(EDITOR'S NOTE: Cooper High School fine arts chairman Tim Haynes will make his New York theatrical debut as an actor and a playwright this weekend. He was accepted into a prestigious Horton Foote workshop at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. While in the Big Apple, he will be blogging about his experiences.)

This has been a wonderful experience and something beyond my dreams and expectations. BUT it shouldn't have been beyond anything. I have always lived by the quote: "we are limited only by our imaginations" so why didn't I ever dream about this? I guess my imagination was going in a different direction at the time. BUT no more!!!! Playwriting and play festivals in NYC are going to be a part of my dreams.

I have no idea what will come of my play - something will one of these days (I hope I get it finished first). But something has already moved into the developmental phases for TYCHO DE BRAHE where I play the the lead. Plans are in the works taking that play to Prague next summer in an cultural/educational exchange program that Baylor University has developed and maintained over the last five or six yeras. Now that sounds exciting - and another possibility that I never imagined - acting in Europe????? Another window - another adventure. (I hope Clydi Mae gets to go, too.)

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