So life is pretty good. I just got past a major blip of stress what with auditions and Sr. Sem and figuring out the deets for my last directing scene....but I think I have it all figured out! PLUS: I got cast in As You Like It! YAY! It's super exciting, because we have a guest director from the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta directing it which will make it such a unique experience- plus some great networking! We actually don't know our roles yet, however- we are supposed to present another monologue in January and we will find out the entire cast in February. (The show isn't until April, so they can afford to do this haha.) It's mildly stressful that we are still in the audition "process," but it's nice to know that I have a show to work on for my very last semester here. And a Shakespeare show, no less!
You know, that I used to think of myself as an actress that just would never do Shakespeare. I had just decided that it wasn't for me. However, since taking Adv. Directing and being able to really delve into it- I decided that I really enjoyed it and that I was completely capable! And now that I changed my attitude on Shakespeare- lookie here, now I'm DOING a Shakespeare show! :) It's really wonderful what can happen when you open your mind and change your attitude a bit. But anyways, I have great fellow castmembers as well, and I know it is going to be an amazing experience to finish out my college career with.
Another exciting notion is that I don't have to give up going to ACTF either! That's great because I really didn't want to have to since I have never gone- and I really like the material I have picked out. I'm planning on doing "When You're Home" from In The Heights as a musical scene, and a scene from the classic play "The Country Girl." I still need to pick out a monologue- but I may do one I already know, we'll see! But anyways. It's exciting! And then I have SETC to go to too, in March. I can already tell Spring is going to be a CRRAZZYYY semester...but I say bring it on! The more opportunities the better.
Tomorrow I have auditions for Robin's Sr. Project (Which I can be a part of as well since As You Like It goes up afterwards!) which is exciting. It's a ballet type show and I'd love to get back into dancing again as I am not in a dance class for the first time in forever this semester. Tomorrow is also early registration. It's hard to believe it's the very last time I will be typing in my class numbers and preparing for the next semester's round of classes. Thankfully I've planned my classes well throughout the years so I literally am taking 12 hours. How awesome is that? And I only have theatre practice on M/W, and NO class on Friday. Ample, ample, homework time. Music to my ears! I'll definitely need all this time what with everything that is going on next semester...ACTF, SETC, Sr. Project, As You Like It, One-Act festival, Brooke's wedding....so. many. things. filled. with. stress. haha. But it will all work out I know it will, it always does!
However, I still am pining for the day I walk across the stage to get my degree... you know, I feel like it will be so much more emotional than my high school graduation was honestly...because I mean high school is something most every child in the country has to go through, and graduating high school doesn't seem that monumental for some reason. But graduating college with a degree- not everyone can say they have done that! And the fact that I feel like I have poured my heart and soul into this degree during my time here, and just thinking of everything I have learned, the people I've met and grown up in the theatre dept. with, all the experiences I've had- it was just so much more fulfilling than high school was. Don't get me wrong, I had a great high school experience, but now I'm older and can really appreciate things more, I think. I am just so grateful for everything that has come into my life during my time here and I wouldn't have exchanged it for anything. :)
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