Saturday, April 12, 2008

Does anyone still wear a hat?

Hey kids! I stink at keeping this updated...school is eating my life. It's hard for me to find the time to sit here and type up all the devos I feel pulling at me to write. Once the semester starts to wind down I will be able to do this more.
I wanted to post this (thanks Stu!) because it brought back so many memories of when I did musical theatre. It also made me aware of how cool it is to be an opera chick! I love performing so much!



THEATRE SURVEY
LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME:
Scenes from The Ballad of Baby Doe (Augusta) and Giulio Cesare (Cornelia)

LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR:
Opera scenes (the ones listed above!)

LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION:
It might have been Lullaby from The Consul

WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW:
Mary Poppins in second grade...I was a penguin, a bank teller, and a mouse in this crazy dream sequence we added

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO?
Umm...probably not...

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO?
Yes :O

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW?
No

HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK?
Mmm hmm! It's been a while though...

HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA?
No

HAVE YOU BEEN TO LONDON?
Twice, I saw Starlight Express there in 8th grade...it was ridiculous...musicals were not meant to be put on skates

WHAT'S THE SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION?
Not delivering the kind of performance I know I'm capable of

WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF AN AUDITION?
The rare glimpse of a judge/director smiling

NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN:
Bye Bye Birdie

NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS:
Into the Woods - I've never been in it but I know I could play the Witch for years

WHAT ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR NEXT?
The Mikado and fall opera scenes

DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS?
I rarely hear from any Act Oners, but I still talk to some theatre govies

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID?
Well I've never been paid for a role, so its not important yet...but it will be

SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE?
I learned how to ride a bike for the role of the Wicked Witch/Miss Gultch in The Wizard of Oz (that's right, I learned how to ride a bike when I was 18) and my rides were maybe 60% accurate for the 6 shows we did...that and I almost lit my dress on fire with this pyro effect thing I had in my hand for a scene...

EVER BEEN NAKED ON STAGE?
Eww....no!

BEEN KILLED?
Yes!! In The Wizard of Oz as the Wicked Witch...I milked that scene for all it was worth!!

PLAYED DRUNK ON STAGE?
I sang 'The Ladies Who Lunch' from Company in a studio recital last year and I used a martini glass as a prop...that was soooooooo much fun!! "Does anyone still wear a hat? I'll drink to that!"

PLAYED SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE?
At PGSA '03 in The America Clock I played Doris as three different ages...let me tell you that I do NOT make a convincing 13 year old...I guess that's not really half my age...oh well

PLAYED SOMEONE TWICE YOUR AGE?
Pretty much every mezzo-soprano character I will ever play will be way older than me...or a whore

FIRED A GUN?
Nope

DRIVEN A CAR?
No...I rode a bike...but we've already been through how that went...

BEEN DRENCHED?
My death scene as the Wicked Witch....and I've been sweaty many times before that, HA! :P

BEEN IN A DREAM SEQUENCE?
Yep

BEEN KISSED?
Hahahahahahaha!! Oh awkward...we tried to do one in The American Clock but I kept giggling