Oh, We're Not Stuck in Korea, by the way...

I just realized that I haven't put anything up here since Korea. We are indeed back, we were not kidnapped and interned in a Northern Korean work camp or anything. But the jetlag was a bitch!

I've been busy with work (again, a slew of random gigs, including some voiceover stuff), I'm about to start rehearsals for my next show, and Ed and I have been working on submitting a bunch of his plays to festivals around the city for the summer.

It's strange-- it's been almost a year since I've been on stage, and by the time the next show opens, it will have been over a year! Wow. No comment, really, but just... wow.

The show will open in June as part of The Pretentious Festival at the Brick. I'll post dates once I know, because I'm sure you'll want to see this Pretentious-ized version of Macbeth. That's right. The Bizarre Science Fantasy crew (that brought you favorites like Hell's Belles and The Perfect Girl) are back and battling Shakespeare, silent-style. I'll keep you posted.

I've also just finished up another podcast for nytheatre.com. This one was for a show I actually did myself in college and find to be one of my favorite plays in modern American theater. You can listen to it here.

We're leaving for London on Sunday (I know, I know... we totally don't go on vacation enough). My dear friend Julia is getting married on April 14, so we thought we'd go a little early, spend a few days in Berlin, then head down to Italy to hang out with Will's dad and sister. We'll be there over Easter, which apparently is the holiday to end all holidays in Italy. That's right, we'll be hunting for eggs in the vineyard, left there by the Easter Coniglio.

Seoul

We're in Seoul and after five days might have finally gotten over the jet lag!




We've seen some cool stuff...


















and some crazy stuff...














But by far, the coolest thing we've seen by far was Sang and Lisa's wedding.


The ceremony took place yesterday afternoon. Lisa wore a white gown like you would see in the states and Sang wore a tuxedo and they got hitched in front of about 500 friends, family and colleagues. After the ceremony, while we ate dinner, they changed into traditional Korean garb. After dinner, they did more traditional stuff, including a ceremony where they both bowed and bowed and bowed to their families. Their whole families. Sang's dad alone has five siblings, so I'm sure their legs and backs were tired. (In the photo above, Sang is giving Lisa the traditional Korean Wedding Piggyback Ride-- I didn't ask where the tradition came from...)


Sang's family have been absolutely lovely hosts. There has always been an English-speaking cousin sitting with us to translate and/or explain what's going on. They also invited us into the family room to see the ceremony first hand. (In the photo above, you can see us with Sang and Lisa, his brother Tony and his wife Hanna as well as Sang's parents seated in front)

Tomorrow we're off to explore South Korea outside of Seoul. I'm sure it's beautiful, but I doubt it can beat the wedding. Did I mention that a little girl sang ABBA's Dancing Queen as a good luck wish during the engagement dinner?

This is stuff you just can't get from a guide book!