Hey everyone!!
So sorry I've been out of the loop for a bit, rehearsals for Sweeney run long and late into the night!
Anyway..on with the show!!
The show is going well, and things are really picking up. Some of the set is up, and we're completely offbook now, just working on the blocking and little details. Next week, we begin running the show from beginning to end, in order for us to time it out, and to see the whole thing cover to cover in case something needs to be altered or fixed.
As I watch everyone rehearse (the main leads, not the ensemble--I'm IN the ensemble), I can't help but get shivers up and down my body at the immense amount of talent there is on that stage. Granted, there's a lot in the ensemble too, never count them out!
I also feel shivers up my spine every time we rehearse, hearing us sing this haunting score, and know that Stephen Sondheim is out there somewhere-smiling that his words are reaching SO so many people!
On MY end... I've been given a few duet parts, and have a bit of a featured role right before the finale :) Very exciting!!
I was also ASKED to do this company's Halloween children's show "Which witch is Which" about a little girl witch who's too good to BE a witch. I'll be playing the narrator, and the owner of the town convience store, Pamela Pumpkin.
A few more audititions coming up in the next few weeks. One for a version of Dracula, and one for another production of Sweeney Todd (don't worry, there will be a blog for my audition prep for each show as my process is a bit different between a play and a musical).
I've also been writing a lot lately, and hope to have this new play done by the third week of September (meaning completed, typed, and beginning to shop it around).
I have also aquired a "day job" finally!! I'm working with infants/toddlers at a daycare, and of course, the money will be used for headshots and such!
Believe that's it for now...planning headshots...etc.
Til next time...
