At the end of next week the production moves into Kasser. A full weekend of tech, two days of dress rehearsals, and we open on the ninth. It’s been a long journey, and I’m sure most of the cast and crew feel similarly to the Joads after their cross-country migration: exhausted yet exhilarated.

In between popping in and out of rehearsals sporadically, I’ve been compiling my research and thoughts on this entire experience into a holistic entry, which I’ll post on Closing Night. It’s crazy to see how much time has passed since I first began my personal journey with Grapes last summer. What started as an old novel I was assigned to read in high school became a historical and social experience, one which I have certainly learned a great deal from.

My research (the blog, packets, additional reference information) has been submitted to the MSU Student Research Symposium, to be presented on April 16, 2011 on campus. Coincidentally this is a performance date of my next show, dis connect, which I’ll be acting in. As every theater student at Montclair knows well, once one project ends another swiftly begins.