the midwest yall.

this is me and stuart. we've become besties.

stuey is still traveling all over my friends. we are in the midwest now, specifically back and forth between minnesota and wisconsin. did you know that the mississippi river is in wisconsin? yea i did not.

we are performing about ten shows a week and all have which have been in great venues! Venues while we have calls times two hours before the show are still awesome because they usually feed us and have coffee and green rooms to store us in.

The hardest days have been 1. a three show day. 2. a two show day followed by a six hour drive. We have been working several 15-17 hour days. WHEW.

We did get a single glorious day off in Minneapolis! WE GOT TO GO TO THE MALL OF AMERICA!!!!

YALL. THIS MALL IS NOT A JOKE.

we ate at a restuarant called big bowl and the food was beyond delicious! We also ordered their ginger ale which is just seems like regualr ginger ale but the ginger is REALLY strong and it was so FUN!

got a new purse eric is showing off and i got a new hat!

I also bought Tina Fey's new biography. Bossypants. This is hilarious!

funsies!

more from the stu tour!

so the tour continues! stuey has been driving all over the country since we last chatted. We drove from Blacksburg VA to Staten Island. ( HOLY MOLY THAT IS A LOT OF VAN TIME)

In the van i curl up w my auburn blanket and tim keller book

We arrived in Staten Island around 7pm and I immediately hop on a shuttle to go to the Staten Island Ferry, then the subway to Christina's apartment! CJ and I went and got our mani/pedi on in our favorite little place in Murray Hill called Wink. Then we went to Kristi and Liz's apartment for me to visit kris and tex! so glad to see my krispi and my kitty! I spent that night w christina. The next day was a day off so I shopped all day with the girls! Then one of my cast mates Eric met up with kristi and me at Pret ( my fav sandwich place in the city) then krisp left me and eric and we walked 20 blocks in the gorgeous weather to christina's apartment. We went and got a bight afterward at a random little pub and wound up staying for a while and making buddies with all the people who work there! eventually i dragged myself away from christina and eric and i navigated our way back to staten island.

me and my sweet cj.

union square with kp!

We then performed in Ststen Island the next day for two audiences. both audiences seemed new to being audiences for live theatre. they were quite boistrous and interactive. I wasnt phased though bc my "sweet friend" ChristinA TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO STATEN ISLAND TO SEE THE SHOW. love you johnson.

after these two shows we then had to drive 7 hours to kent ohio. LONG DAY! we then stopped at my cast mate Tess's parents house for dinner and the next day for brunch. This was SO nice!

We woke up the next day and drove to Milwaukee. We performed twice today and then drove to Lacrosse! Whew ! now we are caught up!

Joe drew this picture in Blacksburg VA. pretty CUTE!

Stuart Little Tour week 1

On a cold Wednesday morning before the sun came up five brave ( or dumb) actors woke up and took all of their belongings and climbed in a gutted out 16 paasenger van headed out for a little thing called tour.

"Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (I heard that in a movie once)"

-Stuart Little

So it has begun. We have been to Holly Ridge North Carolina ( 2 shows at Holly Ridge Elementary) then immediately drove 3 ish hours to Spindale , North Carolina.

We performed the twice next day at Isothermal Community College. We were treated like mini celebs here ( which is hilarious bc tour life is the antithesis of glamour. ) I love when we get to go to venues bc we get to meet the people who are bringing us to there venue ( plus there is usually free coffee and bagels and a crew to help us load in!) The guys who helped us load in were hilarious! We felt very appreciated at this stop by these guys then next we stopped at Denny's. I mean LITERAL STAR TREATMENT! we got major discounts on food. Gift card for another free meal, free desert (which was funny bc we talk about ice cream with chocolate sauce on it in the show ) The waitress was ADORABLE and wanted our autographs and took our picture. Very VERY sweet.

After lunch we headed to Blacksburg Virginia! We knew right where we were staying because they had us advertised as staying at our hotel on their marquee. We then ran right next door to the mexican restaurant where tess and I had the best fajitas we had ever had! Fun night for the group!

We stayed the night and woke up this morning and loaded in at the Lyric Theatre ( which is a fantastic space that holds about 400ish people. We had a great show this morning ( they gave us free coffee and great vegan muffins! ) Our next show isnt until 7 tonight, so we have gotten to go back to our hotel room and nap and play all day! VICTORY! We'll stay here again tonight and head to NEW YORK! tomorrow! We drive all day tomo and then have a day off that I plan to spend the entire thing in the loving arms of Christina, Lizard, Krispi and Tex!

Looking forward to what is coming next!