The `Speare Bearer: One-Man Street Shakespeare

18 Sep

The `Speare Bearer’s Ride: Route S, Pittsburgh, PA to Washington D.C. 09/13-09/17, Pt.1

Photos and stories from my 330+ trek along this trail.

31 Aug

The Speare Bearer’s Ride: South Bend & Elkhart, Indiana, 08/17-08/21

Interesting, awesome, and exciting time I had here. Upon arriving at Notre Dame Univ, which is seated in Sounth Bend, IN, 2 things happened:

1. I realized the theater department was in the middle of their annual Shakespeare Festival.

2. Not only would a guy in the next town, Elkhart, host me, but he’d let me stay as long as I needed (which went from 1 night to 4). He was also a performer, a clown and a mime, Neil, pictured above with his bike.

I met the Dean of the Theater dept. Grant Mudge, and told him about my project. He convinced me to stay for the dept’s production of Midsummer Nights Dream that coming Monday (which was unbelievably good) and gave me free tickets to their Hamlet that night. I eventually got to hang with Grant for a bit, have lunch, and perform for him, which was cool. Otherwise I didn’t perform much on campus except for that group of guys you see sitting. I did perform quite a bit in Elhart, the town 15 mi away where I was staying with Neil. I performed for him and some of his friends, there’s video of that, and for some other Elkhart locals I found while riding around. both of the audiences I found in Elkhart, though curious and appreciative, gave me a hard time while performing. But what was most stunning, memorable, and kind of heart-breaking was that one young man from one group of kids I performed for, who are pictured, who were admittely more interested in my ride than my Shakespeare, asked if I carried any “protection” on the road. Kid couldn’t have been older than 13, but he thought if I’m traveling the way I am, of course I’d need a gun. I dunno why that stuck with me, but it has..

Neil turned out to be one of the coolest, kindest, most interesting people I met the whole trip. And the guy has like 20 jobs. He does rock climbing and promosts for a climbing company, carpentry, is an accomplished clown and mime and teaches in his area, works for a local haunted house as an actor… crazy dude. I had a good time.

You know, I was thinking, Ralf, God must really be with you.

23 Aug

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The Speare Bearer: Learning to Fly, 07/08

I’m deathly afraid of heights, and moving quickly through the air out of control. I’m doing a project about confronting fear. I crossed paths with a wave swing in Chicago. Dammit.

(Source: youtube.com)

I just realized I may have lost some footage of me getting kicked out of the Amazon campus in Seattle, WA after performing some Romeo and Juliet there in their private outdoor patio area for some local Seattle tech folks during a busy lunch hour before I got to post it. Well I didn’t get to post it before I my last phone fell apart, but it fucking happened. The `Speare Bearer strikes again!!!

21 Aug

Two of my best friends in the world, Bmac, and Jon, before our 10 yr High School reunion at Port Charlotte High.

My reunion was a two-day affair that was… not great, but it was fun, and was great to see a lot of old faces I hadn’t seen in nearly a decade, especially since I haven’t been on Facebook in years. It was great to see what people did with their lives, to hear people had gotten married, had kids, whether they moved far from home, stayed close, or done both..

I performed for everyone on second night… I think that was mistake. It took me from being another part of the class, to being this guy who did this thing… it’s all anyone wanted to talk to me about after.

As I’ve said before, the thing about endeavoring to separate yourself from the crowd, is that you end up separating yourself from the crowd.

Not from these two though. Me and Jon, and Bmac, we’re brothers. They don’t give a shit what I do. I love them for that.

Two of my best friends in the world, Bmac, and Jon, before our 10 yr High School reunion at Port Charlotte High.
My reunion was a two-day affair that was… not great, but it was fun, and was great to see a lot of old faces I hadn’t seen in nearly a decade, especially since I haven’t been on Facebook in years. It was great to see what people did with their lives, to hear people had gotten married, had kids, whether they moved far from home, stayed close, or done both..
I performed for everyone on second night… I think that was mistake. It took me from being another part of the class, to being this guy who did this thing… it’s all anyone wanted to talk to me about after.
As I’ve said before, the thing about endeavoring to separate yourself from the crowd, is that you end up separating yourself from the crowd.
Not from these two though. Me and Jon, and Bmac, we’re brothers. They don’t give a shit what I do. I love them for that.

Hello, Chicago.

24 Jul

The `Speare Bearer Presents: Stories From the Hole, Pt. 5 07/18

Sharing a story about a really special, one-of-a-kind friend I made in Long beach, CA.

(Source: youtube.com)

23 Jul

The `Speare Bearer Presents: Stories From the Hole, Pt. 2 07/18

How and why I ended up taking a 2 weeks hiatus from my ONE-MAN STREET SHAKESPEARE ON A BIKE tour.

(Source: youtube.com)

13 Jun

The `Speare Bearer: HALFWAY done with my tour, Oregon, 06/13

WARNING: This is loud. I was near the Interstate. Turn your volume down.

(Source: youtube.com)

20 Apr

The `Speare Bearer: Shakespeare vs Golf, Phoenix, Arizona pt.1 04/14

I try desperately and fail to coax these golfers into letting me perform for them. I mean I try reeallly hard, and Kenny films it.

(Source: youtube.com)

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

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