Summer Sabbatical

McLennan Community College has awarded me a professional development leave grant, which I've chosen to accept for the summer months. Teresa and I leave for California on May 27 and will return June 8. We will be in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I will then leave for New York June 10-16. The third leg of our summer sabbatical will be July 9-31, first flying to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and then to London. We will catch the train and the ferry and end up in Dublin, Ireland, where we will meet our friends from Antioch Community Church. We will serve with our friends in Galway and in County Mayo until July 27. From July 27 to July 31 we will be in London, England, flying back to the states through Amsterdam on our return trip. The goal of the summer sabbatical is to examine the theatre industry through stage performances, observing rehearsals and interviewing colleagues and former students who are working professionally. I plan to communicate my findings in my acting classes throughout 2009-2010. I will also continue to write concrete poems which I began in 2003 concerning various facets of actor training. I will also "blog" some personal discoveries through the summer. I welcome your comments as I post throughout the summer. Blessings to you!