Fill er up! The painless way to re-fuel?

If you are not a NYC dweller, we share your pain at the pump the last six months.  Anywhere you “can fill ‘er up” without breaking the bank is a bonus.  You may triumph at saving 10¢ a gallon only to find the price has gone up 4 days later.

I just returned from our iTheatrics workshop with kids of “James and The Giant Peach” as well as our smashing Freddie G Weekend to honor 8 stellar teachers from our Junior Theater Festival.  Being in the middle of 32 kids that were new to each other producing such fresh, creative energy for 8 hours a day in 99-degree heat, was inspirational re-fueling.  Watching the exchange and passion of committed and passionate teachers all weekend was inspirational re-fueling.  Listening to Douglas Carter Beane, Kim Grigsby, Warren Carlyle and Freddie Gershon put teachers on a pedestal was inspirational re-fueling.  I crave to do it again with our 24 teachers coming in for our  iTheatrics Teacher Intensive weekend next week.  No pain, no credit card, no calories.  Pure dessert for those of us who are “juiced” by selfless collaboration in the arts!

So however you do it, master classes, summer programs with your kids, performing yourself, immersing your brain in perusals, or simply taking time to leisurely wander through MTIShowspace, DO IT!  Creative re-fueling is sustainable and contagious to kids you work with as well as friends and family.  Its only July, need some ideas?  Let me know, there is something for everybody!  CR