Closet: Closing afternoon, New York City, Sunday July 27s, 2005

Dear Joy,

           The show closed last Saturday. It was a good experience and I found it very challenging -- though I'm not sure why yet: Comedy, I've heard, is always harder than drama, but I always thought it would come easier to me (and comedy does, actually, seem to come easier), but nevertheless, I found it surprisingly challenging.

          For awhile, I was 'blaming' the script, and while no young playwright is "Shakespeare," in the end, that was just an excuse for how hard I found it . . .

          And so realizing this, I just bore down as best I could, refusing to blame anything for what I though was going wrong and concentrated fully on just doing my absolute best and then . . . just letting it all go (and learning as much as possible on the way) . . . I think the value of the lessons I learned (whatever they were) will manifest themselves at some point in the future -- they'll be there for me when I need them. Take care.

        - Love,
                 C