When walking through the wrong door is a good thing
I was asked to stage manage a show over at the Actors Studio. I walked into their temporary space at Baruch College here in nYc, and introduced myself to director Jo Bonney, playwright Israel Horovitz, actors Robert Walsh, Frank Solorzano, and Luca Pierucci. I would have met Ethan Hawk, but he wasn’t at the rehearsal, though he was there to take part in the reading… The rehearsal began, and I thought: "Why am I needed for this? A reading? Apparently, I was the only one asking that question. After an hour, the guy who had asked me to stage manage walks into the theater, a Black Box, and apologizes for being late. That’s when I realized I was at the WRONG FREAKING REHEARSAL. I attended the reading, and thanked Frank Solarzano for not embarassing me about the mix up, and he said: "You fit right in."
Ah, showbiz.
