The theatre is rotting, the cast was mutinous and left, and the directors aren't good at their jobs. I'm doing the work of eight people for a terribly small stipend. I have not kept one of my six original roles in the shows and am basically carrying the weight of every single female lead. I am an actor. I'm costume designer and costume crew. I'm choreographer. I am also director when the titled director fails and the poor non-actor community members come begging me to help them. You know though, it's okay. It's just really stressful and I worry a lot about memorizing lines and songs and making sure that when we open in TWO WEEKS no one will be going onstage naked. I wish the resident cast hadn't left. I liked them. They had great talent. Suck-y attitudes, but great talent. I'm glad they left because I get way better parts in the shows, but it's unfortunate that I got landed with so much extra work. I've also been left behind to deal with people who mean the best but really have no idea what they're doing. By the end of this summer, I want to be remembered as the stand out actor in the shows. I want to be the best. I might already be the best... who knows.
I need a vacation.
Here are my characters for this summer (I'm building a professional resume - hooray.)
Marian - The Music Man by Meredith Wilson
Ado Annie - Oklahoma! by Rogers and Hammerstein
Mary Doyle/Mary Altamont - The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes by Suzan L. Zeder
Sammy (the bird who thinks she's a dog) - The Tortoise and His Hair by Rory Behrens
Lisa - A Little Off the Top by Carl Williams
Alice - Death at Dinner (murder mystery) by Mark Batell
I'm going to go be a lightning rod now
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| Thank you Mr. Walken |
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