Tonight I saw another wonderful play at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Julius Caesar. It was performed outdoors in the Mary Rippon theatre and it was done in a completely classic setting. It was wonderfully acted and very powerful. I was a little worried about not having enough warm clothes as the afternoon was unseasonably cool and it was rainy. Fortunately by the time the play came on it had cleared up and was pleasant. My seat was front row center, which was a little intense, but you could see some fine details in some of the acting. They even came down off the stage and performed into the audience. A very enjoyable production.
An interesting side note, I ran into Charlie McMillan who was in the audience with his wife. It was the first time he’d come to the festival. Apparently he’s friends with the actor who played Julius Caesar, Robert Sicular, through his musical performance activities in the Bay Area.
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In the evening, I got down to business with my first play of this year’s 
I started my milestone trip to Colorado with an early flight, for which Bob kindly took me to the airport. I drove strait up to the mountains. On the way up, I-70 had some major slow points which turned out to be due to lookey-loos because of a major accident coming down out of the mountains. WHen I got to it there were at least 10 emergency vehicles and the debris was spread over a large area. I can’t imagine anybody got out without being hurt.
After passing through some rain storms, I got up to Summit County mid-afternoon, and it was quite pleasant. I could definitely feel that altitude of 9000 feet. Just walking around too fast can get me winded. Better fittness and some acclimation are needed. I had a nice, early dinner, then I went down to the marina area to take some photographs. There were some nice clouds, and I waited long enough and got some nice sunsets behind the mountains reflecting off the lake. Another day or so up here, then I head down to Shakespeare country.
Tonight I saw the second play of the 
Along with Bill, Andy, and Doug, I saw 
Capping off a full weekend, tonight I saw this year’s 
I arose early and headed over to San Francisco to attenda a Nikon School Portrait & Lighting Workshop. I’ve been reading and studying a bit on this topic, and this was a good opportunity to get some direct training, some practical experience, and to work with real models.
After a nice dinner at Bob and Blanca’s, Bob, Blanca, their friend Jim, and I went over to see the first play in the 
It’s been 8 months since I’ve written any blog posts, which probably indicates a big drop in extracurricular fun. After a couple of months of marathon traveling for work, the summer theater season kind of snuck up on me. So I happily begin blogging again as I attended the first play in the 2017 
In an extended season running spring through fall, I again managed to see quite a bit of theater this year. I again missed only Santa Cruz this summer. I saw a total of 20 plays this year, 14 Shakespeare plays, and 5 other plays, produced by 6 different Shakespeare companies, in 3 different states. It also brings the count of live Shakespeare productions I’ve seen to 141. I also managed to knock off three more previously unseen play from the Shakespeare canon, leaving only one play that I haven’t seen.
