absoloutly NOTHING except maybe the wind, and a coyoye, and a gila monster...wait, do they make any noise?
In October I start reheasing a two person version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe which will play at the Science Museum of Virginia November 19, 2005 - January 1, 2006 www.smv.org . Chech them out! Really cool stuff going on there. I'm really excited about doing this show, not just because I love working at the SMV, but because story holds a very dear place in my heart...But this is a story I will tell at a later date.
By the way, I paint. I may not be brilliant, but I paint. And I love it! When I was 29 I had the overwhelming desire to paint. It just hit me, like someone had flicked a switch on. I found myself needing to know what it felt like to mix paint and apply it to a canvas. So I got a part time job helping the scenic painters at Theatre IV. I have always sketched and I have always used my art work as an emotional release. But there was definately a deeper part of me that I was leaving undiscovered.
It's really been interesting. Through painting I have begun to unearth my fear of self discovery, and by that I mean letting myself go to really feel the emotions that I wanted to feel but was afraid to (and also recognising the feeling of not wanting to unearth some feelings at a particular time). This is something that had been bothering me about my performances but I could never put my finger on it. Then one day, I just let myself go, and it's still practice, but what I started to find was a deeper beauty. I don't need to be afraid of these feelings. They are mine and they are lovely in a strong sad kind of a way. I have discovered saddness and anger and above all honesty with myself.
My goal, when I paint, is to open a door and keep it open for the colors and images to take the shape they need to be, and then just sit back and listen.It's been a wild ride so far and I know my journey is just beginning.
I am going to have a few of my paintings at Cross Roads Coffee and Ice Cream starting next week. I will sell a couple of them, but some I don't think I could bare to part with. By the way, this is a great place to go for a great cup-o-joe. You can meet the dietary requierments for all 4 food groups at this place; the Coffee group, the Ice Cream group, the pannini group, and the fk'n good cheese cake group. And then you can cross the road and run all that stuff off on the James River Park group.
Currently I am finishing a run of Hank Williams: Lost Highway at Swiftcreek Mill Playhouse www.swiftcreekmill.com . We close on August 20th 2005 so if you happen to be in the Richmond, Virginia area come and check us out. It's a great show and a great cast.
Some shows come and go and you don't miss them too much, but I'm going to miss this one. I've met some really cool folks, who are really quite different than the usual theatre folk in this town. But this is a good different, a refreshing different, and a challenging different (and god knows, I am always up for a callenge). I think more than doing the show I'm going to miss the camaraderie we have formed......So, if you guys read this...THANK YOU...A LOT!!!
So, September is completely dry for me...Got any work?... I am formulating a project however. I am looking at Native American transformation stories. From here I am going to build a 45 minute piece comprised of three 15 minute stories. This I hope to take to schools around the Richmond, Virginia area. I figure city kids can really benefit from transformation stories.
I hope this leads me in the direction of really fleshing these stories out. I want to really focus on the universal archtypal aspects of them to create a good hour long production complete with music, props, puppets, and lights and such. Ultimately I would like this to be a performance piece adults would enjoy as well...because I think adults can benefit from transformation stories as well, I know I have. I also really REALLY want to take something to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival www.livearts-fringe.org
In late September I am going to take a trip I've been wanting to take for years. I am going to New Mexico. Something has been driving me to explore the Southwest for as long as I can remember. I guess it must be the color of the sand, or the promise of a big sky, or maybe just the intrigue of the desert...I don't know, but I'm finally going. I hope to be inspired there. I hope to fall in love with the world around me. I hope to see billons of stars. I hope to hear absoloutly NOTHING except maybe the wind, and a coyoye, and a gila monster...wait, do they make any noise?
In October I start reheasing a two person version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe which will play at the Science Museum of Virginia November 19, 2005 - January 1, 2006 www.smv.org . Chech them out! Really cool stuff going on there. I'm really excited about doing this show, not just because I love working at the SMV, but because story holds a very dear place in my heart...But this is a story I will tell at a later date.
By the way, I paint. I may not be brilliant, but I paint. And I love it! When I was 29 I had the overwhelming desire to paint. It just hit me, like someone had flicked a switch on. I found myself needing to know what it felt like to mix paint and apply it to a canvas. So I got a part time job helping the scenic painters at Theatre IV. I have always sketched and I have always used my art work as an emotional release. But there was definately a deeper part of me that I was leaving undiscovered.It's really been interesting. Through painting I have begun to unearth my fear of self discovery, and by that I mean letting myself go to really feel the emotions that I wanted to feel but was afraid to (and also recognising the feeling of not wanting to unearth some feelings at a particular time). This is something that had been bothering me about my performances but I could never put my finger on it. Then one day, I just let myself go, and it's still practice, but what I started to find was a deeper beauty. I don't need to be afraid of these feelings. They are mine and they are lovely in a strong sad kind of a way. I have discovered saddness and anger and above all honesty with myself.
My goal, when I paint, is to open a door and keep it open for the colors and images to take the shape they need to be, and then just sit back and listen.It's been a wild ride so far and I know my journey is just beginning.
I am going to have a few of my paintings at Cross Roads Coffee and Ice Cream starting next week. I will sell a couple of them, but some I don't think I could bare to part with. By the way, this is a great place to go for a great cup-o-joe. You can meet the dietary requierments for all 4 food groups at this place; the Coffee group, the Ice Cream group, the pannini group, and the fk'n good cheese cake group. And then you can cross the road and run all that stuff off on the James River Park group. Well, I guess that's all for now, but before I go I want to show you my pussy...I Mean my cat... tee hee 
Bye Now!!!
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