Steve Hiltner, one of the people in our Documentary theater group invited us to come to a performance he was doing at the Princeton Library. Knowing what it’s like to put together an audience, Paul and I decided to go to “support” our fellow theater guy.
Well, it turns out he is terrific. He plays well – clarinet, alto and regular sax (and he also plays the guitar and piano) AND composes what he plays. And his compositions were as professional as you can imagine. Worthy of a serious paying audience.
Not only that, he is a botanist and he has spearheaded the maintenance of Herrontown Woods which was the first of the green space projects to be taken on in Princeton – it was years ago and I don’t really know the history, but he is pivotal in the management of this space.
He also talked about the OnStage Seniors group – the documentary theater group – and how he has been in it for 10 years and before he began participating, he was a stiff person who had a hard time doing ANYTHING in public.
I was impressed – I’ve been in this group with him since September and didn’t know ANY of this.