So long to Neverland.

Yes... the play is over. But it was amazingly fun and wonderful while it lasted! There is such a thrill that accompanies being on-stage!! There are so, soooooo many stories I could tell, but as I said before (not in this post), they lose something in the re-telling. Ergo (sorry, you're not going to get out of my perpetual rambling!), I shall just relate *a few* of my favorite moments.

On-stage: My favorite time one stage was.... CURTAIN CALL!!! The applause!! It makes the whole show feel worth it, no matter how stressful it seemed throughout! But that's always a favorite. So... to perform... BWAHAHAHA!!!! The sword-fighting scene!!!!!!!! (Yes, Wendy actually fought [!]) Because this was a comedy, the sword fighting scene was rather hammed-up, to use the term-- it started out oh-so-serious and dramatic, then at a certain point, it turns into a stylized ballet, from which point we go into sllllooooooooowww mo.!!!!!!! It was hysterical!!!! The girl that I fought with and myself were having the best time up there; we were pulling the cheesy-est "dramatic" faces possible, and it was SO HARD to not burst out laughing on stage!!!

And off stage-- Alright, I am firmly convinced that the REAL entertainment happens backstage!!! We were SO HYPER in the green room... it was ridiculous! Like the time our sound-man had to sit on someone so that they would get there make-up applied... or the time Hook was throwing all the little (in size) actors into the costume pile (Don't worry, it was about two yards thick)... or the *several* time[s] we would get in to the most ridiculous "arguments" over nothing (Only, they weren't real arguments) "It's PINK!" "No, it was CLEARLY yellow!!" "No, it was obviously pink!" "There's no way it could be PINK! Because it's YELLOW! You're color-blind!" "What are y'all arguing about? What is it?" "...IT!" "What's 'it' " "...IT!!" But those *particular* stories... well, you had to be there to appreciate them. :)

Now that it's over, I'm like, "Whoa, where did my life go? What did I do with all those extra five minutes before I had a character to analyze and and script to study?" I made so many good friends (that I will now be pestering with phone calls), and had, really, the most amazing time.

I love to act.

Wendy-ness (Formerly, "SHOES!!")

Wendy-hair on OPENING NIGHT!!!!
Do you know who is excited in the
EXTREME
?!?!?!?!?! →

And my Wendy- shoes!! ←You can't really see the lacey- eyelet stuff in this pic, but it's there :)

Two Weeks til "Peter Pan" Opening Night

Can you guess who is PUMPED about this???!!

Purists and Pirates :)

Two things (Which, being me, are rather random):

1) Being the cookie nut that I am, yesterday was a bit hard for me. I had to make chocolate- chip-cookies from a package.*gasp* Yes, you read correctly; the dough was already mixed and all I had to do was put it on the pan. It felt so wrong. But we were pressed for time... They tasted fine though. :)

Number two
In addition to playing Wendy, I also get to play a pirate named Starkey! Woohoo! Three more lines!!! Fun, fun, fun!

First Read-Through

Woooo!!! First read-through is done!! I was surprised to find out that I actually have fewer lines as Wendy than I did as Mr. Beaver in LWW!! Isn't that odd? Oh well. Also, my little brother actually has more lines than I do in the play, and this is his FIRST play!! What's up with that?! But I'm happy for him- and I'm happy that I'll be able to help him along with his lines ;P.

The director actually wrote this script on his own, and it's very interesting to read!! He puts very interesting twists to the story; making it more appealing to today's audiences while still being true(ish) to the original story. He slightly changed the personalities of a few of the characters, but nothing too drastic ;)! For instance, Smee is now more of a smart-alec-y, know-it-all, thinks-he-should-be-in-charge-but-too-scared-to-say-anything sort of character as opposed to the innocently oblivious character he originally was. John, the oldest Darling boy (played by my brother!!), is also a sort of know-it-all now-which I suppose he actually was in the original story... he always has the answers, or is always asking questions. My favorite line of his is before the Darlings meet Peter Pan and head to Neverland, Michael & John are playing pirates and Indians- Michael is the Indian and John is the pirate:

MICHAEL: Me Big Chief! Scalpum pirate!
JOHN: Not if I catch you first!
MICHAEL: Wendy, John's not being fair! It's my turn!
WENDY: John, be a good brother and let Michael scalp you. (That's my first line in the whole play; I love it!)
JOHN: But I don't believe that Captain Kidd would really sit still to be scalped! Do you know what's really not fair? Your historically inaccurate portrayal of Native Americans!

Yes, that last sentence is my favorite in the whole play, I think! Seriously, try saying the very last sentence five times fast!! When we got home, I was constantly asking my little brother: Do you know what really not fair?? And he would respond with the last sentence- it's super fun!

Well, I've got to go now, but more updates as events warrant!! Cheerio!

And the verdict is...

I can certainly say there was serious screaming in this household last night: My mother was e-mailed the cast list for "Peter Pan" as I was upstairs getting ready for bed at 9:30pm. Then I heard: "Oh Theresa!! There's news!!" She really drew out "news." "PLAY news??" "Yep." So I sprinted down to the computer to see the news in question; my mother then proceeded to draw out the process as long as possible before my curiosity was satisfied. "Oh, maybe I shouldn't show you now... you won't be able to sleep if I show you now." "I'm not going to be able to sleep if I don't see it, mother." So we began 20 questions."Is it the cast list?" "Yes, it certainly is." "Will I like the part I got?" ''Oh, you'll like any part, I suppose..." "Is it one that I mentioned I wanted?" "Oh, maybe..." etc. etc. "Well, why don't I just show you?" "YES!!" So she did. God is so amazingly wonderful. I am cast as WENDY DARLING!!!!!!!!!! I saw that and screamed!!! Which is odd, because screaming is something I don't normally do, but I guess this was an exception!! To top it off, my little brother will be playing John, my little brother in the play!!!! Did I mention that God is so amazingly wonderful?! So I called my sister, even though it was ten-thirty at night where she lives, and she answered at got all excited for me!!

I did about fifty million happy dances and whoops before I finally got to bed; and even then I didn't even attempt sleep til about midnight. But it's all good!! Thank you all so much for keeping me in your prayers!! Please continue to do so and wish us luck as we go along!!

TOMORROW!!!!- *Edited

Peter Pan auditions are TOMORROW!!! =D Please keep me in your prayers & wish me luck!

*Edit 2-12-09

Dang, what is it about auditions that make one's self so nervous? It's odd, though, or well, maybe this is normal, but until I woke up yesterday I had no problem whatsoever with the idea! Then when I got up, I was absolutely shaking- more out of excitement than nervousness, I think, but who knows? When the time came to actually read for a part, the butterflies had gone away! Very interesting.... Overall, I think it went pretty well! I don't know that I'll get the part that I originally wanted (Wendy), but there are so many fun parts in this play that I'm sure I'll have a blast; I just love being onstage!! The director said he would post the list on Friday, so I'll let you all know soon what the deal is!! Thank you soSOsoSOso much for all your support!! God bless!! Cheerio!