So, yesterday was the last performance of She Loves Me. it turned out better than I expected. Not only did the cast a crew do a great job, but the audience loved the show. Truthfully, a lot of us were a little unsure whether it was going to turn out, but it did! ah the magic of theater. The stage was so hot, though, that when I took off my costume, there was a band of sweat where my belt had been on my dress. it was H-O-T hot. The poor audience.
This is also my last show. I loved being Ilona and I’ll miss her. It was a bit emotional for all the seniors and for our director, but I’m excited to be able to come back in years to come and see what other shows Marsha and Dennis do and how they do them.
I don’t know what else to really say except that theater is such a magical thing. It can transform shy kids into loud, wise-cracking characters. It can turn badly behaved kids into dedicated members of the cast. There are no words to describe what theater has done for me or what it will continue to do for other kids.
HEY! So we have been teching it up until about 11:00 at night. So, I am mundo tired. But there’s a dress rehearsal today and then the SHOW! So come and check out all of our hard work. The times are:
Friday, April 24 @ 7pm
Saturday, April 25 @ 2pm and 7pm
Sunday, April 26 @ 7pm
P.S. I’m sorry I haven’t been writing. We have been working too late, and I have been getting up too early to even check my e-mail. Thanks, tech rehearsals.
Also known as hell week is about to begin. It’s going to start in approximately two hours and nineteen minutes. I am excited about being with my friends until 10 o’clock and getting costumes and lighting and what not, but I am scared for my sanity.
Dear God, it’s me, Hailey. Please oh please, let me survive this week and get out of it alive, and with the knowledge that I did a good job. K, thanks.
Hey guys. So we’ve been rehearsing it. UP. And it’s going to get even more intense with the set and costumes and what have you. I’m a little off because I got into a pretty major car accident and totaled my car, so that shook me and my friend Jason (who’s George in the play) up.
Other than that, everything’s pretty good. I am just not getting my lyrics down. It’s kind of an awkward show in that there’s a lot of action going on that you might not be involved in, but you have to randomly say a line- which is hard for me. Plus I have a lot on my mind, which is kind of screwing me up mentally. Anyway, we’re starting spring break on Wednesday and I’m leaving for Los Angeles on Tuesday, so you guys won’t be hearing from me in a weak or so. So adios, muchachos!
So we had our first run through yesterday (Sunday). It was pretty aggravating- you know, one of those rehearsals where everyone looses the script for the first time and has to call “line” every other word. I have no clue how to show looks yet, but I never quite know until tech week.
I don’t know how I’m doing. My songs are getting better- meaning I can consistantly belt each one, which is more than I could do before.
I’m getting worried that I just won’t do well. I always freak out, but I feel that I’m just…not funny, which is the worst thing I could imagine. I also have a lot of school work…yadda yadda yadda, I’m sure you’d all love to hear me complain.
We’re starting to rehearse later each day, which means tech week is coming soon. I’m just nervous that we don’t have enough time. Next week we have spring vacation for a week and then the next week we have tech week, which is kind of stinky. I just want everything to turn out well for my final show. Everyone’s doing really well, and I’m really proud of all the effort we’re all putting in, I just hope all that effort shows in the final product
One month to go until the show. Holy schmigoly oly! I’ve been practicing my songs and they’re getting better. That’s good. The seniors had senior skip day yesterday, so we couldn’t go to dance rehearsal. But I think everything will be good (fingers crossed). I really need to memorize those lines, though. Until something exciting happens,
I just performed “No Time at All” for the last time. I can’t believe it. I’ve fallen absolutely in love with this number. I may perform it every day in my room just for the sake of it!
I’m actually a little disappointed because Alex Annunziata poured way too much baby powder in my hair and it flew off every time I moved so I was laughing at some points during the song. Hopefully it wasn’t too noticeable.
Opening night and closing night are generally the best. That was completely falsified last night! The second Friday performance was easily the best show we’ve had. The audience was so alive, clapping and cheering from “Magic to Do” to “Finale.”
The best part of yesterday’s performance was a visit from North Rockland’s cast of Pippin! It was easy to pick them out during “No Time at All.” They were the row of kids screaming at the top of their lungs and waving their arms in the air. After the performance, they all waited to congratulate us. In all honesty, it was one of the best post show experiences of my high school career. High school theatre can get very competitive, especially when it comes to schools performing the same show. However, they all waited at the stage door to tell us how much they enjoyed the performance. They seemed really excited by what we’d done with the show. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see their production, but I heard that it was a much more traditional version “Pippin.” (I also heard that it was incredible!) Maybe I’m a sap, but it was great to see two schools come together like that.
On another note: I can’t believe tonight will be my last time performing on North’s stage. It’s going to be a tough goodbye.
Every year, more than 60 high schools across the Lower Hudson Valley present musicals. Some are all-school plays; others are for seniors only. This blog takes you along for the ride with a few student actors, sharing their after-school-theater lives on the way to Opening Night.
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