"Hope is a waking dream" -Aristotle
"There's a double meaning in that..."
-Much Ado About Nothing
(this is a copy of the email I just sent)
First off, I've NEVER been so happy that I've started sobbing. Sad, angry...yes. That happy? No.
Secondly, I've been at this university for almost four and a half years now, and I have NEVER done a Mainstage show. A handful of Xperimental shows, a few New Works, a show at TRP and an extra role at the Guthrie this summer. And in my time at the U, I have auditioned for almost everything, including auditioning twice for the Advanced Acting class...both times to be told I "wasn't ready for it." It's been a frustrating time watching the same people be cast over and over (mind you, some of them deserve to be cast over and over) and not feeling like I'm good enough to do what I've wanted to do since I was four years old.
Now, the news: Next semester, I will be playing Hope in Anything Goes. For anyone who doesn't know the show, Hope is one of the leads. My friend Anneliese called me and I was at the mall and I started screaming in the middle of Marshall Fields...but it wasn't until I started calling everyone in my phone list that it hit me and I started crying.
For all of my friends who've been supportive of me through the times when I couldn't get into a show to save my life: Thank You. I am a very persistent person, and I don't give up easily, but it's still nice to have people around to either let you cry on their shoulder or to kick you in the ass and tell you to get back out there.
And Katie, thanks for making me go to that audition at TRP.
If anyone wants to celebrate with me, my show's this weekend and I'm sure I will be needing to drink. Give me a call.
-Much Ado About Nothing
(this is a copy of the email I just sent)
First off, I've NEVER been so happy that I've started sobbing. Sad, angry...yes. That happy? No.
Secondly, I've been at this university for almost four and a half years now, and I have NEVER done a Mainstage show. A handful of Xperimental shows, a few New Works, a show at TRP and an extra role at the Guthrie this summer. And in my time at the U, I have auditioned for almost everything, including auditioning twice for the Advanced Acting class...both times to be told I "wasn't ready for it." It's been a frustrating time watching the same people be cast over and over (mind you, some of them deserve to be cast over and over) and not feeling like I'm good enough to do what I've wanted to do since I was four years old.
Now, the news: Next semester, I will be playing Hope in Anything Goes. For anyone who doesn't know the show, Hope is one of the leads. My friend Anneliese called me and I was at the mall and I started screaming in the middle of Marshall Fields...but it wasn't until I started calling everyone in my phone list that it hit me and I started crying.
For all of my friends who've been supportive of me through the times when I couldn't get into a show to save my life: Thank You. I am a very persistent person, and I don't give up easily, but it's still nice to have people around to either let you cry on their shoulder or to kick you in the ass and tell you to get back out there.
And Katie, thanks for making me go to that audition at TRP.
If anyone wants to celebrate with me, my show's this weekend and I'm sure I will be needing to drink. Give me a call.