I have always loved Christopher Durang, the playwright. I have used several monologues from his plays for auditions, but I have never read (completely) or seen any of his shows. Today I stumbled upon the show "Beyond Therapy." It originally caught my eye because the original off-Broadway cast had Sigourney Weaver and the original Broadway cast had John Lithgow and David Hyde Pierce (one of my all-time favorite actors...he is magnificent). As I began to read about the play I became increasingly intrigued. So I found a preview of the play on Google books and began to read it. The only time I have laughed that hard was when I read "Noises Off." Unfortunately, Google books only let me read the first three scenes...and those were not even fully complete. Boooooo.
Because I fell in love I decided to hold off on watching any Youtube videos of high school and college students attempting to perform it, because I knew it would ruin the magic. Good decision Keaton!
I then found out that the play had been adapted (by Christopher Durang himself) to a movie. Obviously, this was the best news. I immediately went to Netflix to see if it was on instant streaming...it is not. Boooooo, again. At this point in my night I felt completely bogged down and utterly depressed and heartbroken. All I want is to read this play!!
I have only two options left: my school library (haha that's a joke) and my drama teacher's library of plays (less of a joke, but still unlikely). I really want to read this play. I really want to read this play.
I don't know what the moral of the story is for this post...I guess...sometimes you discover something beautiful, but the universe only gives you access to some of it to teach you patience and to help you learn to treasure the surprises in life...
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