The Journey Ends.

It's be a challenging and rewarding 7 weeks working with the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Four generations of my family traveled all the way from southern Ontario, Canada to see the show last night. It was so wonderful to have them in the audience to experience the play live onstage. After the evening show the entire cast was gracious enough to hang around in the Green Room to meet my family. 

I will miss working in Atlanta. Overall it was a very positive experience coming down south to work with an wonderful group of theatre artists.  I hope to return someday to Atlanta to visit.  Many have already said I more than welcome to stay with them if I should I ever return.  The invitations were very sweet.

I will be letting go the spirit of Chief Bromden after tonight's performance.  I have come to love and care about the character so very much.  It has also taken so much courage and energy to be so emotionally raw and naked onstage as well as to consistently go through his struggle, awakening and sometimes painful journey onstage with every show that I do.  I've expressed to others that doing each show is like a marathon and it has taken a lot of energy, spirit and commitment to get through the production run. But I wouldn't change it for the world because it has been so rewarding being able to share the stage with such an awesome group of actors who are so giving and open onstage as well as share the story with Atlanta audiences who have been so receptive, engaged and enthusiastic about the production. Audiences are the main reason why we create theatre. Hopefully many of have gone away from the whole experience changed in some way. I am certain and positive that a lot of lives have been touched by watching this play and experiencing the individual journeys of each character.

Chi-Miigwetch Alliance Theatre and director Susan V. Booth for this opportunity!

~ "The Soopah Chief" Bromden