OK. Here's the news.

So...we've been a little stressed lately. Change is hard.

The biggest news is that Neil will not be performing with T&S next season. To explain this change I would have to launch into a huge, long story that I cannot to go into here. Neil will stay on with T&S through the summer to help train the four (!!) new troupe members. In the fall, he plans on attending a massage certification program -- something he has wanted to do for quite a long time. I think this plan is wonderful. He has been so stressed out and tired for the last four or five years, he really needs some time to heal. Other than that, he plans on taking whatever auditions he can (he's been practicing orchestral excerpts for the first time in about ten years!) and earning some income somehow. Hopefully, the Quartet Formerly Known as Ampersand (the current T&S troupe's alter ego which has a program for general audiences) will be able to do some gigs, despite the fact that the members will be scattered across the country.

We'll stay in Evansville for this year, and hopefully I'll be able to get my act together and get school applications in so I can move on with my life too.