November 4, 2011

Bitter winter rain.

Took TD and my student Alex and his roommate Ben to Magnetic Field to see Brief Encounters. Ben is learning Japanese and Farsi. The boys, who had ridden their bikes through the rain, were engaged and interested and sweet and curious about everything. I was stupid with pleasure being with them, going into a sort of paternal overdrive I hope they didn’t find too goofy. MF’s deep bench of excellent actors and directors saw the night through without much help from the scripts. Grateful to John and M & S Bean for doing well with my piece which, ending the evening, got laughs, and so was I content. Since I was with 20-year-olds, didn’t try the enticing cocktails invented for the program. Will next time.