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| May. 23rd, 2006 | 08:38 pm | ||||||
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| Apr. 24th, 2006 | 04:55 am | ||||||
JCS is one of my favorite shows and the opportunity to get to actually perform in a production of it has always been a goal. I'd never been in such a physical show in my life! Even though I was in the ensemble, well believe me, there were very few times I was just "standing around" backstage. haha Though I was known as the "shy/quiet" one. I did make some friends and I'll miss seeing them and the other people I got to work with so much. It will be so weird not seeing them on Thursday or for any pick-up rehearsals. It's so crazy. I'm forunate to be in a show that performs for more than one weekend, but honestly I could have done it for a few more months. This Thurs. I couldn't believe that I had 5 shows in only 4 days, and it's so strange that there isn't gonna be anymore. I was sad during our last show, but I didn't know how it was going to effect me, nor did I expect it. During "Everything's Alright", I could feel myself fighting back tears. Don't know why THAT song set those emotions off, but it did. Fortunately I was able to keep my composure the rest of the show. I truly thought that during the crucifixion I was gonna lose it, but I didn't either. It wasn't until curtian call, when I watched the principals take their bows and saw Helene crying that I guess it finally hit me. When we were doing company bows, I was struggling to smile. Now people that know me, know that I'm not a crier, I'm the rock that comforts others. But I just lost it, it was the first time I have EVER cried at the end of a run in my ENTIRE performing career. The tears were streaming down my face but I found Josh and he hugged/held me until I calmed down. Yelling at me the whole time that I gotta stop who he would start to go. I hugged Crystal too and she was like "That's my job"! I have never felt that way in my life. Though I know I'll get to work with some people again, because they always do shows there. Unless you've been a part of a show, you don't really understand the magic that can happen between a cast. Where you all somehow mesh together, which is really the ultimate goal a director casting is looking for. We had chemistry and it worked. But now we'll never have that back again, at least with that specfic cast. It's just hard to believe that it's over. I have so many good memories. The craziness that was backstage during "The Last Supper". My lil theater traditions, that I almost felt I had to do in order to have a good show. The dressing room, and the craziness there. Our cabret and awards night...oh man, too funny! Our final, or "Last Supper" ,if you will, at IHOP. Which got f-ed up because our food orders got all weird and stuff, lol. As I've said this has been such a rewarding and enriching experience. And though there were ups and downs, I had a blast! I just wish I had the ability to come out of my shell faster, and gotten to know some people a bit more. I just really hope that I'll get the opportunity to work with at least some of these people over again! It's been great and at least I'll always have the memories...and the pictures. hehe |
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| Mar. 25th, 2006 | 08:25 am | ||||||
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excited| 1st Week of JCS Rehearsals | ||||||
| Mar. 14th, 2006 | 02:40 am | ||||||
Thursday wasn't really much of a rehearsal, we just had ourselves measured for costumes. It was pretty funny, when the woman asked me my bra size I told her 38C, which is my size. And she just looked at me and was like "there's no way" so she wrote me down as a D. So I don't know what the heck I am anymore. And I had just gotten a new Victora's Secret bra the week before, and it fits fine! Sunday was the long rehearsal, we rehearsed from 1pm-5pm and then 7pm-9:30pm. All of this after I had my trip to NYC, then afterwards I went out with Kristen until 1am! No wonder I was in bed until 3 today! We worked on most of the rest of the group songs and the blocking for the Overture and "What's the Buzz?" I'm gonna be on a platform 9 feet in the air for "What's the Buzz?", that's gonna be a little freaky, just got to hope to God it's built right, cause there is gonna be 6 of us up there! Our Jesus finally was able to come to rehearsals and oh my God, he's so amazing and he's only in fucking HIGH SCHOOL!!! It's crazy, I got chills from him and he hasn't even sang "Gethsemane" yet, Lordy! That really loud and off-pitch soprano girl I was talking about in my previous post was back. Kristen came in to pick me up and afterwards we were talking about her. And Kristen couldn't believe how bad she was, at least I'm not the only one. She said she couldn't hear an entire chorus of about 15 people over her. It's true she really can't hit a pitch and literally screams. She's like "I'm a belter"...no you're a "yeller" and not even on pitch or really in tune. I swear she's always flat, yet our music director doesn't say anything. I felt so bad for Megan, she's in the soprano section, she was covering her one ear and really leaning into the piano to even hear the notes being played, and she was standing right next to the darn thing! Kristen said that she's gonna say something next time she comes in...lol watch them kick me out, but it is true and it's stupid that no one is saying anything. Well, I'll let you in on what happens! |
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good| 1st JC Superstar Rehearsal | ||||||
| Mar. 5th, 2006 | 10:13 pm | ||||||
It's going to be set in Nazi Germany during the 1930s, and the show is in that setting and from that mind set. It's a time period that I have always found fascinating for some reason, so I had to do it. I got in to the ensemble, so I'll have lots to do as well. Anyways rehearsal went okay tonight. The thing with community theatre is that everyone, except for maybe two or three people including myself, have worked together numerous times, over the course of however many years. Unfortunately it can be very "clicky" because they already have relationships established and the music director and director no what they have to offer. So I doubt I'll get any solo lines, because they really don't know me yet or anything. So this is something I'm going to have to work at moreso than in college shows or high school shows. But I'm up for it. Just gotta get out of the shy habit and get to know people. I kinda haven't found my niche (did I spell that right?) yet. There are kids there who are obviously high school age and then you have people who are older, in their late 20s-30s. So I don't really know what catagory I fall in to, haha. We went over the chorus part of "The Temple" and the whole "Heal My Eyes...etc". I kinda just put myself in with the sopranos. I usually feel like I'm stressing my voice trying to fo alto. However it is a "rock" opera, so it's not singing legit. So while I'm used to singing more straight musical theatre or even a bit operatic, I'm not used to singing more rock things, especially in my head voice. Guess I should sing more Wicked or something, try to build up my tolerance. There is something that bothered the hell out of me however. Now we were all singing in a group. Now as a chorus, even with harmonies, it should be as one sound. A group with out any discernable person standing out. The chorus is the meat of any show, the backups and the ground for which the leads grow from, if you will. Unfortunately some people really can't be in a chorus and it's not because they're voices are only cut out for being a lead. It's because they take it upon themselves to make themselves stand out. There's this one girl in the soprano section who is so loud, it's ridiculous, and it's because she was literally screaming out her notes. It got really annoying after a while. Especially when she was given a solo line in the "See My Eyes I Can Hardly See" section. She embellished the last note, extending it out at least a beat. Meaning that the next person to come in and sing their part had to literally cut HER off. There were people singing in the chorus who were leads, including Judas! Yet they weren't trying to stand out. Maybe I'm being overly dramatic, but it's just the point of the chorus. You can't stand out, you have to keep with the music, you're not a lead, the music shouldn't have to keep up with you. I mean I've been in the ensemble for many shows, as well as being a supporting character having a solo. I know my place and it just pisses me off when other people don't know there's. My dance teacher always told me that in a ballet company, if someone messes up, the entire corps will do whatever that one person did to mess up. That person won't get fired, it's the person that decides they are going to do the move perfectly that will. When you're part of a corps or chorus, or ensemble, whatever you want to call it, you have to work together. I just hate when people think that they're better than everyone else. I just wish that our music director would have said something, because I know I'm not gonna kill my voice, just so they can hear me. Let's hope my next rehearsal is a little better. |
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