Finally we have our new Cougar!  We are welcoming to our cast Rebecca Montalvo.  A Texan, just like me, Rebecca was referred to us through Dionna Griffin-Irons, who runs the diversity casting at Second City.  John Hildreth, a Second City director, suggested I contact Dionna, and voila we found ourselves a Cougar.
So now I'm on to new obstacles, like rehearsal space.  Turns out my dining room isn't as big as I thought it was.  At least not when there is 8 people in it.  So the pursuit for a space has been interesting.  I put out feelers again.  I like the idea of these long fuzzy tentacle things reaching out into the world.  Most places run around $10-15/hr.  But when you multiply that by 3 hours and then again by twice a week for 6 weeks, you start talking a heap of cash.  My friend Scott Allen Luke, who printed our postcards, suggested I talk to Rough House Theater.  They are in Logan Square off Milwaukee and turns out they are the cheapest rental in the city.  Horray! We start rehearsing there tonight.  So it will be a grand adventure.
We got our postcards and posters from the printer today www.urbanimaging.com.  They look great, and I can't wait to put them out places.
Almost all of the music is complete.  We have two reprises to solidify and one more song, but that's it.  I can listen to our soundtrack on my iTunes and stay in a state of perpetual Cougar love.
You know, the kind the rest of you will be in when you come and see the show!  :)  Let's do this thing.