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?

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.

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

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.

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit A

I edited the Repunsal post! check it out below!! oh and my cat is all better!!

Turning it Around!

Okay, so this post is supposed to be about my monologue we are doing in class, but I thought I would let you know my cat was vomiting blood this morning and I'm stressed out about that. On top of that, I presented my monologue in class today, he told me I am one of the few in there getting a high grade for it. However, I was playing it like I'm crazy because she says that she was diagnosed as a manic depressive (AKA bipolar), but now I have to play it as if I'm not crazy and I'm trying to convince whoever I'm talking to that I've been wrongly diagnosed. This makes no since due to my character's lines. What ever _____ (inset name of theatre teacher here) says goes. So I'm going to play this script like I'm not crazy.

STRESSING ME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The good news is for once someone actualy appreciated my acting!!!!!!!!! My teacher called me out by saying that out of the half of the class that presented their monologues, I was the only one who was certainly going to get a good grade. Here's why. I had my monologue memorized, I projected, I played the part, used my fear to my advantage, and I took my directors constructive criticism to heart. That's the secrect to theatre, and once you've got that down, nothing can stop you. Here it is again:

1. Memorize
2. Project
3. Play the part
4. Take advantage of fear
5. Follow direction

Trust me it works every time.

In junior high, I auditioned as Veruca. I was up there with 5 or so other girls. I was supposed to shout the line: where's my golden ticket? I want my golden ticket! Out of the 6+ of us up there, I was the only one who shouted. DO WHAT YOUR DIRECTOR SAYS AND YOU WILL GET THE PART.!!!!

That's my soap box for the day! Tha-Th-That's All Folks!

Rapunzel

I found auditions at the Crighton theatre on September 30th but the whole auditioning process and requirements where kind of vague. Here's the link. The age group was k-12 grade. As a sophomore, I fit that description. However, they didn't advertise any specific roles so I have no idea what I'm getting into.

Auditions are on a Monday right after school so I hope I can get there in time. Anything outside of ORHS looks good on their audition forms. All I have to put down for them is Annie and Veruca Salt. Kate and the little girl from Cinderella doesn't count because they already know about it. If I could add a character from Rapunzel, that would be beautiful. Supper excited/nervous and I still have a half of a month to wait.


Edit:
A few days ago, I began to realize something was up when I noticed the auditions where on September 30th and the show started October 5th. Turns out that the play was being put on by some class and auditions where last month. I guess the 30th is just a dress rehearsal or something.


I CAN NEVER WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess I'm stuck with South Pacific.


Edit Again!:
JK!! That was another organization putting on the same play somewhere else. Hahaha. I emailed the people doing the one at the Crighton theatre, and they say rehearsals are only a week long. Auditions the 30th and the show goes up the 5th. I am super excited. This works out perfectly for me because sometime after that we should be auditioning for South Pacific. I cant wait, everything is falling into place!!

About that...

Well I guess you have either guessed I got a callback and was cast by now because I haven't posted anything and was just too busy to, or that I've been too depressed to admit I failed on the world wide web.

The truth is more like the second statement. I ask myself  "Is it something I'm doing wrong?" according to my theatre teacher I'm "Just not right for the part" I've been at this school a year now and I haven't "been right for the part" too many times. That's okay. I love theatre too much to quit.

We are starting monologues in class. Last year, I memorized a monologue from the Taming if the Shrew by William Shakespeare. It's after Petruchio has tamed Kate and she's defending him "thy husband is thy lord, thy life thy keeper. Thy head, thy sovereign, one who cares for thee..."

Yeah. It's interesting. This year I chose a monologue called Family Secrects by someone I don't remember the name of. Basically it's about a girl who's trying to get over her anger for her mother. "My mother died when I was four. She went crazy." She goes on about geting her mothers ashes and sticking her hand in them and felling them like "gravel or peices of her bone."

Also interesting but a lot better than "thy husband is thy lord!"

Auditions 8/13

Hey guys! Today is the forth day of school! For me anyway... I have theatre every other day first period. I won't bore you with the details of my sarcastic, six hundred year old, white mustached teacher who scares every one to death. He said that he has tried to convince every one of his students out of acting and succeeded with almost all of them. But the few that he couldn't convince out of it, he did everything possible to help them on their way. There is nothing in this world that makes me happier, career wise, other than theatre. He's not going to convince me out of it.

