A question...

So, my question of the day has been driving me crazy for about...oh let's say two weeks now. How do you a) be a full-time student taking 18 units and aiming for all A's, b) manage to take care of your dog, body, and apartment, and c) audition/prepare for/dedicate yourself to a show? So far I'm managing items a and b, though not without difficulty...and I'm already going crazy not being in a show even though I've only been out of one for about 3.5 weeks now. So how does one stay ahead of their already overwhelming circumstances and a show at the same time? So, the obvious answer (and the one that everybody offers first), is to say. Hey kid, you've been doing shows non-stop for 2 years, and at least twice a year for about 10 years before that...so maybe it wouldn't be a horrible idea to take a semester off. However, the answer I keep leaning towards is "Oh sure! You can do it all! Who needs sleep? And besides, you can't waste opportunities like this!"

So, really I suppose the question is "Which form of insanity do you choose... a) manageable insanity without a show,  or b) almost unmanageable insanity with a show?"

Once more with feeling!

Well, here we go again. Another show under the belt, and a location change. Funny what can happen in a few months really.

I am now in Marin and have a stack of homework that is big enough to make your eyes water and your head ache before you even contemplate picking up a pencil. Yay college. But hey, at least I'm going somewhere, right? Going somewhere...right. Developing carpal tunnel more like it.

Anyway, thank you Sav for inspiring me to write yet another random and slightly pointless post in a blog that I will probably forget about in a week or so. But hey, at least I'm entertained! And doing a splendid job ignoring my english book at the moment...

Done...!

Phew! I did it! It's done! It's over!

My first concert is over and done with and I can now breathe. After two months of rehearsing, three rehearsals on the stage, and finally a performance last Sunday, and now it's over.

It was a great experience. Very fun. I learned alot! I had a full house! And I got to sing a handful of my favorite songs.

So, as things typically go...I get so tense, focused, and almost obsessive about the show...that the second it's over I get a killer cold. Sigh. So now...with Zicam and Dayquil on board...it's off to work.

That's show...

Well, it was quite a weekend. Saturday's choreography workshop was pretty damn stressful and difficult. I clearly didn't have as much training as most of the other girls there, and they were getting everything a few steps quicker than I was. By Saturday night I was a wreck, but the actual auditions on Sunday were a blast!  Once I got on the stage (and away from the mirrors) I completely relaxed and had fun.

Didn't get the part...sigh. But all in all in was a great experience. Better luck next year...right? So, I'm not nearly as sad as I thought I was going to be. They said that the only reason I didn't get in was because I didn't have the dance training. Well, heck...time to take some dance classes and get some parts!

So, that's that! And that's show!

It begins.

Well, here we go! Let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start). Or not...

The point of this blog will be theatre. Or more specifically, my experiences with theatre. I've started with this particular art when I was 6 years old, and haven't taken a break from it since. Now I'm 18 years old, leaping (crawling?) my way into the world, and wondering where this messy life of mine is going to lead. What's the cliche? Only time will tell? Sure, that'll work!

So I suppose the first thing to talk about is the past couple of weeks! Last weekend I auditioned for a show down in Marin, "Guys and Dolls." The auditions were amazingly fun, which was weird...I've never had a fun audition before...and after singing, dancing, and reading (in that order) I got called back! So, I get to go back to the BA this weekend to go through a choreography workshop, and then callbacks the next morning! Phew! If you ever want to know what it really feels like to be nervous, go to an audition! With shaking hands, closing throat, fluttering stomach, and tense shoulders you'll learn to true feeling of "oh fuck, why am I doing this???"

Wish me luck! No I take it back...Break my leg? Hopefully not literally...