Amy Lu's View

March 27 is World Theater Day AND International Whiskey Day. Wow, a day to celebrate two of very most favorite things.

Of course it’s rather difficult to celebrate theater right now, since we’ve had to cancel both our productions as has the rest of the theater world. And, for better or worse, it’s way too easy to celebrate whiskey since I’m spending all my time at home not being in theater.

But I can raise a glass of whiskey (specifically, bourbon) to theater and all the professionals and amateurs who devote their hearts and souls to it. I can raise a glass to all the amazing and talented and awesome people I’ve met through my participation in community theater. And I can acknowledge how devastating this time of cancellations is for performers and audiences (including myself–The Show Must NOT Go On), and think about how I can support the theater world both financially and and with intangible ways.

If I do turn out to have any free time while I’m not involved in theater, here some more ways I can celebrate whiskey and theater–preteey sure I can engage in all these tasks while drinking whiskey. Consider this a Part 2 (perhaps in an ongoing series?) of what I aspire to do while spending all my time at home. (Free Time Fallin’).

• Organize all the many, many, many photos I have from the plays I’ve been in over the last 10 years. Maybe make photo books from Shutterfly?
• Organize photos from our Louisville trip (which was all about the bourbon).
• Attend virtual theater performances when I can.
• Read “The Essential Scratch and Sniff Whiskey” (we own this, how have I not read this yet?!).
• Spend some virtual time with my theater friends–miss you guys!
• Finally read the publisher’s notes from the last show I was in, “Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas” (didn’t want to skew my performance in some way).
• Explore if Applause can do any type of virtual reading or performance (this is actually Chad’s idea).
• Read scripts that would be good for Applause to produce–especially ones that are in the public domain and royalty free.
• And, to further my own acting life, read scripts to find plays with awesome roles for middle-aged ladies that Applause can produce and I can be in.
• And of course, drink bourbon and whiskey (most likely Laphroig). But this, to use one of Chad’s favorite sayings, would just mean it’s a day that ends in “y”.