Re: RAT Reading Series --What Brecht thinks

[InTheLime@aol.com]

In a message dated 99-10-16 13:29:06 EDT, you write:

<< As for your theatre company existing because of your efforts, Ms. 
McCollogh 
 -- hey, there are hundreds of such companies.  Theatre companies are born 
and 
 thrive, because actors and writers have a need to work.  If the people are 
 dedicated, they'd work whether you held them together or not.   Holding out 
a 
 particular company's existence as arising from personal virtue and effort is 
 yet another example of overweening ego.   >>

Oh for goodness sake.  :)  I said if you give up because you're overworked 
then you won't be able to create success, and I get told I have an 
overweening ego.  I actually laughed out loud!  Thanks for that.

I completely agree that EVERY company that grows over the years is due to the 
dediction of the personalities involved.  I admit I'm rather amused that your 
argument pummeled me for responding to a "personal" comment made by Karen to 
arouse sympathy and guilt -- and then headed straight to attacking 
personalities a few lines later.  :)  Physician heal thyself?

Of course I'm proud of what I have personally accomplished with my company.  
I hope you're proud of what you've accomplished with yours.  I hope Brad can 
eventually look back on this playwrighting dealy-bob and be proud of it.  I'm 
overworked, and underpaid (like most of you I'd hazard) -- and because of 
THAT, I'm gonna brag DOUBLY about the members of my company all the time -- 
because they are amazing and when I watch them they fill me with joy.  And 
there's been many a time when we made mistakes and had problems (and fights, 
oooo baby!)  BUT we're still at it because we didn't let someone tell us 
"you're too overworked to make it, so you shouldn't be doing it."  
Phhhhllltttt! to that!

I think you better have a pretty solid ego if you want to stay sane in this 
business.  But then again, I'm not sure I'm still sane...so maybe you need a 
solid ego to go insane too!  

--Aileen