Update
Well. Now that the one-acts are over, I feel like I finally have time to make a proper post.
So what's new?
1. Theatre - To start off, the past month or so I've been heavily (and I do mean heavily) involved in the fourth production(s) of the year; the student-directed, student-designed series of one-acts. There were ten in total. I was involved in four; I directed and produced one, was the lighting designer for another, and acted in two more. My play, "The Patchwork Quilt", was about an old woman who had sewn the deed to her farm into an old quilt that was made of pieces of fabric collected from important places in her life, such as her deceased daughter's best dress, her mother's favorite cardigan, etc. The deed was sewn into the patch made from her wedding dress. Her other, alive daughter and her daughter's husband were a yuppie couple, basically, and greedy. They wanted to sell their mother's land for the money, but couldn't do it without the deed, so they were constantly badgering the old woman (who couldn't remember anything on account of not having her quilt) about where the deed was. After they leave, the granddaughter comes in and she, obviously, has found the quilt and has brought it back to the old woman. We proceed to two flashbacks of her life; her wedding day, with her husband, and the day she sewed the deed into the quilt. After those, the daughter and husband come back and take the quilt away, making the old woman forgetful again. And that's the end of the play. I directed it, did the makeup design, did the costumes, did the props, did the sound, all by myself. I had a lighting designer that had no idea what the fuck they were doing, so I basically did that too (with help from the assistant designer who DID know what he was doing), and while this was all going on, I was also putting together a directing book with all my materials from the production, such as costume renderings, makeup worksheets, lighting and sound cue sheets, script analysis, etc. It was tough. The play I lighting designed for was at least easy, it was basically just lights up and lights down. The two I acted in - one of them, I was a 60-year old man, one of the supporting actors, and one of them I was a retarded 15-year old with no lines.
2. Class - Finals are starting soon. I don't have a Lighting Design final, thank God, but the Theatrical Makeup is something I need to work on. I need a makeup morgue filled with pictures and I need to do two makeup worksheets; one for the design I'm putting on myself, and one for the design I'm putting on someone else. They have to be from the same play; I've decided to make myself up as Lumiere from "Beauty and the Beast" and my partner as Cogsworth. The Directing final is a critique of each one-act; we have to either turn it in the day of finals or type it up right there that day; either way, though, we have to actually be there. Same with Lighting; it's just a lecture. I'm pretty sure that's all the finals I have to take; I kind of feel like I'm being let off easy, considering my lack of a huge class load this semester. Ah well. Next semester I'm taking three different history classes (Theatre History I, World History, American History) plus Latin I. Mostly I'm taking that class cause Karena's in it, but it still looks interesting.
3. Life in General - Well. I'm going to Brandt's on May 6th or 7th, but once I get home I'm on my own for a month. Mom and Aunt Sue are flying to California for a month to take care of my uncle's estate. I'll have the house entirely to myself. I'll definitely have to get a job; thinking of applying to Mazzio's. I've absolutely got to have at least $200 by May 27 or I won't be able to go to Akon, and I've told everyone I'm going, so... fingers crossed. Come August I'm moving into Collegiate Station (apartments) with Ted, Josh, and Andee. We'll have a 4-bedroom, 2-bath apartment to ourselves, while Brandt, Rico, Chris, and Craig are moving into another one. Should be fun. Rent's $319 a month plus electric, but I've got student loans; that plus what I make over the summer plus whatever job I have during the school year should be more than enough. I just have to remember to save $600 for the insurance on my car, due in September. Brandt and Karena are going strong, Rico and Kaylene just as strong, Craig has Ivy in Florida. Eryn still has no idea I like her. I'm giving her a CD on Tuesday.
So what's new?
1. Theatre - To start off, the past month or so I've been heavily (and I do mean heavily) involved in the fourth production(s) of the year; the student-directed, student-designed series of one-acts. There were ten in total. I was involved in four; I directed and produced one, was the lighting designer for another, and acted in two more. My play, "The Patchwork Quilt", was about an old woman who had sewn the deed to her farm into an old quilt that was made of pieces of fabric collected from important places in her life, such as her deceased daughter's best dress, her mother's favorite cardigan, etc. The deed was sewn into the patch made from her wedding dress. Her other, alive daughter and her daughter's husband were a yuppie couple, basically, and greedy. They wanted to sell their mother's land for the money, but couldn't do it without the deed, so they were constantly badgering the old woman (who couldn't remember anything on account of not having her quilt) about where the deed was. After they leave, the granddaughter comes in and she, obviously, has found the quilt and has brought it back to the old woman. We proceed to two flashbacks of her life; her wedding day, with her husband, and the day she sewed the deed into the quilt. After those, the daughter and husband come back and take the quilt away, making the old woman forgetful again. And that's the end of the play. I directed it, did the makeup design, did the costumes, did the props, did the sound, all by myself. I had a lighting designer that had no idea what the fuck they were doing, so I basically did that too (with help from the assistant designer who DID know what he was doing), and while this was all going on, I was also putting together a directing book with all my materials from the production, such as costume renderings, makeup worksheets, lighting and sound cue sheets, script analysis, etc. It was tough. The play I lighting designed for was at least easy, it was basically just lights up and lights down. The two I acted in - one of them, I was a 60-year old man, one of the supporting actors, and one of them I was a retarded 15-year old with no lines.
2. Class - Finals are starting soon. I don't have a Lighting Design final, thank God, but the Theatrical Makeup is something I need to work on. I need a makeup morgue filled with pictures and I need to do two makeup worksheets; one for the design I'm putting on myself, and one for the design I'm putting on someone else. They have to be from the same play; I've decided to make myself up as Lumiere from "Beauty and the Beast" and my partner as Cogsworth. The Directing final is a critique of each one-act; we have to either turn it in the day of finals or type it up right there that day; either way, though, we have to actually be there. Same with Lighting; it's just a lecture. I'm pretty sure that's all the finals I have to take; I kind of feel like I'm being let off easy, considering my lack of a huge class load this semester. Ah well. Next semester I'm taking three different history classes (Theatre History I, World History, American History) plus Latin I. Mostly I'm taking that class cause Karena's in it, but it still looks interesting.
3. Life in General - Well. I'm going to Brandt's on May 6th or 7th, but once I get home I'm on my own for a month. Mom and Aunt Sue are flying to California for a month to take care of my uncle's estate. I'll have the house entirely to myself. I'll definitely have to get a job; thinking of applying to Mazzio's. I've absolutely got to have at least $200 by May 27 or I won't be able to go to Akon, and I've told everyone I'm going, so... fingers crossed. Come August I'm moving into Collegiate Station (apartments) with Ted, Josh, and Andee. We'll have a 4-bedroom, 2-bath apartment to ourselves, while Brandt, Rico, Chris, and Craig are moving into another one. Should be fun. Rent's $319 a month plus electric, but I've got student loans; that plus what I make over the summer plus whatever job I have during the school year should be more than enough. I just have to remember to save $600 for the insurance on my car, due in September. Brandt and Karena are going strong, Rico and Kaylene just as strong, Craig has Ivy in Florida. Eryn still has no idea I like her. I'm giving her a CD on Tuesday.