If you make that face...

...it will stay that way. Was Mom right? She was if you're talking about casting your face in stone. And that's just what I got to do today. My friend (and Milwaukee Rep resident company member) Lee Ernst is a treasure trove of theatrical knowledge and passion. He offered to cast my face to give me yet another tool in my arsenal of makeup know-how... to create prosthetics.


Here's me after the bald cap application, the alginate drizzle and smear, and the plaster-soaked cloth strips.


And as we waited for it all to set, I did my best Claude Rains impersonation. Where my shades at? Or am I Boris Karloff?


Here's the negative after we peeled it off my face, sitting in a cradle of newspaper before Lee poured the stone mixture into it. It looks like a positive image, huh? It's how the busts in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion follow you as you walk by.


Here's Lee chiseling stone out of my nostril. It's a glamour job.


And here's me, Lee, and me. Thanks SO much, my friend! I'm so grateful! P.S. I love that you left the soul patch!

And only the day before, we joined 90-some fellow Rep family members at Miller Park to witness the Brewers trounce the Pirates. And we also lent a hand with the festivities. Here's a little video I cobbled together showing some of the adventure...


What a rush that anthem was! Can you hear the crazy delayed echo? It's like having someone sing exactly what you just sang a second earlier right in your ear. Wacky! We had such a great time. Once the game started, we took advantage of dollar hot dog night and partook of some local beer. The Brewers won this evening, 17-3. Just pulled it out. We think it was our harmony.

Well, that's it for now. Best wishes, all! Peace and love.