Rehearsals

I have a pretty good cast, if I do say so myself.  The only hiccup I have is that it's not complete - I still need three more males.

Last night we blocked Act I and II.  The most challenging part is the choreography in the dance scene in Act II, but we worked through it and got ideas yesterday.  We also had to imagine where things were because our set isn't built, and won't be built for another month due to another show before ours.   Luckily, though, the other set is very similar to ours, so once they put THEIR set up, we'll have an easier time.

Tonight we're blocking Acts III-V, which leads to a VERY busy evening - but at least there won't be any dancing.  :)

Cheers!

New Project

I've blogged about running (of which I'm sidelined for another 3 months or so, due to ankle issues).  I've blogged about my school (which I love, but am on summer vacation now).  I've blogged about relationships (no comment presently).  Last summer, I blogged about my experience at the Folger Library.  Now, I've got two new subjects to blog about: my community theatre directorial debut and my life as a grad student (which begins in August).  

First things first, and that would be my community theatre directorial debut.  I've directed a high school production, directed scenes in college,  and I've been in numerous community theatre productions, but this will be a new adventure.  I was chosen, earlier this year, to serve on the board of the Clear Creek Community Theatre, and when the summer Shakespeare performance looked kinda uncertain, I was asked to help.  Help, I have come!   There's two others working with me, but I've kinda taken over the production (since I can be controlling - no comment, Andy!).  I'm directing "Much Ado About Nothing" and I'm so excited since this is one of my favorite Shakespeare productions.  I've cut the script, copied it, gathered resources for auditions and designed the set.  Auditions are tonight, so I shall blog about that either later tonight or tomorrow.

Grad school starts in August.  I'm not quitting my job to go back to school, so I'll be a teacher by day and student by night.  I'm taking 6 hours (2 night classes - one on Wednesday and one on Thursday), earned a partial scholarship, and have already purchased the books for one class (European towns and villages - I don't know what books I need for my research methods class).  The European towns and villages class requires I read these 4 books, and I plan on reading them this summer (around rehearsals and the three weeks that I'm teaching summer school) so that I don't get swamped with work in the fall.  I know I already have to write a 15-page paper for that class, and I think I have to write a biographical and historiographical paper for my research methods class.  PLUS I'm teaching a pre-SAT/SAT prep class a few Saturdays a semester (extra money for tuition).  I'm going to be one very busy bee starting in August.  Luckily fall semester for me, at my job, is relatively simple - I've read the novels enough that I don't need to reread them, and can teach that stuff in my sleep.

But, I'm not going to even THINK about school until the play is over.  We audition tonight and Sunday and rehearsals begin Tuesday.  We rehearse for 6 weeks and then put on the show for two weekends for a total of 8 performances.  

Exciting!!!!