Whoops, forgot to post last night!

By Cathy Caudill

My performance story is going to be on one particular actor in the NC Shakespeare Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I had originally planned to write about a person eating alone (that is, I wanted to write about one of those people who does not merely eat alone, but keeps themselves busy with texting, reading, and/or browsing the internet in an attempt to make themselves look occupied; therefore, trying to not appear to be a loner in a cafeteria filled with people). However, my venture to the cafeteria did not offer up any good candidates, and I never found the time to make a second trip down there. 

But then I decided that I would very much like to write about the fellow who portrayed Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. His performance was enchanting, for he was not simply an actor: he was a professional Cirque du Soleil performer. The mysticism of the curious fairies in the play was heightened by the marvelous acrobatics of Puck, as he climbed and tumbled, swung across the stage and did flips. He would mischievously play pranks on the characters as he dangled by his legs on the many streamers that were hung around the stage for his performance. If the fairy king Oberon called out for him, he would look up to find Puck standing on his shoulders. There is much more to be said on this, but I will save it for my feature. (I would still like to write about the person eating alone. If I find anyone who intrigues me this afternoon, I may still use that story, but if I get no results, I will write about Puck.)

Meanwhile, I have been giving my Death story some thought. I have come up with a few ideas, but the one thing that still has me worried about the whole thing is that I will have to contact a person I don't know for an interview. Removing myself from my comfort zone is going to the most important thing I'm going to learn from this feature.