Less Than Six Degrees ...

[mrdreamjeans]

You often hear the phrase "six degrees of separation". designerotter and I just discovered that we embody that and more. I've been chatting with Joe ever since he joined Live Journal a couple of months ago. Our commonality of theater as a career has resulted in numerous chats and a friendship. We took that to the next level by meeting in person last week. When I visited Joe last Monday, I left a resume with him. (I'm interested in working as a guest artist at the University of Wisconsin in a production of "Urinetown". Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Joe said he'd give the resume to the appropriate people.)

Today, I got an email from Joe about an entry on my resume. In 1985, he designed a production of "Sweet Charity" for the Carousel Dinner Theatre in Ravenna, Ohio. The theatre has since relocated to Kent.. Joe innocently asked if that might be the production which I had listed. Yep! I played Herman in "Sweet Charity", singing "I Love to Cry at Weddings" in a 1985 production directed by Joey Patton. Same show, same production ... and we were both there:) Is that "six degrees" or less? LOL! Joe is now combing through his production slides to see if he has pictures of me as the dance hall owner ... mustache and cigar intact:) We may have met 20 years ago!

On a separate note ... Joe should be held on a pedastal for getting an autograph for me from the legend of a singer, Barbara Cook. YAY! Thanks again, Joe!