Mark Drinnenberg's Stage

I haven't been on here since November when I wrote about opening night of Leading Ladies. That turned out to be a really good run. We had large, enthusiastic audiences for every performance. Now I'm in rehearsals for The Dining Room. It's a good show with a good cast. I wish we were doing more than two performances, but oh well...

We opened "Leading Ladies" with the Townsquare Players last night to the best audience I've ever been in front of. It was large and loud and full of laughter. What a great start to what should be a great run! I think this is the best cast (as a whole) that I've ever been a part of. I can't wait for tonight!

Today we ended our two-weekend run of "Sylvia" with the Lakeland Players in Elkhorn, WI. What a blast it was. I played Greg, a man who finds a dog (Sylvia) in a park and brings her home, to the chagrin of his wife, Kate. His love for Sylvia begins to incringe upon his life to the point that his wife contemplates leaving him and he runs the risk of losing his job.

When you get to play a great role in a great story with a great cast, it all makes for a great experience. And my experience with "Sy… Continue

I am in the next-to-last week of rehearsals for a community theatre production of "Sylvia." I play Greg, a man who finds a dog (Sylvia) in the park. It's the largest role I've ever had with over six hundred lines (my previous high was about 185). It's a daunting task to learn that many lines, especially when you've never done it before and your mind isn't as young as it once was. Up until now, I've been sitting alone, going over the script, trying to learn by myself. Usually, my wife helps me by… Continue