In high school and shortly after, Suzanne and I were both involved in Summerstage (Granite's community theatre group) from time to time. We both acted (sometimes in the same productions) and I occasionally directed/designed sound and/or lighting.

So it was cool today to catch this article on the STL Journals about Summerstage producing a locally-written murder mystery theatre, "The Wacko Murder at Soulard's" (written by Mark Lull, a mutual friend, teacher, and former barista at the GC Starbucks) at Soulard's Restaurant in St. Louis.

The woman in the photo (Beverly Scroggins) was Suzanne's and my main speech teacher in high school, the coach of our Individual Events (advanced speech) competition team, and my mentor and teacher in stagecraft. She's also one of Granite's finest performers and theatrical minds. Regina Bright was a classmate of ours, and some of the other actors are friends as well.

Check out the whole article, and think about seeing the next performance on Feb. 2.