Went to Gray Whale Beach today, first in quite a long time, a bit of sun through the clouds, then it was fog once more. Oh for a coast averaging about 10 degrees warmer and 50 percent sunnier. But then, one supposes it would be as overrun as some places in S Cal.
Read the NYT and had a falafel sandwich, but also sandwiched the beach (and a brief hike from the Montara Mountain parking lot to the next beach access south, thereby connecting a series of dayhikes from the abandoned low-slung seafood restaurant in Montara to the equally closed porno drive-in at the Marin-Sonoma border -- hey, everyone has to have a goal....) between two rehearsals at GH.
The first was the weekly Sunday Waiting for Godot rehearsal, and Act I came together in a well-nigh run through in just about a half hour -- Yes! -- such that we could spend more than a solid hour on Act II. No Eliza today, so I stood in as Vladimir -- almost memorized, myself (by now I have subbed for everyone on stage, and this has helped the direction) -- along with the rest of the excellent cast. Went back to Act I to put Lea in the mix (she has to arrive late at rehearsals and missed the first run-though. Lucky's speech is now staged with Kat on the box in a frenetic mock lecture, while Lea holds her arms up as in religious ecstacy. Have way through the madess, they change roles.....
Second was the second rehearsal of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Hi, I'll Be Your Composer This Evening show, covering all the music, as JKB is honeymooning today -- he and his flame married yesterday!. All of SFCCO rep a pleasure to get to know better with all this hands-on experience -- brilliant! -- so, looking forward to concert along these lines....
Hallucinating Godot orchestrations of selections 47-48...