About the audition, we are doing.... Drum roll please! The Miracle Worker!!! It's about Helen Keller. I auditioned as Kate, Helen's mom. It's kind of funny because I played Kate in the class production last year. In fact when the director, a sweet young theatre I teacher, called me up to read as Kate, she called me Kate even though I had her all last year.

In case your confused about the way I'm explaining things, we did a cold reading in front of everyone auditioning. The director had slates (pieces of the script) marked out for us to read. We went out into the hall, practiced our lines for a while and came back in when they called us.

I hope I get a callback but I'm not sure I will. I did a lot of motion with my words, made facial expressions, ect, but I don't think she noticed it. My new theatre teacher on the other hand was staring at my face the entire time I did the facial expressions.  Hopefully that's a good sign. With 80 people auditioning, I was only able to read once. That's okay. Now's the time to pray.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

Before I post about the dance, there's one thing you must understand. I believe guys should ask girls to dance. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently so because I only danced with three guys the entire night and I've never gotten much better, but I've have had a lot worse (aka no dances with guys the entire night.) On the other hand my cousin dosn't feel as strongly as I do on the subject. She danced with about ten guys or so. That's okay there weren't too many hot guys there anyway.

So the dance was okay I thought it was going to be really lame at first. We got there half an hour late and only half of the gym was full. Then it quickly filled up, we found some friends and it was okay. About half way into the dance, it was girl's choice and I still haddent danced with anyone. I was talking with one of my child hood friends and she pointed to this guy next to her and told us to dance.

I found out this guy was in theatre too. He was an actor last year, but he's going in to tech. Gotta love techies!! My dad is a techie 'ya know? That's my southern side speaking. After that I had two more dances with guys both shorter and younger than me. I don't know how old that first guy was but he was really tall. I'm 5'7" so it's hard to find guys taller than me. At least hight is a benifit for on stage.

Today is Sunday. Typical church stuff. And I got to drive home. We have two cars, a little 2013 Hyundai Elantra and a 2000 Ford Expedition. The majority of the time, I've driven the Elantra, which is brand new, quick response, easy to drive. I've only driven the Expedition two or three times. I feel tall in it, so I like the feel of driving it, but the response time is a little late and it's harder to drive. Still, it's probably going to be my car in January when I go get my license.

Tomorrow school starts. I don't know if I'm nervous, indifferent, anticipating the lack of sleep, or what but for the first time in my life, I'm not excited for school to start. I'm excited for theatre, but not the work, the home work, seminary, sleep deprivation, work, work, thought, effort, and work that is required by school. Is it bad I'm feeling a little depressed? Or is that just the thought of sleep deprivation?

According to my mom, studies show that teens (like myself) can't really go to sleep untill 11 or later at night. Also, they need a full 9 hours or so of rest so they shouldnt be up untill... What 8 at the most? In order to catch my bus at 6:20 I have to get up at 5:30. That's not healthy!!! You add seminary to the equation and boom!!! No sleep at all, plus there's that one teacher who insists their students have no lives and should read 3 chapters of a boring textbook before their next class, take notes and pass a test on little or no sleep. That happened to me last year and I broke down in tears because the test was put off and I had like two hours of sleep. It's making me cry just thinking about it. I must be tired. Good night! ;)

Cousin!

So my cousin is finally here!! After a week or two of shopping (I found my dream boots) and babysitting (I'm no longer broke!) my mom and I picked her up from the airport.

 You know how in the movies, the airline loses sombody's luggage? Well we where lucky enough to experience that felling without the lights, camera, or action. We did almost get arrested... That's a long story.

Anywho, that night she slept on a mattress on the floor, so Saturday, Dad, Jaja and I went to Ikea and she picked out some fruniture for her room. Currently we have a wardrobe with no doors and wonky drawers, a dresser with a mirrors that is supper cool, a bed with a trundle and drawers, and a full body mirror. We also got her a desk but we need to clean up a bit before we try to squeeze it in somewhere. Also we didn't get a chair to go with it, so we thought it could wait. The desk is also pretty cool it has a hole in it for cords and a shelf on the side that is just the perfect size for textbooks.

