Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland audition results came in tonight! And let me just say that I'm really excited! Gene Wilder played my character in the 1999 movie of Alice in Wonderalnd, so I'm really hoping I can do the character justice. If you haven't guessed the character yet, it's The Mock Turtle! I know that he is supposed to be a very melancholy character, because it is thought that he used to be a real turtle. So that's some of my motivation! I'm thinking my costume might be sort of like the costume that Yertle the Turtle had when I was Sour Kangaroo in Seussical Jr...but I honestly have no idea what it's going to look like! That's one of my favorite things about theatre, the costumes! Because think about it, when you see a person on-stage and there costume is odd, you don't think the person is odd because it's part of their character! So it's almost like, if your character is completely wacky, your costume can be wacky and no one will think that reflects off who you actually are! I just love the fact that you can be something completely different on the stage. And I'm really looking forward to this challenge of a type of character I've never played before!!!

Oh, and here's a picture I found and I thought it would be fun to add the caption to it!

Willy Wonka Jr.

Okay, let me just say that I really enjoyed my part in this musical! Getting a laugh when you're hoping you will is such a great feeling! Grandma Josephine was my first comedic role so I hope i did her justice! Making people laugh feels wonderful! Especially when it's big audience. I've always enjoyed making at least one or two people laugh, but when it's more, it's awesome! I was right about my costume, and I must say it was the most comfortable costume EVER. The best part about being a grandparent, was the bed. It was actually pretty comfortable! Anyway, I think the musical went quite well and I'm looking forward to the next play i'm auditioning for! In case you don't know, it's for Alice in Wonderland!

Willy Wonka Jr.

Auditions for Willy Wonka Jr. went well! I Got in. :D And I get to be and old person! I get to play Grandma Josephina! I haven't seen my costume yet, but i'm thinking it's just going to be a simple night gown and some kind of nightcap. Maybe a gray wig, too! But who knows, i'll just have to wait and see! Hopefully I'll make at least a few people laugh in the performances, she's a fun character to play!

Musical Theatre Camp

I finished Musical Theatre Camp a while back, and it was awesome!! We got to perform songs from different musicals such as West Side Story, Shrek the Musical, and The Lion King! I was quite happy get the solo in song "Endless Night (Reprise)" from The Lion King, i got to play Rafiki for a song! Everyone had the opportunity to get a solo for this week long camp. Here's a list of all the songs we performed-

Song----Musical----Role

"Freak Flag"----Shrek the Musical----One of three little pigs

"Tonight"----West Side Story----A Jet

"Endless Night (Reprise)"----The Lion King----Rafiki

"I Feel Pretty"----West Side Story----One of Maria's friends

"America"----West Side Story----A Girl

"When You're a Jet"----West Side Story----(only boys participated in this song)

We had two performances July 24, 2010 with one encore performance August 3, 2010 only including the songs "When You're a Jet" and "America". I was sooo happy we got to do "America" again, it was my favorite song in the whole performance!! We performed the encore right before the Summer Scene Works Program performed (I'll get to that in a second!). It was such a great experience with some awesome people, including our director Mrs. Kim Hurt! The Musical Theatre Camp performance was at Auburn Area Community Theatre (AACT), otherwise know as the Jan Dempsey Arts Canter, and I can't wait to audition for Alice in Wonderland there!!!

Okay, now moving on to the Summer Scene Works Program. We basically did the same thing, performing different songs from different scenes in musicals. I was in one of the songs in the performance and it was great! I was in the musical scene "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" from Hairspray. I probably looked odd wearing pigtails and white socks that came over half way up to my knee...people said i looked cute, but i thought weird! If you haven't figured it out, I played Penny Pingleton! :) In the musical she's a bit of a nerd..but she's very fun to play!! Having interesting costumes is probably going to be a big part of theatre...the weirder the better!!

Sleeping Beauty and More!

