JULY A SUMMERTIME BREAK? NO?

There's been a lot going on, universally speaking. We're doing it, and also, whewwww... I think you're great. I hope you're finding some time and space and joy, along with managing the terrible or things out of our control. 

All those things from June - - they happened! I'm so proud of the Bring Your Kids! cast, I'm so chuffed to have performed at TCIF, I'm so grateful for the workshops I got to take. I played Kingfield Porchfest until the sky came crashing down, and 'am so grateful for my hosts, and for those who stuck around. 

JULY!

Though technically August, CLOWN FUNERAL!! Minnesota Fringe 2025! Levi Weinhagen, Chris Rodriguez, Mark Benzel, myself and a very special guest you won't recognize at all. It is what it says it is: a funeral for a clown as attempted by idiots. 

Also, Nudge is up at Open Eye Theatre!! It's gonna be lovely! July 14th and 21st, 7 p.m. shows. Tickets here. We're so excited. 

I'm out of town for a chunk of July, and am still emptying the old house's garage. It's a lot and it's gotta get done. I'm not overwhelmed and I'm proud of what I've done! 

I'm also worried that I've mis-timed the whole thing. 

I think I'm okay. 

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eeeeeeeeeek. 

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Dave Kappelhoff died two days ago. Dave Kappelhoff was a fixture of the Twin Cities community for wayyy over 20 years. He was a gentle. He was funny. He was thrilled to be here. He was a fantastic teacher. He was insanely generous and believed in us dorks. He was a dork. He was a fantastic person to be in company with. He was a leader. He collected good folks and created stuff with those folks. 

He loved nature and played pond hockey and taught kids in juvie and then worked with the park system because of course. 

He gave me basically every first chance I had here in the Twin Cities, and knew me at my most idiotic. And still let me come play. 

Here's to Dave Kappelhoff, whom we loved and love. Here's to stupid cancer, who we wish would fcuk off and leave everyone alone. Here's to the ecosystem he helped shape, the lake he skated on, for years and years and years. We're so grateful and sad. 

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Love you.