Life, Fannishness, and Thespic Infatuation

So, y'all know I've written several times and somewhat extensively about how Jensen is my current source of thespic inspiration when I'm practicing a role. Well, now I keep hearing his advice about directing.

See, I'm directing a one-act play, Mountaintop, for Good Friday service. Now, I've directed this play before, years and years ago . . . about 16 years ago, actually. Geo and I were engaged at the time. And thankfully I've still got my script with a few notations in it. But it's been a long time since I've directed anything on my own on this scale, and as I'm going through the script again, I keep hearing Jensen's advice (as passed on to him by the late Kim Manners) that the most important thing for a director to do is do your homework. Be prepared. I know this is key to being a good director. Be confident in what you're doing and in the choices you're making, and be prepared. And when Jensen said this about his first directing gig, I agreed with him wholeheartedly.

I just find it really amusing that he's in the back of my mind as I'm putting my production notes together.

Also, I'm very keen on playing a role in this play. Which means I'll be directing myself. Which is something I've done before on solo stuff, but not something I've done before in a full-scale play I'm directing. So . . . that should be interesting.