Here are links to all the fruniture we got her:

Bed:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30080316/
Dresser:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90106506/#/60218015
Desk:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40244850/#/20244851
Almost the wardrobe:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00227008/

The wardrobe we got is taller and has four drawers. Also we got it all the furniture in white. The color we have on the wall is a dark purple, plum, burgundy color... (Here's the link). Anywho, she has a small room and its a dark color so the white looks really good in there.

As I said before we still need a few things like a chair, curtains, a rug, ect. We gave her a laundry basket and trash can from around the house, but the room still needs a lot of work. Like putting the doors on the wardrobe and handles on the drawers.

Tomorrow we are going shopping for the final touches of her room and registering her for skool. Hopefully we should get life in order by the time the dance rolls around this Saturday.

You'll definitely be getting a post about that. LDS church dances are the bomb-dot-com!!!

Outlet Mall

So yesterday I went to an outlet mall in Houston with one of my friends from church and her mom. I got some clothes for school, a backpack and a new wallet.

I've been wanting tank tops forever. You know, the nice kind with the elastic top. Well I found some at this store and got a really good deal on them to! I only got three (black white and grey) but I think it was worth it. I also found a couple shirts. At Loft for $5 each. They are pretty cutie and I got an amazing deal on them.

Then we want to Claire's (the store named after me only spelled incorrectly) and when we walked in we saw these super cute backpacks. We couldn't resist. My friend got one with black poka dots and I got one with brown stripes and leather handle. I thought it was one of those backpacks that you had to buckle and un-bucket every time you open it, but on the way home I discovered it had snaps under the buckle. At my discovery I said "this bag just got ten times better." My friend and her mom busted out laughing like it was the most hilarious thing in the world. I just went along with it, but I didn't think it was that funny.

We also looked in Vera Bradly to gawk at the purses we could never afford, but yesterday was Vera's birthday (Happy B-Day Verra!!) so we got a 40% of discount of everything in the store. I went straight to clearance and found a $20 wallet (way over priced) but with my discount, it became less over priced. So I had to get it because with my purchase I got a free journal. So I guess if you think about it, I got a Vera Bradly journal and wallet for only $15 that's not too bad.... I guess.

So yeah that was my shopping spree of yesterday. I still want a denim jacket and boots but I'm kinda picky about both of those. I want a jacket with short sleeves or with the sleeve to just above the elbow. Is that to much to ask? Anywho I've decided I'm just going to find one cheep at good will or a garage sale and cut the sleeves of where I want them. Maybe while I'm there I'll find a fair priced pair of boots with out much of a heal.

I've been wanting a pair of brown boots for about a year and I just can't find a pair worth the price and with a short heal. Be on the look our for cheep brown combat boots for me and comment if you find some!!! Thanks!!

Adiós Auditions

So it looks like I'm not going to audition tonight after all. If I was cast, I would have to go down to Houston, like an hour away, each day after school untill September. If we lived closer to my Dad's work it would totally not be a problem. That's ok. I didn't know that rehearsals would go into the school year. I don't want some collage play to ruin my high school life. ORHS will have plays put on by people I know, with people I know. 

Anywho.... Today I got my hair cut and my eyebrows done. 

I was looking around online to see if anyone nearby was holding auditions, nothing my age group. It's all 18+ or 10-13. What are we 14-17 supposed to do?!?!? This world is awful. I did find the perfect job for when I turn 16. I could be a ticke taker at the cynthia woods mitchell pavilion. Then I realized I can't work Sundays and I would have to work nights, weekends, and holidays. WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY LIFE?!?? I can't win can I? *sigh* so close and yet so far away. Maybe they will let me have Sundays off? And mutual night too!

Coming Soon...

So for your information, today is Monday. On Wednesday, there are auditions at my day's school for a play. I'm super excited, but my mom has mixed feelings about it because lead rehearsals start the day we planed to leave for Illinois to visit my family up there. The whole point of the trip was for me to drive so I could get in all these hours I need for my license. 

