Help! I've fallen from so much rehearsal and I can't get up! — Page 2

I am not dropping... yet... which is really good, but it's literally only the first week of rehearsals and it's a very dance-heavy show (Leader of the Pack!), so I'm going to be dying very soon and I think I mean this literally. I'm not sure whether this merits a happy smiley face or a sad frowny face.

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I just got back from a 5 hour rehearsal for student written and directed one acts festival which included me getting harassed by hippies, running around the stage freaked out, falling into somebody's arms, playing leap frog, playing hopscotch, fighting hardcore on the floor, running around like a little girl, swordfighting, mirroring somebody else, and laughing myself to the floor. Jesus...

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I feel ya. I have a government AP test tomorrow. I hate that class with a passion. Needless to say, I haven't looked at the chapter at all...no time. And quite frankly, in class all my teacher does is preach his dang opinion. grrrr.

Last night I didn't get back to my dorm until 1am. It wouldn't have gone so late if our lighting directer didn't flake out on us on tuesday when we were supposed to have tech.

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Congratulations, fabala! It always feels SO good to be off-book. You can really experiment with the character more and FEEL the moments.

And, in line with the subject of this thread, I haven't FALLEN yet, because I'm always up in the air, strapped into a painful harness which kills my inner thighs and, consequently, my stomach and outer thighs (because I tense them to not have to settle into the harness).

As the Fairy Godmother, I fly. I FLY HIGH. Wayyyy up into the tippy top of the theater. It's crazy. And it really hurts that area. Too much information? Sorry. Anyway, I'm glad we're finished with it on Sunday. My body will be thanking me.

we just finished week twon of rehearsals for us. our rehearsals go from 3:30-7, on school days. but when we get closer to the show, we go from 4-11. which is rough when you have to go home and do hours of homework.


it's all worth it though :)

Double exhaustion? hahah

Yeah! I think it's because we advertised with the local news...they came to our school and reported the weather on our sets...hahah weird. Oh and the guys dog crapped in the theatre. hahahaha

We have a ghost in our theatre too! hahah Yay for creepy theatres and fly systems!!

Our black box theatre has a few ghosts. There's reportedly a girl in a white dress that watches shows from the catwalk and is seen there just..watching sometimes. Also, there's a man that is buried outside because that's where he met his wife and he haunts the theatre. I've been in this theatre late at night (like...latest 3am.) and i've heard some pretty weird stuff.

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AAAAH!!! Getting really really stressed at the moment. The Illusion opens in 2 1/2 weeks. Where did the time go??? Suddenly I have to pull an amazing performance out of my ass. And a gigantic set and costumes...

Here's my saga:
Our director has been sick, so I get a letter from him on Thursday saying to go to the costume shop anyways, and here's a list of the costumes we need, pick some out! No worries there... it's just, if he doesn't like what we picked, we get to spend ANOTHER day in the costume shop replacing them. This is time we DON'T HAVE. Then we have rehersal canceled on Friday and set building canceled on Saturday (also because he's sick. Poor Jason), which leaves us no time to finish the set and very little time to reherse.

I'm kind of freaking out right now.. This wouldn't be so bad if school wasn't cracking down at the exact same time. I've got beyond how much homework is possible to assign. I failed a Calculus test and FORGOT to write an essay for my English class. I skipped French one day (don't worry; my parents signed me out) to finish my gigantic History packet, only to return and find I've missed a whole bunch of French homework. Then I turn in my History packet and get MORE history homework. And I fail a test.


aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, if anyone can help me survive, please let me know...

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Wow, can I just say that this thread couldn't have come at a better time?

Kiss Me, Kate rehearsals started in January and we open next weekend. We've had a week of vacation and SO many cancelled rehearsals because of snow.

Just to give you an idea of how AWFUL this show has the potential to be if no one steps it up:
- Too Darn Hot is our biggest number (in showmanship AND in length), and we haven't actually run the full number. We've only choreographed it in pieces (not even in order).
- We Sing of Love looks like a mess. We cut a large amount of people from the number and yet still...
- The opening is probably the easiest number we've learned and somehow our cast is managing to make it look pretty unrehearsed.
- Furthermore, I might as well have forgotten how the show ends because we haven't done Act II in a month.

We have not performed the show in its entirety yet. Just in pieces.

So I guess how bad the situation actually is hit the directors last night. Becasue I was at rehearsal from 4:45 until 11. Every muscle in my body is aching. I got home and just crashed.

Maybe tonight within the 6 hours that we'll most likely be there we'll get the chance to do Act II. I've almost completely forgotten what I'm supposed to do in that Act.

I'm so exhausted. And no matter how comfortable my LaDucas may be for the first two hours...after 6 hours of dancing and standing around...any shoe will start to hurt.