Kate and I decided to do a day trip up to Rhode Island. Yes, yes, I know, we were nuts to want to drive from NYC to Rhode Island and back in a day, but oh man, oh man IT WAS WORTH IT. After 5 hours in a car and getting upset that we wouldn't make curtain, we arrived at 8 pm on the dot. Here we were in Wakefield Rhode Island running up the stairs to get our seats. We were here to support our dear friend and fellow Ground Upper. The show started and what we got was more than a man eating plant, we got a garden full of wonder. The show was wonderful and Guy was fantastic. It was so enjoyable that I honestly forgot that I had spent 5 hours in a car. The show directed by Amiee Tuner was so much fun. You hear horror (no pun intended) stories about summer stock but I have to tell you, Theatre By The Sea gave its audience a delightful show full of great talent, fun direction, and lots of fun music!
After the show, Kate and I were in no mood to head back. We wanted to stay, we wanted to have fun, we wanted to celebrate with Guy. So off we went down the street to the main part of Wakefield where we found a pizza joint. We ordered a pie and was told it would be ready in "15 minutes", so what do we do, we book it across the street to go to down a beer on the roof of an Irish Pub next to the ocean. No joke. Pretty amazing, right? We toasted Guy's awesome performance and great show then we ran back on over and downed an entire pizza pie. You see, in the 5 hour drive, we forgot to eat!!!
The night had come to an end and it was time to head back, well, I thought it was the end of the night. We said bye to Guy and started driving back to NYC through Connecticut when we passed Foxwoods casino. I never have been and we were so full of energy that we decided to make this a real road trip and be adventurous. So we parked the car and hit the slot machines. After losing miserably we both were not defeated. We were determined. We hit the tables, black jack that is, and my oh my. I went first and lost. Then Kate decides to go and as Kate has proven over and over again, she is a STAR! She was spectacular playing the role of the innocent southern girl trying her hand at a big man's game. Win after win after win she turns around and triples her money. That's right folks. She Tripled her money!!! She gave an Oscar performance and would have put Paul Newman to shame in the Color of Money.
Kate looked at me and goes "can I stop now?". I said Heck yeah girl. She cashed her chips in, we hit the road, stopped for caffeine and combos and headed back to NYC.
Our day was about theatre and taking a gamble and to be honest, that's what we do every day. We take a gamble in hopes that we can create astounding theater that you, our audience can love. It's a gamble, but when we win, we win big and that makes the early losses at the slot machine worth it!
- Phil
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