Wow! I haven't posted since the musical!! Crazy! Anywho, I have been cast (for a second time this year ORHS) in a play. I hope my directors aren't going crazy or something because not only do I actually have lines, I was in UYL!! How crazy is that?!?!? Trojan Women. Sadly, we got disqualified at zone. We had some trouble with our sound at the beginning, so we started the show late and ran out of time. The critícs came back yesterday. One of our judges really liked the show, another thought is was good and the last guy didn't like it at all. Oh well. We all thought it was our best performance yet. Tonight and tomorrow, we will perform the show for everyone to see. If they pay that is. :) I'm ready for this show to be over with.
After we are done with Trojan Women, we are going to do SOAPs. Senior One Act Plays. Auditions are on Monday and I can't wait.
This school year has been going by so quickly. With the musical and Trojan Women, the months seamed to go so slowly, but the year so quickly. Only one semester and SOAPs left. Life goes by so quickly. Make the most of every moment.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Judge it!
Hey guys!! Long time no see.
So first of all I'll start with the play. I WAS CAST!!! As background. All I do is sing and dance (badly) and sit in the audience and do nothing during rehearsals. :) kind of depressed about it. That's okay. I'll live.
On a more positive side, my girls pulled it together for the scene. I turned in my director's binder, compleat and on time :) The scene turned out, not badly the day we preformed. They had their lines and blocking down pat. I guess I messed up because the characters had no "relationship." Oh well.
I spent all day yesterday at the school, 6AM to 8PM, judging Junior high students in theatre related...stuff. That was such an amazing experience. I saw myself in a lot of these kids, and even though I had never seen any of them before, I felt as if I knew most of them. If I have another chance to do something like this again, I absolutely will. A lot of the time it was hard to chose the places of a few people, and I would question myself on ranking an uninteresting piece over another because of a minor acting issue.
The last subject I judged was Novice Solo Impov. All the kids where really loud and I was tired, I ranked a girl who had gone over the time limit 1st even though her piece wasn't quite as good as the one I placed 2nd. It was still cutie and funny, but it probably deserved 2nd place. Because it went over the time, I placed it 1st hoping it could still get 2nd place, I think it might have been disqualified though. I would hate for that to happen. The only reason it went over was because the actor took a long time to get prepared. I hope I did the right thing... What do you think?
So first of all I'll start with the play. I WAS CAST!!! As background. All I do is sing and dance (badly) and sit in the audience and do nothing during rehearsals. :) kind of depressed about it. That's okay. I'll live.
On a more positive side, my girls pulled it together for the scene. I turned in my director's binder, compleat and on time :) The scene turned out, not badly the day we preformed. They had their lines and blocking down pat. I guess I messed up because the characters had no "relationship." Oh well.
I spent all day yesterday at the school, 6AM to 8PM, judging Junior high students in theatre related...stuff. That was such an amazing experience. I saw myself in a lot of these kids, and even though I had never seen any of them before, I felt as if I knew most of them. If I have another chance to do something like this again, I absolutely will. A lot of the time it was hard to chose the places of a few people, and I would question myself on ranking an uninteresting piece over another because of a minor acting issue.
The last subject I judged was Novice Solo Impov. All the kids where really loud and I was tired, I ranked a girl who had gone over the time limit 1st even though her piece wasn't quite as good as the one I placed 2nd. It was still cutie and funny, but it probably deserved 2nd place. Because it went over the time, I placed it 1st hoping it could still get 2nd place, I think it might have been disqualified though. I would hate for that to happen. The only reason it went over was because the actor took a long time to get prepared. I hope I did the right thing... What do you think?
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Sweet 16!!
Today, Sixteen years ago, I was born! It has been a great birthday weekend. Drive in movies, a double feature; The fall ball, a formal dance; super cutie moccasins; white chocolate raspberry cake and ice-cream; NO CHORES!! Lots of homework.
We had auditions on Thursday and Friday for the musical, a little princess. There was a "problem" with South Pacific. I totally messed up on the first day, my singing audition. On the second day, the dance audition, I did a lot better. Call backs are tomorrow, but so far I haven't been notified if I got one or not. About 100 people auditioned, and about 50 people are needed for the show. Not as many as Rapunzel, but considering all the previous plays we've done at ORHS have been around 20 or 30, there's a huge difference. I'm really hoping I get a call back, and a part. That would be the best birthday present ever!!!!
I've decided that directing is fun, but I don't really know what I'm doing. I try to get my actresses to do something, without having to tell them exactly what to do. I'd like to be able to take this scene and run with it, but it's hard because they play everything so flat. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to add more blocking in and see if that helps.
We had auditions on Thursday and Friday for the musical, a little princess. There was a "problem" with South Pacific. I totally messed up on the first day, my singing audition. On the second day, the dance audition, I did a lot better. Call backs are tomorrow, but so far I haven't been notified if I got one or not. About 100 people auditioned, and about 50 people are needed for the show. Not as many as Rapunzel, but considering all the previous plays we've done at ORHS have been around 20 or 30, there's a huge difference. I'm really hoping I get a call back, and a part. That would be the best birthday present ever!!!!
I've decided that directing is fun, but I don't really know what I'm doing. I try to get my actresses to do something, without having to tell them exactly what to do. I'd like to be able to take this scene and run with it, but it's hard because they play everything so flat. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to add more blocking in and see if that helps.
Monday, October 14, 2013
I GOT THIS.. or them!
