Some Fun Excuses, Live Shows, A Post about POST, & Bringing it Home
Hey, I owe you an email! Does it feel that way on your end? Being owed, I mean? Were you keeping track? Did you miss it? Does all of this, perhaps, remind you a little of that one summer I couldn’t stop going on and on about the book DEBT by David Graeber?1
It’s really an excellent read but this is neither the time nor the place for that conversation.2
So, no excuses and all questions aside, two days ago my glasses broke. Or, perhaps more accurately, they gently disassembled themselves. I was helping Abby choreograph a cool move for THE INFINITE WRENCH3 that involved me taking my shirt off (brag) but I took my shirt off wrong (un-brag) and, dear reader, my glasses simply fell apart.
I’m no engineer, but I believe all I need to fix them is one (1) tiny screw. Unfortunately, I am not someone who has tiny screws floating around the house, and if I do I wouldn’t be able to see them (see: tiny screw & broken glasses above). And although I strive to move through the world with a healthy-blossoming-growth-mindset instead of a single-speed-fixed-mindset, sometimes you just have to come to terms with the fact that you might never be the type of person who has tiny screws. Humbling!
While my brain gracefully spirals like this it is only a matter of time before I imagine myself trying to survive some Mad Max-y post-apocalyptic scenario. Water wars raging and I’ve got a flat head but no Phillip’s as the Death Cult Motorcycle Freaks or the Cedar Rapids Cannibals or the Knife Triplets (!) or whoever are closing in. On top of all of this, my bunker? The one that is full of DVDs? It doesn’t have the right HDMI adaptor.
Screwed again.
So, as a result, I’m currently Substacking in my backup glasses which look exactly the same as my first-string pair but are like three clicks in the “worse” direction of the ophthalmologist’s better-or-worse eye chart scale.
All that to say, it’s good to be back and I’m sorry to have kept you waiting if you felt like you were waiting. I now feel the urge to tell you everything but will pace myself to 2 or 3 things instead. Let’s get into it.
Upcoming Live Shows
If you’re in Chicago, I have a couple shows on the BOOKS that are coming up and it would be great to see you there!
The poster says it all, but in summary, the show is called FRESHLY WAXED and it is popping off on select Saturday’s at 9pm at The Den. The cast is simply stacked with talented, funny, folks and it will be a hoot I promise.
Snag a ticket at the link!4
POST
Speaking of fun shows with very talented people, we just wrapped post-production on a sizzle reel for a TV show about post-production that I co-created with my pal
.Behind every great film, TV show, and local hot dog commerical are the unsung heroes of post-production. Pulling all-nighters to get you the content you crave, they’ve remained behind the scenes, below the line, and credited long after that “watch next episode” button...until now.
POST is a workplace comedy that follows a scrappy post-production team tackling the day-to-day grind and creative challenges of finishing the damn thing.
And we did! Finish the damn thing I mean. We’re planning a screening in Chicago in early April and, while I can’t publicly post a link on the WEB just yet, if you’re curious about watching it drop me a line and I’d be happy to send it to you!
Here’s a RAW and UNCUT behind-the-scenes clip of me directing Emily Marso and Odinaka Ezeokoli “editing” as a little treat:
BRINGING IT HOME
A week ago, I was back in my childhood hometown of Arkadelphia, Arkansas for less than 24 hours.
The house I grew up in isn’t home anymore, but between a perfect homemade lentil soup, a lovely wedding, big laughs around a table, and good night’s sleep at an old friend’s house, Arkadelphia remains a great place to call home.
Until the next one & thanks for reading,
Will
One of many deeply researched books that I have the bad habit of blazing through and then, a month later, have my main takeaway be something like, “Wow, we really owe each other…and not always in like a good way, huh?”
Get it together, Sonheim.
Whoa…been plugging this theatre for an uninterrupted decade now as featured in this video FROM THE NEO-FUTURIST VAULTS.
I have had multiple jobs where it was my responsibility to write emails and post-posts trying to get people to buy tickets to movies or plays and there are simply only so many ways to say snag a ticket at the link or Check it out at the click or For r-e-a-l at the u-r-l or Linked in the bio or Lincoln Bio or Please This Can All Be Over I Just Need Your Help etc.