One of the great byproducts of Striking 12 getting licensed here and there, is that occasionally we get to meet people who played us.
Two men who've had enough. The resemblance is astounding.
Val and I are trading off for two weeks, with one of us working on Toy Story The Musical on site in Anaheim while the other stays home and takes the kid to and from school–and today it’s my turn to be on site. And who do I run into but Brent Shindell, the guy who played “The Man Who’s Had Enough,” in other words, my character in Striking 12. He was in one of the very very few productions where they did it with THREE PEOPLE, just like me and Val and Gene.
I don’t know if you’ve seen the youtube videos–but Brent totally stepped up to the plate and played and sang all of my parts with great aplomb in Santa Barbara in 2008.
What a trip this life is turning out to be.
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I saw the 12/08 production in Cincinnati which had only three cast members and it was fantastic, in a great little theater that, sadly, has since closed down. It was, unknowingly, my introduction to Groovelily, and I have since seen Shackleton and Sleeping Beauty at Theatreworks. Keep it up!
Only Brendan’s Mom would know the difference. I’m completely stumped.