21 OCTOBER
ANOTHER CIRCLE
I said I'd start writing down circles.
Last spring, Jim and I attended Hell's Kitchen at the DCPA with his banker. Because it was super fancy special, we had a dinner before and one of the cast members came down to shmooze, and blah blah blah.. There was a couple at our table in their 30's who were very conversationable. Which is a word I've made up and shall keep.
Without revealing much about myself other than I work in high school theatre--I would rather to listen to other people's stories--- they volunteered that they had been dating since high school.
They graduated from Kennedy. They were in choir and band.
I asked about their experiences in the department here (I'm writing at my desk), and they loved it though they were only peripherally involved.
I'm mixing up the timelines, but the theme is the same. Stay with me.
They saw Little Shop of Horrors at Littleton.
I almost jumped out of my seat "I directed that! You're kidding!"
They said they attended because they had heard about Littleton's program and that the show was specifically amazing for a high school.
This is a circle, not a brag.
How many people can say that this happened? How many people can say "I am teaching in a building from which someone graduated who was at dinner at my table at the DCPA, who saw a show I directed 15 years ago in another building?"
I had forgotten entirely about this story until last Friday. I was sitting with the kid designing our plants, explaining how this must be our vision -which is why we're building, not renting. Then I looked at them and it all came back...I told the story and said "That show was great because it belonged to Littleton. The plant belonged to one of our alumni. It was ours."
The circle closed.
Because now I'm directing LSOH at Kennedy.
And it will be great because it will belong to Kennedy.
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