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So, I am randomly feeling the need to write. I'm two weeks into my
summer classes, and life is proving to be insane. I have gone home both
weeksends so far, but hopefully that will stop soon. I can't keep
breaking my life up like that. It throws me off, which is unbelievable
obnoxious. My classes are insane. There is nothing quite as fun as
trying to read your 100 required pages of Uncle Tom's Cabin
while your head is spining. Whatever, I'll make it through. Last night,
I went to Mrs. Fuller's surprise party. It was the reason I had come
home this weekend, and it was great to see people I hadn't seen in
years. A large part of it (at least before I left) was people standing
up discusing memories they had from theatre. I choose not to comment
last night, but here we go...
When I first went to South Cobb, I
knew one person, and we were as far from friends as I go. I was for
some reason attracted to the drama club table and decided to join. The
first event I did was to help build the Black Box in the drama room. I
felt in place, and
had no qualms taking Intro to Drama the next
semester. I had danced from the time I was 3 until the end of 8th
grade, and I guess I was just drawn to performing. I ended up
auditioning for Man of La Mancha, which became Into the Woods, which
yet again became Man of La Mancha. When it was all said and done, we
had two weeks to throw the whole thing together. I remeber the crazy
rehersals and painting the bricks purple (I'm pretty sure it was Gwen's
design) to have them repainted brown latter. I played so many parts and
even had to change in the wings, but it was all completely worth it
when everything finally came together on opening night. We did Moon
Over Buffalo the next fall and it was much the same. I was Danielle's
understudy, but she was always there. I worked on crew and was minor
crew. This was the show where I would meet most of the people who would
come to be my closest friends over the next few years. I ate luch
everyday with a number of the people a year ahad of me, and we devised
"Moon Over Buffalo in a Nutshell." I really wish I could remember how
it went. We were going to perform Death of a Salesman that Winter, but
when Mrs. Fuller broke her wrist the play was cancelled. We did Fiddler
on the Roof that spring, and I played Sprintze. It was an interesting
experience trying to convience anyone that I was around 10-12. We shall
just say, that that was the first show when I came to realize the many
different uses of duct tape. For those who cannot remember these uses
also were related to the fact that my cleavage was being devied up
among the less well endouned of the theatre. Back on topic, Audrey and
I were the "Skipping Girls." The next fall we performed Rumors. I was
not originally cast, but was dragooned from the crew when someone
dropped out. I initally was just playing Myra, yet eventually played
one of the police officers. I would write these insane amounts of notes
in this little notebook, and I evenutally ended up having to write over
my notes with new notes. It was crazy. That spring we performed Les
Miserables, which was already and is still my favorite musical. I
played a million different male and female little characters and often
had very little time to change. I swear there was one time I had a
verse and a half to go from being a guy to being a girl. If someone
moved a costume piece one me, it would have been bad. I made every cue,
and I had a awesome time doing it. It was during this production, that
I was accused of theft. I understand the why and the how, but it really
sucked. Mrs. Fuller however got me a teddy bear, which since my friends
wouldn't let me go that far unaccompianed Katie H brought to me. Fall
of my senior year, we performed A Midsummer Night's Dream. I choose not
to audition, and in terms of crew, I did a ton of work. I did some of
the props, costumes, sets, etc. I finally ended up running the lights.
I took a ton of pictures of the show, but my camera died eating them
all. It was during this time that I came to spend lunch n Mrs. Fullers
room when I was on campus, which is something I continued to do in the
spring. After Midsummers, we performed 100. Yet again I ran lights, but
I also coordinated the sounds, which Audrey actually ran. The show was
very minimalistic, and I had to stretch the lights to their max
capacity. I loved the show and it was great. Finally, spring musical
that year was Big. I returned to my roots on the stage. It was a
roller-coaster ride of ups and downs in terms of comming together. I
had to drop out less than a week before the show opened. I felt bad,
but it was such a minor thing on my mind at the time. I went with
Angela and Mitch to closing night, and the show had settled into a nice
groove. As I was arriving, however, Mel saw me and ran up to tell me
that the show was being dedicated to me. It was a really wierd feeling,
but it is something that I hope I never forget. All of this is
something I never forget. |
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