I am supper happy!!!! Auditions went great and I got my first to choice for both parts!! I cant wait till next class so I can meet them officially, start blocking and all that jazz. Now back to me. I know I like acting, and I dislike tech, but I've never tried directing before. I think I'll like it a lot. Not only will I be able to act as the characters, but I can act as my actors... does that make any sense? Probably not. *sigh*
Oh well! My cousin was advising me to talk to my teacher and get his take on it. Maybe even follow the director around next show and learn by watching her do her job. I think she's jumping the gun. I've never even directed before and have no idea if I will like it at all. I thought I would enjoy tech, but when I joined, I absolutely despised it. I don't want to go to my teacher and say. "I want to direct let me follow you around" then turn around and say "Sorry but I changed my mind I hate directing." One it would make me look bad and two it would make me feel stupid.............
In conclusion, (goodness this is just like an expository essay) I think I'll
Oh well! My cousin was advising me to talk to my teacher and get his take on it. Maybe even follow the director around next show and learn by watching her do her job. I think she's jumping the gun. I've never even directed before and have no idea if I will like it at all. I thought I would enjoy tech, but when I joined, I absolutely despised it. I don't want to go to my teacher and say. "I want to direct let me follow you around" then turn around and say "Sorry but I changed my mind I hate directing." One it would make me look bad and two it would make me feel stupid.............
In conclusion, (goodness this is just like an expository essay) I think I'll
Monday, October 7, 2013
That was fast
Welllll, the show is over. Tears. Oh well now its time to focus on school and who am I kidding? I miss being in a show. I cant wait for South Pacific. Who knows when that will be. Not even people in The Miracle Worker know when its going to be over and we have to wait to finish one show before we can start another. At least I have theatre class... every other day!!! Sometimes I absolutely hate this block schedule nonsense. At least I have two days to do homework.
We are going to start Directing tomorrow. Maybe I'll enjoy that. I'm doing a scene from W;t. the semicolon and all. Its a play about this old lady who is dying from cancer. I guess old is an exaggeration. She's a few years older than 50. An English Doctorate who's obsessed with wit. She just so happens to be a collage professor. I don't know why I chose to do it, first scene I read I actually enjoyed. Its the scene where she finds out she's not going to survive the cancer and if she has a heart attack, she wants them to just let her dye. Pretty intense if I dare say so myself. I think it should be an interesting experience.
Speaking of experience, I've been able to see lots of directing techniques everyone form my father on up. I think the kind of director I like most is someone who is positive, but firm. Someone who is on the same page as the actor but likes to try different things. Experiment. That's who I want to be when it comes to directing someone who's more like a leader than a dictator.
My dad an my theatre teacher this year are kind of in that dictator role too. Maybe even the director from Rapunzel. Not that they are evil people. I genuinely like all three of those people, but just the way they direct is kind of controlling. They tell you what to do and how to do it. Little creativity was allowed with the
My Junior High theater teacher was a very easy going director. She allowed her students a certain freedom to discover things for themselves. My freshman theatre teacher and the co-director in Rapunzel. They all would trust you to use creativity and make the show better.
We are going to start Directing tomorrow. Maybe I'll enjoy that. I'm doing a scene from W;t. the semicolon and all. Its a play about this old lady who is dying from cancer. I guess old is an exaggeration. She's a few years older than 50. An English Doctorate who's obsessed with wit. She just so happens to be a collage professor. I don't know why I chose to do it, first scene I read I actually enjoyed. Its the scene where she finds out she's not going to survive the cancer and if she has a heart attack, she wants them to just let her dye. Pretty intense if I dare say so myself. I think it should be an interesting experience.
Speaking of experience, I've been able to see lots of directing techniques everyone form my father on up. I think the kind of director I like most is someone who is positive, but firm. Someone who is on the same page as the actor but likes to try different things. Experiment. That's who I want to be when it comes to directing someone who's more like a leader than a dictator.
My dad an my theatre teacher this year are kind of in that dictator role too. Maybe even the director from Rapunzel. Not that they are evil people. I genuinely like all three of those people, but just the way they direct is kind of controlling. They tell you what to do and how to do it. Little creativity was allowed with the
My Junior High theater teacher was a very easy going director. She allowed her students a certain freedom to discover things for themselves. My freshman theatre teacher and the co-director in Rapunzel. They all would trust you to use creativity and make the show better.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Prince
GUESS WHAT!!!!
Last night's audition went so well!! I not only got a part, I got a lead!!!! I will be playing the prince. I don't have too many lines and we've all ready gone over the blocking and our lines.... twice. And it was only the first rehearsal. There's this one part where we play charades and I'm having a little trouble remembering the lines, but other than that I should be good.
Tomorrow, we will be learning two songs since Rapunzel is a musical. I wont have a solo so no one will be able to distinguish this alto-soprano voice that just so happens to be playing the prince. I do have my doubts about playing a guy but it should be an interesting experience. That's why I auditioned. For experience!
Besides my report on my role I must say I was very social and made lots of friends. No cell phone numbers yet, but the "beginning of a great acquaintanceship"(Lion King 1/2) I think that's how the quote goes. Forgive me Disney if I've insulted you.
As of right now, this moment in history, I am one happy camper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last night's audition went so well!! I not only got a part, I got a lead!!!! I will be playing the prince. I don't have too many lines and we've all ready gone over the blocking and our lines.... twice. And it was only the first rehearsal. There's this one part where we play charades and I'm having a little trouble remembering the lines, but other than that I should be good.
Tomorrow, we will be learning two songs since Rapunzel is a musical. I wont have a solo so no one will be able to distinguish this alto-soprano voice that just so happens to be playing the prince. I do have my doubts about playing a guy but it should be an interesting experience. That's why I auditioned. For experience!
Besides my report on my role I must say I was very social and made lots of friends. No cell phone numbers yet, but the "beginning of a great acquaintanceship"(Lion King 1/2) I think that's how the quote goes. Forgive me Disney if I've insulted you.
As of right now, this moment in history, I am one happy camper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, September 23, 2013
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