I’m in the typical daze after a callback where you know you did fine–Good. Solid, even. I’m not one for hyperbolic adjectives–but you start doubting everything from the friendly pre-read banter with the director to your delivery of such things like your bone structure. Shake it off. It’s not in your hands anymore. It never was. Damn bone structure…

What a weird philosophy. It’s a fine line between healthy realism, insanity, and self-preservationist pessimism.

Prepare. Do your best. Don’t have hope. Move on. Do more. Probably work even harder. Commit to no other option except to rinse and repeat.

Now, a dinosaur on the other hand:

Wake up and eat the thing that disturbed your sleep. Walk past new tree. Watch the fire mountain for any discernible changes. Move on. Pay respects to the recent fallen at the tar pit. Move on. Tell yourself you love yourself. Note that the fireball in sky that is bigger than yesterday. Carpe Diem. Write a sonnet.

I’m tooting some horns for the theater company that’s putting up a great show. I’m also thanking everyone who’s come out to see “FRAT” thus far. We’ve had really great audiences lately and we appreciate the support.

Time Out Chicago gave us four stars and top pick of the week.

The Chicago Tribune gave us 3 stars. “Surprisingly smart and juicy…very funny in a wry, droll sort of way….a sophisticated piece of Chicago-style theater…”

Also in that review: “Thea Lux, who plays the promiscuous Natalie, combines the comedy with a delicious air of self-loathing,” mention from Chris Jones. I’ve already taken the initiative to print this quote on my business card, holiday greeting, and voice mail message. Tramp stamp tattoo design pending once I figure out if the Asian characters designed actually say this and not “Monkeys shit here.”

Photo by: Anne Petersen

You can find more information, pretty pretty pictures, bios, and purchase tickets HERE.

And just like that I’m plugging another show about brothers in a fraternity.
And just like that I’m playing a character that’s plugging all the brothers in a fraternity.

The New Colony is commercially remounting a first-season hit, “FRAT”, which opens the 23rd/24th.

Tickets can be purchased at FratTheShow.com.

A Look/See, an audition for a photographer, which should me more aptly named Look/Judge, shouldn’t be as fun as the one I went on last Friday. They’re over in a blink of the eye. Enough for the photographer to go, “Um…No,” but they take the picture anyway to deliver the client who goes, “Where are her eyebrows? No.”

They shouldn’t be with really nice, talented photographers who let you jump on a trampoline for the shoot.

Because who wants to have fun and in turn have expectations?

Side note: It only took about four bounces before nearly dying on the trampoline.

Every now and then I make myself laugh.

Impress These Apes 6 – Week 7 – Thea from Blewt! Productions on Vimeo.

Penn & Teller inspired card tricks. Female magician inspired skank costume.

Impress These Apes – Week 4 – Thea from Blewt! Productions on Vimeo.

The Impress These Apes show gets started tonight at Comedy Sportz and I think I have the appropriate amount of butterflies for tonight’s challenge. I’ll also be blogging about our trials and tribulations on their website along with the other contestants.

You can check out what I’ve written so far and stream the show live tonight starting at 8PM CST.

Also, here I am dancing like an idiot for the callback show. I’m sure I’ll be able to muster up a lot more idiocy over the next two months.

Impress These Apes 6 – Callbacks – Thea Lux from Blewt! Productions on Vimeo.

In the effort to completely eliminate all free time from my life and test the theory with my husband and cat that absence makes the heart grow fonder, I will be participating in the summer show “Impress These Apes.” It’s a weekly energetic variety show/competition, in which contestants perform artistic challenges to impress judges (who happen to be apes). This year they had an audition, then a live elimination round, and the whole shebang kicks off July 11th and runs for 2 months.

Loss of sanity probably occurs around August 8th…

It’s comforting to know that sometimes you are rewarded for taking the time to crochet the Pixar lamp.

So… Should I be worried?

Oh, that little asterisks on my resume?

Yeah, that just indicates that I’m JEFF NOMINATED for some music I wrote with some super keen kids.

We’re pretty excited to go to the awards ceremony like fancy schmancy pants. We’ve been using a rope as a belt for some time now, this is the biggest thing to happen to us since [something witty].

We got put into the “Original Incidental Music” category because…well, where else are you going to stick a bluegrass band that performs live during an otherwise non-musical show?

I plan to ride in on a glitter pony if there are no unicorns in stock. That’s what you do at these things, right? Or is it not like the Tony’s?