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So, apparently, Landon (Jason from "Medea") and I go way back.
Rewind to Friday night. My mom and I are in the theatre. She's looking at the "Medea" program. She comes across Landon's picture and nearly spazzes. I'm all "wtf, mate?" and she goes, "YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS???"
(No, Mom, I don't. You're crazy.) <---I say in my head.
"Um...it's Landon?" <---I say out loud.
"No, honey, he was in 'Disco! Disco!' at HATT! With Ashley! Remember him?"
And it all came rushing back.
Yes! He was in "Disco! Disco!" (bad script, don't be in it ever) at HATT (awesome place with good people, work with them whenever possible) about eight years ago!
At that time, my cousin Ashley was a lead, my mom was helping with costumes, my acting teacher was directing it, and I was the ten-year-old Littlest Crew Member...helping with sewing, picking up pins, unloading stuff, ushering, etc.
I distinctly remembered hanging out with him a few times and talking. Of course, I thought I was hot stuff for being ten and being considered cool by all the teenagers in the production...he was about seventeen or so at the time, I guess...so I thought he was pretty awesome.
Fast forward to Saturday night. I saw the play again (I was the "Medea" groupie, according to Landon). I find Landon afterwards, make a beeline, and go "YOU WERE IN A PLAY AT HATT LIKE A MILLION YEARS AGO!"
And he's like "...'Disco! Disco!' Not the best. Fun cast, bad play." So we were in agreement about that point. He asked how I knew and I told him I was the little ten-year-old kid who was always reading and singing along. I think he remembered me because he looked way amused at that.
Well, anyway, I thought it was pretty funny.
I'm sad that "Medea" is over. It's weird...I wasn't directly involved in the show in any way. I just really, really, really adored it. I've seen three other versions of "Medea" apart from this one, and this was the first one I liked. Mary was the first Medea I could watch without rolling my eyes (she was phenomenal). Landon was the first Jason I ever sympathized with. The music was fantastic. The chorus was awesome.
Oh, and the SIGN LANGUAGE was SO COOL!!!! Kudos to Brandon, who signs like a dream. And DEFINITE kudos to Bekah...who not only had to interpret all of Medea's lines into speech, but who also had to interpret everyone else's lines for her. Bekah essentially played about five characters.
But anyway...yeah, I'm kind of sad it's over. There were a lot of people who didn't see it who I think would really have enjoyed it.
Rewind to Friday night. My mom and I are in the theatre. She's looking at the "Medea" program. She comes across Landon's picture and nearly spazzes. I'm all "wtf, mate?" and she goes, "YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS???"
(No, Mom, I don't. You're crazy.) <---I say in my head.
"Um...it's Landon?" <---I say out loud.
"No, honey, he was in 'Disco! Disco!' at HATT! With Ashley! Remember him?"
And it all came rushing back.
Yes! He was in "Disco! Disco!" (bad script, don't be in it ever) at HATT (awesome place with good people, work with them whenever possible) about eight years ago!
At that time, my cousin Ashley was a lead, my mom was helping with costumes, my acting teacher was directing it, and I was the ten-year-old Littlest Crew Member...helping with sewing, picking up pins, unloading stuff, ushering, etc.
I distinctly remembered hanging out with him a few times and talking. Of course, I thought I was hot stuff for being ten and being considered cool by all the teenagers in the production...he was about seventeen or so at the time, I guess...so I thought he was pretty awesome.
Fast forward to Saturday night. I saw the play again (I was the "Medea" groupie, according to Landon). I find Landon afterwards, make a beeline, and go "YOU WERE IN A PLAY AT HATT LIKE A MILLION YEARS AGO!"
And he's like "...'Disco! Disco!' Not the best. Fun cast, bad play." So we were in agreement about that point. He asked how I knew and I told him I was the little ten-year-old kid who was always reading and singing along. I think he remembered me because he looked way amused at that.
Well, anyway, I thought it was pretty funny.
I'm sad that "Medea" is over. It's weird...I wasn't directly involved in the show in any way. I just really, really, really adored it. I've seen three other versions of "Medea" apart from this one, and this was the first one I liked. Mary was the first Medea I could watch without rolling my eyes (she was phenomenal). Landon was the first Jason I ever sympathized with. The music was fantastic. The chorus was awesome.
Oh, and the SIGN LANGUAGE was SO COOL!!!! Kudos to Brandon, who signs like a dream. And DEFINITE kudos to Bekah...who not only had to interpret all of Medea's lines into speech, but who also had to interpret everyone else's lines for her. Bekah essentially played about five characters.
But anyway...yeah, I'm kind of sad it's over. There were a lot of people who didn't see it who I think would really have enjoyed it.