Photos!

So as I was filming everyone, my amazing camera also has the ability to take pictures. So... I've decided to share some with you... Prepare for amazement:

None of the ladies are having any fun... :(
Biiigggg finish!
Hey Nonny Nonny Nonny NO
SHY!!!!!
Don't drop Dobry

The Lovely Ladies in Waiting
"Go... And Get the Prince a Royal wife!"

Pity Kyle Dobry too... (jk, siona)"Blow the Trumpet"

Whispers...

Of OUAMs and Webdings

Zoë, Kelly and I are venturing to the land of the Amish today. We'll see the other OUAM. I think Laura, Kirsten, and Brock (of course Brock would go) are seeing it too.

I'll be sure to bloggy about it later.

Oh! And on a side-note, I love webdings. (webdings.)

I was on my b, when I saw e in the middle of the road. Suddenly, a m came up to me and said "this is for you." Well, was like, s Next thing I know, I blank out, and the same m has me on a j to Puerto Rico. I live captive there for several months and play w. Finally, ninjas attack and use their l to kill the m , and set me free.
Moral of the story? z

Commercials

Im making a commercial for our amazing production of Once Upon a Mattress. Hopefully we will play it/them on the morning announcements.
If anyone has any ideas for a commercial or would enjoy being of use, please comment me!!
Gracias!

I study under things: My ode to being Fred for a night

First off, thank you Will for that loverly post about understudies. Good timing.

When I read I would be understudy for Fred, I was actually more excited about that than Lady Rowena (who turned out to be pretty cooky and funny anyway). I knew no one would see my performance, and I always hear complaints about being an understudy...

You have to learn all the lines and blocking and notes but never go out and get the same recognition.

Despite this, I decided to give my all to Mini-Fred.

I went to Laura's practices, scribbled notes and felt silly being there, but all the same I showed up.

For a while I familiarized myself with Fred's lines, but not doing it daily and focusing on Lady R's blocking made my memory fade.

But Laura always shows up, right?

Not exactly. Not tonight.

I was nervous. I thought people would be mad at me for not knowing everything, so I decided to put all my energy into it.

Laura, you go girl, have Fred back, but being her for one night, although via speed-through, was an AMAZING experience for me. I had sugar-high feel the whole two hours.

I didn't know the blocking well enough for "Happily Ever After," and I didn't get the "Out lumps!" part down, but the rest I really put my all into.

And now I'm exhausted.

So, for all you understudies out there, please learn your lines, your blocking. One night, even if it isn't an official night, you may need to stand in.

And knowing your stuff makes you, and everyone else, have a great time.

As Will said, yay for understudies!

I Ain't Scurred.

MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH. MACBETH.

(how many times are you supposed to spin around and curse?)

In Praise of the Understudy

When sitting down to start to design the show program, I usually start off with the cast list. Usually because it's the only thing that's complete at this point--there's still bios that need to be typed, and ads we're waiting for. It was in cobbling together that list, that I realized that OUAM has what is probably the best set of understudies for any show I've ever done! ('cept for those Anne Frank understudies who actually went on during the school preview--but there's a little overlap there anyway)

At some point or another, most of our understudies have done their duty and stood in for their missing counterpart and learned most (if not all) of that person's blocking and lines. All on the off chance that the worst possible scenario should happen. (Though if it were to happen, I'm not too scared about the understudies going on--I have had many a nightmare in the past about just such things...)

So, it's because of this dedication to the show that I salute the understudies. The ones who deserve recognition for all the work they put in so that the show may go on!

Coming closer...

We're drawing nearer and nearer to the show...only 2 1/2 weeks to go! Suddenly everything seems rushed, and everything I wanted to accomplish (more character work, perfecting that knee slide) has to be done...quickly.

The crew is hurrying to finish the set and build a horseshoe, the pit and the cast still need to coordinate songs, we've got tech...it seems like so much in such a short amount of time!!! Don't worry, it always pulls together.

One helpful bit of advice: If you're the lead in a musical, do not get sick. Not even with a cold. It sucks. Especially if your voice was already giving out. That said, please remind me whenever you see me not to use my vocal cords as much as possible--I tend to make that mistake.

Another week and I'll be free of Regionals music and ready to devote my voice entirely to the musical! Although that was kind of happening anyway...

Happy Easter, and cast members, I'll see you at practice.