a semester spent where anything is possible
dear world,
hello :)
it appears that the last time i stopped for a moment to reflect was right before grease opened. my o my, the whirlwind that has been my life since then!
first of all, it needs to be put into writing how much i miss grease. more than i thought i would, but i really miss all the singing and dancing and even the drama. the show came together so well, and we were about 20-30 seats away from sold out at our nite shows, and we had more ppl at our matinees than any show has had in awhile. apparently we were awesome? clearly. i always hate to strike the set of a show, especially after being involved in the set build. u spend hours on a piece, and in a minute its demolished. its come, after a long effort to build and prep it, and its graced the stage, and is gone in a blink. that seems to be how the whole grease experience was. it was alot of hard work, both on stage and inside of me, but it was amazing, and i am so glad i was a part of it with such amazing people. i wish that i had been a part of it all sooner, but i really think that this was the right time for it to happen.
right after grease, literally, that next wk, i was busy with things for the vagina monologues, which was another great experience. there was such a good turnout and the audience seemed to really enjoy it. esp my buddies like laura n mike n also christine n ash who sat in the front rows!!! im so glad i got to do those monologues, and it was just great to do the show and get to hang out with those girls. also really nice to work with the professors in that setting, n i think they really enjoyed getting to work with students. really a fun show, im glad i did it, it was a goal to do it 1 yr and i did it. check.
so vagina monologues ended, then what? hmmm...o right, wintertime rehearsals. those also started BEFORE grease even ended haha. we open in exactly TWO WEEKS (yaaaay), and this has def been one of those experiences. its been alot diff from mtg, smaller class, theatre dept ppl, theatre dept prof as director, etc etc. its been really good though, i like my role and i can see how things have evolved over the weeks. its like real actor training, not just rehearsals, so its been really good to get this experience. id really love if some ppl who can read this would come c me... ya.... tickets for the nite shows sell out, so if u wanna reserve leave a message tonite or by tomorrow afternoon, or get in touch with me in the next few days about how to reserve. its weds the 25 - sat the 28, nite shows at 8, and also 2 matinees on fri and sat at 230. please come <3
aside from the shows, things have been goin good. what have i been up to.... well, classes r just fine. physio isnt what i thought it would be, material wise, so eh to that. family is pretty good, we did a big project to learn about our families which turned out really cool. stats for psyc isnt bad, thanks to bressler introducing all this to us! yay bressler! o! i went to philadelphia a few wks back! there were 7 of us n 2 fun profs, n we went to the eastern psyc conference which was pretty fun stuff! went to a lot of interesting speakers, got a real philly cheesesteak sandwich, ran up the rocky stairs (which werent challenging), had 2 amazing dinner nites, explored 1 nite with katye, then the 2nd nite with every1, where a god like voice told us not to climb on the spider sculpture hahahha. it was just a great time. got to hang out with clifford who i never see otherwise n we had lots o fun wanderin around philly n such, n the girls n i all had fun, n adam n i are now friends. haha. oooo i loved that trip, lets all go back, please? lets just escape again...
i cant believe this semester is ending so soon. it has been full of so many emotions and experiences and people who i wont forget. its been full of love and hate and confusion and fear and excitement...its been great. in a way, im glad i did 3 shows in 1 semester, instead of 1 or 2 a yr. i have appreciated them, and my abilities so much more this way, since i have had to go in 3 different directions. kind of brought out something in me, all these experiences, so its been worth all the stress, tiredness, bruises, "sorry i cant, i have rehearsal" moments, everything...
hello :)
it appears that the last time i stopped for a moment to reflect was right before grease opened. my o my, the whirlwind that has been my life since then!
first of all, it needs to be put into writing how much i miss grease. more than i thought i would, but i really miss all the singing and dancing and even the drama. the show came together so well, and we were about 20-30 seats away from sold out at our nite shows, and we had more ppl at our matinees than any show has had in awhile. apparently we were awesome? clearly. i always hate to strike the set of a show, especially after being involved in the set build. u spend hours on a piece, and in a minute its demolished. its come, after a long effort to build and prep it, and its graced the stage, and is gone in a blink. that seems to be how the whole grease experience was. it was alot of hard work, both on stage and inside of me, but it was amazing, and i am so glad i was a part of it with such amazing people. i wish that i had been a part of it all sooner, but i really think that this was the right time for it to happen.
right after grease, literally, that next wk, i was busy with things for the vagina monologues, which was another great experience. there was such a good turnout and the audience seemed to really enjoy it. esp my buddies like laura n mike n also christine n ash who sat in the front rows!!! im so glad i got to do those monologues, and it was just great to do the show and get to hang out with those girls. also really nice to work with the professors in that setting, n i think they really enjoyed getting to work with students. really a fun show, im glad i did it, it was a goal to do it 1 yr and i did it. check.
so vagina monologues ended, then what? hmmm...o right, wintertime rehearsals. those also started BEFORE grease even ended haha. we open in exactly TWO WEEKS (yaaaay), and this has def been one of those experiences. its been alot diff from mtg, smaller class, theatre dept ppl, theatre dept prof as director, etc etc. its been really good though, i like my role and i can see how things have evolved over the weeks. its like real actor training, not just rehearsals, so its been really good to get this experience. id really love if some ppl who can read this would come c me... ya.... tickets for the nite shows sell out, so if u wanna reserve leave a message tonite or by tomorrow afternoon, or get in touch with me in the next few days about how to reserve. its weds the 25 - sat the 28, nite shows at 8, and also 2 matinees on fri and sat at 230. please come <3
aside from the shows, things have been goin good. what have i been up to.... well, classes r just fine. physio isnt what i thought it would be, material wise, so eh to that. family is pretty good, we did a big project to learn about our families which turned out really cool. stats for psyc isnt bad, thanks to bressler introducing all this to us! yay bressler! o! i went to philadelphia a few wks back! there were 7 of us n 2 fun profs, n we went to the eastern psyc conference which was pretty fun stuff! went to a lot of interesting speakers, got a real philly cheesesteak sandwich, ran up the rocky stairs (which werent challenging), had 2 amazing dinner nites, explored 1 nite with katye, then the 2nd nite with every1, where a god like voice told us not to climb on the spider sculpture hahahha. it was just a great time. got to hang out with clifford who i never see otherwise n we had lots o fun wanderin around philly n such, n the girls n i all had fun, n adam n i are now friends. haha. oooo i loved that trip, lets all go back, please? lets just escape again...
i cant believe this semester is ending so soon. it has been full of so many emotions and experiences and people who i wont forget. its been full of love and hate and confusion and fear and excitement...its been great. in a way, im glad i did 3 shows in 1 semester, instead of 1 or 2 a yr. i have appreciated them, and my abilities so much more this way, since i have had to go in 3 different directions. kind of brought out something in me, all these experiences, so its been worth all the stress, tiredness, bruises, "sorry i cant, i have rehearsal" moments, everything...