{"id":364,"date":"2017-04-22T13:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T17:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denisepence.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2017-04-22T13:46:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T17:46:42","slug":"2017-year-of-abundance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denisepence.com\/blog\/theater-life\/2017-year-of-abundance\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Year of Abundance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2aV8tZPcFJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been quite awhile since my last post when the nation &#8212; at least those of us on both coasts &#8212; were anticipating Hillary in the White House. Now almost 100 days into Trump&#8217;s presidency, we&#8217;re all reeling from the forked tongue that has become our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>I, for one, am having a hard time hanging on to the belief that all is well. SOMETIMES I see our government supporting &#8220;right,&#8221; but more often than not, it does not. For instance, HOW in Heaven&#8217;s name is our government too dense to see the &#8220;right&#8221; in background checks on lunatics buying guns? Is the NRA that strong? Does the NRA not see the LOGIC in background checks? We have to take a test every two years to renew our driver&#8217;s license; four years for Passports! What is so very different here? We are NOT living in the wild wild west when &#8220;right to bear arms&#8221; meant the same thing. Guns scare me. I don&#8217;t even want them in the house. My husband and I, therefore, never had to worry about our kids accidentally finding them. But we&#8217;re pretty simple people.<\/p>\n<p>Through the power of art, however (i.e. the off-Broadway play, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchandstatetheplay.com\/\">Church and State<\/a><\/em>), creatives in our theatrical community are using the power of their pen to enlighten Americans (&amp; politicians) to their role in affecting change toward gun violence, one audience member at a time. <a href=\"http:\/\/primarystages.org\/\">Primary Stages<\/a> with <em>Daniel&#8217;s Husband<\/em>, is quite strongly defending why gay marriage is necessary logic, not just idealistic &#8220;proof&#8221; of love. And then, of course, we have television. Where daytime dramas &#8212; at least those that are left &#8212; consistently produce stories with a moral compass, teaching viewers the idealistic value of right versus wrong life choices. Characters deal daily, taking responsibility for their choices. And now we have the real life drama unfolding: Trump&#8217;s White House. Is God the master behind this drama? I sometimes wonder. We&#8217;re all watching.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a synergy of talented writers, designers, directors and actors of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.articulatetheatre.com\/\">Articulate Theatre Company<\/a><\/strong> are once again coming together to produce <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artful.ly\/store\/events\/11729\">Tales In Time<\/a><\/em> &#8212; for four nights only! That&#8217;s sad. And special. And why I love theater &#8212; the magic produced each night is exclusive to that audience. And why I hate theater &#8212; the magic produced each night is then gone. Unlike film which gives longevity to our work.<\/p>\n<p>And then we have this relatively new thing called social media. Not just Facebook which connects our friends, but Twitter which engages those outside your personal network. The key here, I believe, is to be careful what you put out because you attract in kind. I love my Twitter world. I&#8217;m attracting writers, directors, filmmakers &#8212; I reach out to those whose work I admire. No politicos. No Trump. No Pence. But, of course, the madness filters in. But my energy goes out to those creatives. The play I&#8217;m doing now was written by Tom Slot &#8212; a playwright who came to me via my social class! He says I &#8220;inspired&#8221; the writing (shades of <em>A Chorus Line<\/em>?). If you happen to be in the audience one of our four nights, you tell me what strikes you as a parallel.<\/p>\n<p>As in all things in life, I&#8217;m still learning. Last year when we did <em>Folk City Stories<\/em>, many of my closest friends didn&#8217;t even know I was on stage &#8212; until I sent the holiday greeting at the end of that year. Who knew? So not everyone is connected to social media. Ding Ding. Direct contact via e-mail blasts. OK. I got the message (hope you do, too, if you&#8217;re your own marketing &amp; public relations firm for your business as an actor). If an agent just happens to get curious enough to check us out &#8212; and then call me into their office &#8212; and then &#8220;test&#8221; me as a potential client . . . well . . . that&#8217;s the game I came into over 30 years ago. I expect to continue working and looking for that booking that will once again become my <strong>Year Of Abundance<\/strong> and change my life &#8212; just as Broadway and <em>The Guiding Light<\/em> changed my world at the time all those years ago. \u00a0Stay tuned to this soap opera I call my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quite awhile since my last post when the nation &#8212; at least those of us on both coasts &#8212; were anticipating Hillary in the White House. Now almost 100 days into Trump&#8217;s presidency, we&#8217;re all reeling from the forked tongue that has become our democracy. I, for one, am having a hard time hanging on to the belief that all is well. SOMETIMES I see our government supporting &#8220;right,&#8221; but more often than not, it does not. 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