Load In

Wow, I'm exhausted.  and it's not even 8 o'clock on the first day of a long week- that's scary.  

Why am I so tired?   hahaha many many reasons.  But one of them being that we had Load In today!  from 10 to 4:45 we worked, and we have so much to show for it.  Like, I'm not being sarcastic or anything, our set is BEAUTIFUL.  Thinking back to that dark night sitting on the cold concrete floor in one of my little Louisa dresses with AJ and Katie and saying, "gosh, you know what's a sweet musical?  You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown." and seeing where we are now is just completely mind blowing.  Really, we've all grown so much in the past 8 months.  M.s Westerfield could've had a baby in this time.  

If I was given a chance, I would not even consider giving up Charlie Brown.  I was talking to Jacob the other day and he said, it's only a show.  Silly boy, he doesn't know...that it's so much more than that!  I look at these boys around me (and you Katie) and I think where we were and how different we are now, and all that's changed.  Look at all we've been through together.  

I love you.  

Jersey Boys

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, this was SO GOOD!!!

I got to go see Jersey Boys down at the Buell last night, and it was incredible.  It's the true story behind the rise and fall of the Four Seasons...and wow.  WOOOOOOOOOOW.  

"Things you would never guess from the music" would probably also be a fitting title for the musical (though slightly harder to fit on the T-shirts).  

It was beautiful.  

Auditions

No one is ever going to read this.  Which is really depressing, if you think about it.  

Still, for whatever reason, I felt semi-obligated to post.

Remember those days when we used to check AJ's blog, and tell him to come back to it, like we wanted him?  Now it's sort of the opposite.  Which is also depressing.

I had my audition.  I sang in my head voice.  Ms. West said lots of things.  She recognized that I took a risk doing that.  She said I was growing.  I think she means musically and theatrically, but I would agree with her in terms of life in general as well.  I did fairly well.

In an odd sort of way, I think I wasn't really preparing my song so much for her.  I was preparing it for someone else... I built up their opinion so much.  And yet, when I was done, all they could say was "that's really high for you, isn't it?"

People will always disappoint you.  But that's just why God is so much better.

Good 

Night

God 

Bless

Kenzer

Lou

Rehearsal!

Yeah! We had Charlie Brown rehearsal yesterday!

It felt good to be back with everyone doing that show again. Seriously, I love that show soooo much. It was sorta interesting to think how much things have changed since we had rehearsal last. School hadn't started...oh, and just all sorts of stuff.
But it was good to be back.

Car Wash!

I'm updating! :)

Okay, so the 16th- it's the Saturday after school starts- at 287 and Baseline in the Walgreens parking lot, the cast of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown is having a car wash! The thing is, we need to raise enough money to take a small insurance policy. And while we're not sure, I'm guessing that's gonna cost a pretty penny. So come get all your vehicles washed! It's only $5 a car, but you also get showtunes while you wait and there's free cookies for kids. Adults have to buy them. So please, tell all your parents, relatives, friends, and just EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
I forget what times it is...Katie? AJ? Thomas?

The House of Yes

By Wendy Macleod
Presented by Square Product Theatre

Plot Summary: "Sweet young Marty brings his ingenuous donut-shop waitress girlfriend, Lesly, home to meet his family at their opulent Washington D.C. mansion. But the Turkey Day goings-on are considerably less than wholesome, as Lesly discovers the moment she meets Marty's decidedly dysfunctional family, including his asylum-reject twin sister, Jackie-O, whose hobbies include incest and reenacting the JFK assassination with prop blood and her brother as victim." ~Movies.com

Basically, this darkly disturbing (yet simultaneously comical and captivating) is about the epitome of family dysfunction. Jackie and Marty are twins - with a dark history that ties them to each other with more than just common blood.

My Review: The set is a simple black box stage at the Atlas Theatre, that immediately makes the viewer feel like more than just an observer - more like a part of the action. Really, this was the very first piece of theatre I've ever seen where i completely lost track of time and gave myself up to the gripping story that is The House of Yes. The acting was literally, the most flawless i've ever seen. The actors far surpassed those i've seen anywhere else - at the Buell, at school productions, even some oscar winning films. This is also the first production i've seen where the actors unflinchingly became the character they were trying to portray. Most of the time, you can see little hints of the real person beneath coming through (even on Broadway). Not this. I forgot i was in a theatre, the story became real, and the shock and horror portrayed became my own. I won't give anything away here, but if you want to find out more about the plot, come talk to me. This freaking blew me away. It's my favorite play now.

Uncontentedness...

Recently I've noticed that drama people are rarely content with one role at a time. No sooner have they aced one audition then are they pining away for another...That's probably not an asset.
Why do we always have to be busier than someone else? Like, haha, I'm more overloaded and stressed than you are!?
Or it that even it?...
I actually don't think that's the root of it. We just can't be satisfied!

Maybe it's that we're too idealistic. Always geeking out over what the perfect show to do would be, but once it's in full swing there's always a new one...Hmmm.
So what do you all think?