Some Additional Comments From Jon

Jonathan Joy had some additional thoughts to his last post, which he sends along here:

As soon as I sent (my list), I started thinking about shows/performances that I omitted.

I should mention the strong performances and direction of 5th Avenue Theatre Company's production of Man of La Mancha.

I also had the opportunity to see the Marshall Artist Series Spring production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and thoroughly enjoyed it.

And finally, I am thankful that the Huntington Museum of Art asked me to direct a production of Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu in October. It was part of a night of offbeat, experimental work and very different from most of the plays that I saw or was involved in. I hope we see more theatre at the Museum in the coming years.

Of course, you can't see everything. I've heard rave reviews of Rent and Almost, Maine, two shows that I missed in 2009. And I didn't see a single play in Ashland for the first time in years. Sometimes, it's hard to take in everything when there is so much going on. I'm just glad we have such a wide variety of theatre groups/productions in this area.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

Thanks, Jon! We do have a wealth of great shows in our area, which makes it tough to see them all - but like the old saying goes, better too many than not enough!