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!

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Goodbye to Suessical.

Man! I'm going to miss Seussical soo much! It's hard to process sometimes that I will no longer be going to the theatre for rehearsal. Seussical had the most amazing cast, I'm really going to miss seeing them at rehearsals! We have footage from two of the shows, and a lot of pictures! Seussical was is the most amazing show I have ever been involved in (so far!). I can't wait to be in more shows at the AACT (Auburn Area Community Theatre). Mrs. Kim is such an awesome director! She really gives you motivation and a reason to be doing what you're doing. There's a video of the number "Biggest Blame Fool" on YouTube. Including the characters:

Sour Kangaroo played my myself

The Cat in the Hat (or Dr. Feline in this scene) played by Avery Jones.

Horton the Elephant played by Jacob Zabawa.

Gertrude McFuzz played by Heather Connelly.

And the Wickersham Brothers played by Michael Sanders, Aleczander Horn, and Dillon Williams.

This video is put together from two different performances, the dress rehearsal (with an audience), and the 4:30 show Monday, March 8th. It was such a great show! I really wish it wasn't over! But we're all planning to get together on the 15th of May for another show! The 15th of May is mentioned in one of the songs from Seussical. Can't wait!!!! I met so many awesome people in this show, and got to spend time with people I already knew! I had been in another show with Heather, she played my grandfather in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As I said before, there was only one boy in the cast. He played Mike Tv and Mr. Bucket. Being Charlie was just the start of my involvement in theatre. It's what I love and I can't wait to see what next play or musical comes around!

So soon.

Tomorrow we're having a library performance for Seussical! It's not going to be the whole musical, just the first four songs I think. And it's not in costume. The only person who gets to wear their full costume is the Cat in the Hat. But, that's okay! I'll get to wear the Sour Kangaroo costume many times! Which I am very excited about!! The performances are going to be starting soooo soon...time has gone by so fast! I wish it wasn't going to end so quickly...but one door closing means another one is going to be opened! This was just a short update, I'll hopefully update again soon!