I did some acting in college. I was in an independant production of Christopher Durang's
The Marriage of Bette and Boo as the protagonist/narrator/Durang-autobiographer/straightman. That was a blast. I was in a one-act called "The Dying Wife". I played the wife.
It was really a shock moving away from Minneapolis after college, where there is a VERY lively theater scene. Here in NC, we have some regional theaters, but it's just not the same.
This year at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, I've seen
Streetcar, which was a brilliant production, and, last week, "Santaland Diaries", with the theater's artistic director playing Sedaris. This theater is great--it really tries to reach out to the community and include a greater range of people in the theatrical experience. For
Streetcar, they had a "Stella-Yelling Contest". People came in and yelled "STELLA!!!!!" for various prizes. Fun!