Aspen Day Two....Read Thru and dinner at a Doll House!?

I'm writing a day late, but I was too tired last night to write about what I did. So I had to meet everyone at 4 pm for a Read Thru of all the play; pretty much to make sure the casting was done right. It was a little nerve racking to meet all of the actors and directors...Julia (Artistic Director) and Pesha (Assistant Artistic Director). Turns out that a lot of people have done Theatre Masters before so they knew each other. I managed to make friends easily and I really like the group of actors we have this year. They all like to drink which is incredibly promising. After reading, I was more nervous because I was hoping that I wouldn't be recast. I wasn't!!! Julia pulls me aside after the reading and tells me something about a special dinner that I am invited to. I guess we had to keep this info on the DL because this dinner was meant for the out of town actors ONLY. I spent a lot of time at Julia's home, just waiting for someone to give me an address or at least give me a freakin' ride. At around 7:30 we vacated Julia's and headed to Lucy's home. This dinner requires another paragraph entirely!

Let me begin my saying that after a tour of this woman's home...it's a mansion that looks like it could be a life-size replica of a doll house. Her bedroom door blends in with the wallpaper so you can't see it! CRAZY! The wine was flowing and it was absolutely delicious...although in the high altitude I should have refrained but I really can't turn down good wine. There was guacamole which was a little odd as I think it had cheese in it. No thanks. There were puff pastries with cheese and jalapenos which were divine. We pretty much just sat around with our wine and chit-chatted. The director of my shows came up to me later and told me that I did a wonderful job in the cold reading. He was really excited to work with me!!! Then dinner arrived. There was meatloaf, ribs, asparagus, chicken fajita wraps, and deviled eggs. It was a pretty random spread, but it was all really good. We ate and talked about the acting world and what a pain in the ass it is to become part of the Union or Actor's Equity as it's called. At around 9:30 we were pretty much told to leave. Away we went, fat and happy. I came back to my place, put on my PJ's and crashed. For some reason the altitude gives me insomnia...I really don't like that I am having trouble sleeping. :(