Personally, I would drop anything to be in a play, considering that's what I want to do for the rest of my life. My mom not so much. If I get in that would be beautiful. I've been wanting to post stuff on this blog about theatre, but I was getting the feeling of I need school to start so I can do theatre. Plus it's one more show to put on my résumé!!!! 

I'd be happy with any role in this, but I really want a lead. Is that selfish? I know hardly anything about this play and I'm going to be auditioning against collage kids, adults, little kids. Most of them are probably going to be collage considering it's a collage production so maybe my age will be an advantage. 

Even thought I'm only fifteen, and an incoming sophomore at high school, people who don't know me think I'm an adult because of my height and personality (when you first meet me, I don't seem like a drama geek, I seem like your average teen girl, then I get crazy xp ) 

Got any advice? I could use some. Help me with the
 1. Trip vs. Theatre
 2. Boringness of my life
 3. Am I selfish?
 4. Collage vs. Me

Movie and Mall

MALL
So I went to the mall with one of my friends the other day. She lives up the street from me and I've known her for ever!!! I did waste all my money I had like $2 left.... In coins. I got a pair of super soft PJ's, 5 t-shirts, 2 pairs of closed toed shoes (because we have to have our toes coverd on stage *sigh*)   And a bracelet with matching earrings. I am very satisfied with my waste of money.

MOVIE
So, mi familia y yo (my family and I)  went to see the Lone Ranger.


***** BEWARE MINOR SPOILER ALERT*****







It kinda shocked me in the begging when Jonny Depp was so old. Actually, I don't know if it was him who played the old guy but they could have had really good makeup artists or something. Any way it was a really good movie it had a good ending, but it did seam kina cliche to me with the museum part and all, but that's just me. Also how was it a wax man come to life? Did they stuff his body and put it in a museum? That didn't make any sence to me. Also what's with the raven bird hat?



Over all, it's a wonderful movie I would recommend you see it. Happy ending. Only bad people die (which is depressing because no sadness emotion, and you don't connect to it the same way.) it sadly didn't make me cry, but it was a nail bitter, so yeah, still good movie. If I had to describe it in 3 words  they would be: Modern Old Western. If that makes any sense.


MALL (Again)
I went to the mall a second time with two of my friends from school that I hadn't hung out with all summer untill then. It was a lot of fun but I didn't buy anything except for a cookie. It cost $1.59 so I paied with exact change. Now all I have is a few pennies. I am a living definition of broke. Who needs a babysitter? I need a job!!

My summer so far...

Okay people I guess I will just tell you more about me!! Because every living person on this beautiful earth should!! At the. Beginning of summer I had a week off of doing nothing. I cleaned my room and prepared for youth conference and girls camp.

YOUTH CONFERENCE
It all started with the kick off dance. It was beautiful we had the whole gym, there was plenty of space to dance, loud music and every one NOT TIRED!! Then there was the service project. This year for youth conference we went and cleaned the temple grounds. I was expecting to be planting flowers and weeding, but no, we where putting down mulch and cleaning out the grounds behind the temple grounds. Don't ask. It was fun there was a hot guy from New Zealand there. Every girl was surrounding him until they found out he wasn't Mormon. He came with one of his friends. Me and my groupies still hung out with him though. The next day was really stupid games. When I say really stupid I mean really really stupid. We had real life angry birds and real life battleship. Then there was the parachute game and the next to last group broke the parachute. I was in the next to last group. It was not me who broke it!!! The last day was just a bunch of devotionals that you had to come in church dress for with another dance. The devotionals where all okay except they had one in the gym on the hard chairs and it was absolutely freezzzzing!!! We even got up and changed the thermostat, but they just turned it back down. Even the guys where shivering in their suits. The dance was church dress too so it wasn't half as good. Plus they closed off half the gym and everyone was tripping over each other and we where all hot and sweaty in our church clothes.

HIGH ADVENTURE
It was my forth year offing to camp and all us 4th years got to go on high adventure!!! We went to
Galveston. So on the Monday after youth conference, we left, set up camp, and gots to know each
others. The next day we went to the beach and went kayaking. That night we had a failure of a devotional and the next morning we packed up and went to camp.

