My father, the actor

Spike and I went to the Homeland a few weekends ago to see my father star in a play at the Oldcastle Theatre Company.  My dad has been acting with Oldcastle for as long as I can remember and those memories are some of my favorites.  They involve me, as a little girl, walking down the cobblestone corridors of Southern Vermont College and exploring the vast grounds while pretending I was in a fairyland castle.  They include me feeling very priveledged because I knew that the actress didn't actually give birth at the end of every performance of the musical "Baby" and I didn't think that everyone in the audience realized that.  I remember cracking up with my sister as we listened to the vocal warm-ups of dad's leading ladies prior to their performance, which involved them making the most insane noises possible.  The memories also include the excitement of seeing my dad's head shot outside the theater and in the program and thinking, "That's my Dad."

Oldcastle has been through some rough times in the past and, after moving from Southern Vermont College to the Bennington Center for the Arts, they have finally found a home in a theater in downtown Bennington.  I won't lie and say that I was super excited to see Dad's latest play, "Other People's Money," which is described as a "penetrating look at a Wall Street manipulator and his attempts to takeover and destroy an aging New England family business."  I'm more of a musical kind of person... Wall Street is not really in my wheelhouse.  However, my father totally nailed it.  His performance was great and I was so proud that it made the subject matter much more interesting and the play was really enjoyable! 

It was nice to add some new memories to the Oldcastle bank and also from the weekend in general, which included a beautiful homeland sunset,

 

a trip up the Bennington Monument,

fun times with the family,

insane times with the family,

and of course, the head shot shot!