Chicago or Bust!

Mar 1, ’11 11:11 AM

I’m setting out on a new adventure very soon.

I’ll head east to the second/windy city to audition for a summer actor training program offered by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Chicago, my fatherland

My dad left Chicago the year he turned eighteen. He and his two friends—his best friend Pete and their high school English teacher, Brother Noonan—struck out from the south side of Chicago on a mission. Making church-basement theater along the way, they would travel to Carroll College, a small Catholic school here in Helena. I’m sure glad they did.

When I was just a wee lad our family traveled back Chicago every summer. We only stopped when my sister and I got so annoying that my parents could no longer stand the 24 hours of road time. But, in just a few days I’ll pack into my little red car and head down that long stretch of road again to that great American city.

I’m looking forward to catching up with a few friends, my God-parents, and of course the Chicago Casey’s. I’d like to explore the city and scout out neighborhoods, theaters, apartments, and jobs that seem right . I’m not sure what I’ll find but a recent theater review I read called Chicago “a place of risk, rebuilding and reinvention. A town devoted to change.”

That sounds good to me.

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Savannah Disputation

Nov 5, ’10 2:07 PM

While I’ve been gone my Dad directed the Helena Theater Co.’s fall show at the Myrna Loy. It’s the story of two Catholic sisters and a door knocking “Catholic Missionary.” As in, she’s out to convert Catholics.

I’m pretty bummed I am going to miss it. It’s a very funny script that pokes some fair fun at both sides, Evangelical and Catholic, and as my dad was quoted in the IR:

“I think the audience will see pieces of themselves and characters they know,” Casey added. “People should come to this play if they want to see a thoughtful comedy. It’s funny. It’s bawdy. It’s well drawn.”

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, Nov. 4-6 and Nov. 11-13
Where: Myrna Loy Center
Cost: $16
Contact: 443-0287 or myrnaloycenter.com

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