GIRLS CAMP
Camp is a beautiful place where you sing songs, make friendship bracelets, and claim you've done all the things your supposed to check off in the camp book. All us forth years just hung out at my friends campsite and drank grape soda and ate s'mores. I discovered how much I love grape soda at camp this  year. I really love grape soda. I can't even explain it. Hummmm. It is like heaven in earth with the perfect amount of fizz, tons of sugar and to top it off, grape flavor! Perfection. Anywho, we cannoed in the lake, swam in the pool, went night swimming in the pool, ate lots of food, I DID NOT GET SICK THIS YEAR!!! (I have gotten sick every single year except this one because I actually drank water. And soda. But that's not the point.) So I used to snore, I think I still do, and now I apparently talk in my sleep too.... My future hubby is just going to love all the noise I make.

ROAD TRIP

So the day I got back to camp, I found out I was going on a road trip to DC. with my Jaja (grandma) To help my aunt move. I packed up everything I needed and basically disappeared off the face of the earth to the friends I had been hanging with for the past two weeks at camp and youth conference. At least I had my phone so I could text them. (No electronics at camp.) Anywho, we spent forever getting up there and forever coming back. Plus there was the two days in between where we packed up all the stuff my aunts "partner" should have had already packed up. (My aunt is lesbian). By the time I got home, I was ready to just relax. 3 weeks on end away from home, that can stress some one out easy. But no that's not all!!

NEW BRAUNSFELS

When I got back I had about a week where I relaxed at home befor Jaja and another one of my aunts decided we where going to go to New Braunsfels to go river rafting. So Jaja picked me and my brothers up and we met my aunt there. (Ok so Jaja and Papa are my Dad's mom and step dad, my grandparents, they live super close to us and this particular aunt lives in Austin. Also on my Dad's side is my lesbian aunt in San Antonio. And another aunt in Africa, who is sending her daughter, my cousin, to live with us in August. My mom's side will come later.) Back to the story. So we went rafting, swam in the hotel pool, ate dinner, went shopping (I got a super cutie shirt that says "be inspiring"), swam in the pool, slept. Wake up, swim, pack, leave, lunch, car drive. 

EVER SINCE

Basically my whole summer has been excursions (I learned that word from Spanish class... Ironic). The reason we left New Braunsfels so early was because I had an ortho appointment that I couldn't re-schedule because I had already rescheduled because of DC. Plus I was super looking forward to it because I WAS GETING MY BRACES OFF!! And guess who got their braces off that day? MEEEEEER!!! A few days later, I got my retainer (that I thankfully only have to wear at night) and the day after that I took the drivers Ed test and got my LEARNERS PERMIT!!! I barely passed the test with a 76.6 but hey, I passed and considering I didn't even study, I did good. 

I am a very happy braces-less, permit holding, theatrical blogger.

Welcome to Me!!

Hi. My name is Klare MacTavish. I am a Drama Geek. I act. I'm going to be a sophomore at Oak Ridge High Skool.  This blog isn't going to just be about theatre though its going to be all about my life!!! You get to experience the inner workings of my brain!!

A few things you should know about my family: My parents are teachers. My mom teaches special Ed. and my dad teaches film. He is a cinematographer (the guy behind the camera). I've been in a few movies and commercials as background. I have two younger brothers (who are extremely annoying) and my cousin is coming to live with us.

I love the stage. I played Annie in Annie at the YMCA when I was about 10 or so. More recently, I was Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Kate the Shrew in A Merry Regiment of Women. I was also a little girl in Cinderella.

I'm hoping that this upcoming year I will be in more shows because I'm still going to be there. I can just here the upperclassmen thinking "what's that one still doing here?" Yes even in theatre there are outcasts.

Anywho, this up coming year at ORHS we will be doing musicals!!! Yayaayaya!!!! I have been taking voice lessons with a really nice lady from church. (I'm LDS). My vocal range is G3 to G5 if you where wondering.

I have some musical experience with taking voice and I also played flute... And guitar... And piano... And chior...But that's not the point. The point is I have a general idea of what I'm talking about when it comes to music.

Dance, not so much. I took tap, jazz and balle at a company near where I live when I was little. I'm in swing club and I know a few line dances plus I dance around to music when I'm at home alone. Other than that I have no clue about dance.

Back to the Theatre. Lost my train of thought. Oh well. If I mention something strange let me know and I will update "ya'll".