Well, Sleeping Beauty is over! It was much different than the cartoon that I watched when I was little, but I still enjoyed it. We didn't have a lot of time before the show was starting so we had to cut most of my lines I had as the Spider Queen, but I still got to play her as a giggly, quirky, character! Portraying the evil witch, Modron, included a lot of yelling and screaming. I tried to play her absolutely filled with hate and jealousy for her sister, her sister Branwen, who is also the good witch in this version of the story. Twice Modron had to make her signature "sound". I really didn't have much of a clue for a sound..so I basically just screamed. At the beginning of the play I had a crow puppet on my arm that was built by one of my best friends. I gave the crow, whom I named Nikron, the sound the first time. For the rest of play whenever I had him on the stage he was either whispering in my ear, looking up to the sky, acting mad at Branwen with me, or I would scratch his neck for him and he would make a little twitchy neck motion. I didn't get to use him in every scene but the ones I did get to use him I enjoyed because there was always someone...something to talk to and react to when no one was in a scene with me.


Now, moving on. I was probably rambling a lot there. Sorry! :) But anyway, in a few months I'm auditioning for a musical! I would like to get a good role in this but if I don't that would be fine as well. And the cool thing to me about this is, it's Willy Wonka Jr! So this should be interesting considering it was one of the first shows I was in. Playing Charlie over a year ago was very enjoyable, but I love musicals, too!! I haven't heard basically any of the songs except for a few from the 1971 movie with Gene Wilder as the magical Willy Wonka! I'm fine with being an Oompa Loompa or one of the principle roles. I really don't enjoy not being involved with a play or musical. AND I just found out what the next Jr. show is going to be at the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center where I was in the musical, Seussical, as Sour Kangaroo! It's going to be Alice in Wonderland!!! Even though the 1951 cartoon COMPLETELY freaked me out, I think I'd be comfortable with it on the stage, and enjoy it! It's not the musical version so even if I don't get a role I wouldn't mind seeing the script. If I'm not a cast member for this, there's no doubt I won't be an audience member! There are a good amount of character in the cartoon. The Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, White Rabbit, the Red Queen and her Army of Cards, the Door Mouse, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the Walrus and the Carpenter, the Caterpillar, the Flowers, and last but certainly not least, Alice!! There are so many cool character in this show and I'm not 100% sure that all of the ones I just mentioned are going to be in the play. But it will be a long time before I probably find out..hopefully time will go by fast so I can audition for Willy Wonka Jr and Alice in Wonderland as soon as possible!

Sleeping Beauty

I just found out what role I got in Sleeping Beauty! It sort of reminds me of Sour Kangaroo in Seussical, just a lot more evil. I also got another role but a bit smaller, the Spider Queen. So i'm planning on making her very twitchy and quirky, but only if I get to keep the part because someone else might be joining the cast. In the Disney version I believe the name of the witch is Maleficent, but in the version we're doing she's called Modron. I'm not quite sure which version of the story we're doing, but it's a good amount different than the Disney movie. This should be a good show and i'm going to try and put all I've got into it!

Here we go again!

Time to get into a brand new show! This isn't going to be as big of a performance as Seussical was, but it should be a good show! This is considered more of a class, like how Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was. Everyone in the class gets a part so we had a "fake" audition. It was still like an audition but it was basically to see what we could do with the characters in a cold reading. Everyone in the class, including me, will find out what roles we got sometime next week. Hopefully early during the week cause I'm curious! I think I read for most of the female parts in the fake audition. Briar Rose-The Princess, Gryff-Part Dragon/Part Human, The Queen-Briar Rose's Mom, and Maleficent-The Wicked Witch. There's also a Spider Queen somewhere in the story but I don't think anyone read for her. Just like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there aren't many boys. Two boys are in this production I'm pretty sure. But it should work out since the only characters which absolutely have to be boys include the King and the Prince. Anyway, the next class is going to be Monday and this week went by pretty slow. Can't wait for Monday though! Have a good a day everyone, and Happy Easter! And keep the true meaning of Easter in mind!