My Twenty-Something Quasi-Soap

Well, well, well! Happy September, everyone! I hope you all are enjoying your semesters that are either well underway or just beginning or haven't begun yet. Either way, I hope you are all well (all 5 or so of you that actually read this thing). The Fringe festival in Edinburgh was singlehandedly one of the best experiences of my life! For 3 crazy weeks I got to be a real working actress (even if I paid to be there instead of getting paid for it) and do most of the things that working actresses do. There was the daily call at the theater, doing the same show every day, finding cheap places to eat, navigating my way around a new town, seeing other shows, hanging out with other actors, nervously anticipating reviews...it was amazing. We dealt with egos, idiosyncrasies, and flat out *drama*. We had cast vs. crew issues. We had cast vs. producer issues. We had actor vs. actor issues. And then there was the cold that we spread amongst ourselves and various other people in our hostel