Truth is, I'm not that sad.
OF COURSE I'm gonna miss a lot of it but I feel so light and bubbly without all that PRESSURE. Now I must tell you a little mishap that occurred...
All through the night, while you are dreaming,
Guardian stars will be gently gleaming.
Have no fear, I'll be near you deep in the dark.
That is the Deep in the Dark Reprise. I sang it alone with the lights off and a spotlight on me while Wilbur's sleeping. Notice: That's a very serious song.
When all the lights went off for the blackout, I quickly grabbed my "egg sack" and as I did every night, stuck it to the velcro on the barn. But this time, it didn't stick. It fell off and landed next to Wilbur. I could see that Wilbur just thought, oh well, we'll just have to leave it there. But the lights didn't go on, so she threw it up! And I missed! So it fell again! And she threw it up again! And I finally caught it. And I finally velcroed it on to the barn correctly. A few people in the audience clapped.
Then, just thinking about tossing Charlotte's precious egg sack back and forth like a beach ball, I got a MAJOR GIGGLE ATTACK.
Wilbur: "Are you awake, Charlotte?"
Me: "Ye *giggle* sss! *giggle"
(A few people in the audience snickered.)
Wilbur: "Oh, what's that nifty little thing? Is it something to play with?"
That's when I died.
Me: "Certainly *giggle* not! *giggle*" But, you can play toss with it sometimes!
More people in the audience began to giggle along with me.
I knew I had to pull this together. Clearing my mind of the humor, I took a deep breath and became the serious, tired from giving birth to 514 eggs, about to die, Charlotte I was supposed to be playing.
Later on in the lobby after the show, a random woman came up to me and said that she had gotten the giggles during her wedding and that she admired me for being able to stop as she had been unable to! I think I'm jinxed now. On my wedding day, I'll probably remember the egg sack incident and start laughing hysterically!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
It's Not Easy Being a Spider
I'm sure that a bunch of you already read my mom's post about the past week, so you know a little about what's been happening here. When I saw that my mom had written that post, I immediately thought that I couldn't write anything else because she had basically covered everything. But then my mom said that my readers hadn't heard anything from MY view! So here we go!
One of the things that my mom talked about was the "trust fall". Oh gosh, was that the scariest thing. Especially with 4 extra legs! The first time I tried it, I screamed bloody murder.When they told me I should keep practicing till I could do it without the screech, I started hyperventilating. One of the guys who catches me (a former actor in our theater group, also a REAL tease) started showing off his muscles and telling me that "You're going to be in safe hands...because I'm pretty big...." After I had done it a couple more times, I finally stopped screaming as I fell backward. So I was ready to do it for the show.
WELL, that guy with the "big" muscles is full of it. When the blackout came and I scrunched myself up into a ball and fell backwards, he completely let me go! Luckily, the other guy held me long enough for Mr. Big Guns to help me to my feet. This time, I had something to tease HIM about rather than him teasing me for being scared of falling into his tough arms.
Another awkward thing besides the trust fall, is the barn that I sit in the whole show. When I perched myself up there for the first dress rehearsal, I practically started crying because of how uncomfortable it was! No matter what position I put myself in, my legs fell asleep. The only comfortable position was sitting cross-legged, but then you couldn't see me because the spotlights were blocked by the roof of the barn. I came home that night with a crick in my neck, a cramp in my back and both my legs permanently asleep and achy.
My parents and I looked around the house for something, anything that I could use to make that darn barn more comfortable! Finally, I decided on cushions from the back deck's chairs. They worked perfectly. Not only were they more comfortable than the wood platform, but they also made me taller so that I could sit cross legged in the barn and the spotlights could still find me!
Oh, and I just thought of another uncomfortable thing. My costume. Duhh. Wouldn't you think four extra legs would be quite annoying? They get caught on everything, they're heavy, they make me HOT and they shed. My friends have a joke about me "shaving" them, because the black, sparkly hair keeps falling off and the costume committee has to keep sewing it back on. Also, I have big, big, BIG, fake, black eyelashes. Which fall off once in a while, so I have to get someone to REALLY FAST put them back on before my next scene. And don't get me started on all the glitter I have to wear! Man, does that stuff hurt when it gets in my eyes. And when I have to take it off! It cuts into my skin. Ugh. But...it does look good and all the little girls LOVE it!
Speaking of little girls...goodness gracious, I can't get enough of those little girls. It's so much fun to walk out into the lobby after the show and see all of them waiting for "Charlotte" to give them an autograph. I had to learn how to write my name REALLY fast for all those cuties.
Everything's happened so fast, I haven't had time to think. Maybe I'll sort out my feelings for my next post. It really has been a great experience.
One of the things that my mom talked about was the "trust fall". Oh gosh, was that the scariest thing. Especially with 4 extra legs! The first time I tried it, I screamed bloody murder.When they told me I should keep practicing till I could do it without the screech, I started hyperventilating. One of the guys who catches me (a former actor in our theater group, also a REAL tease) started showing off his muscles and telling me that "You're going to be in safe hands...because I'm pretty big...." After I had done it a couple more times, I finally stopped screaming as I fell backward. So I was ready to do it for the show.
WELL, that guy with the "big" muscles is full of it. When the blackout came and I scrunched myself up into a ball and fell backwards, he completely let me go! Luckily, the other guy held me long enough for Mr. Big Guns to help me to my feet. This time, I had something to tease HIM about rather than him teasing me for being scared of falling into his tough arms.
Another awkward thing besides the trust fall, is the barn that I sit in the whole show. When I perched myself up there for the first dress rehearsal, I practically started crying because of how uncomfortable it was! No matter what position I put myself in, my legs fell asleep. The only comfortable position was sitting cross-legged, but then you couldn't see me because the spotlights were blocked by the roof of the barn. I came home that night with a crick in my neck, a cramp in my back and both my legs permanently asleep and achy.
My parents and I looked around the house for something, anything that I could use to make that darn barn more comfortable! Finally, I decided on cushions from the back deck's chairs. They worked perfectly. Not only were they more comfortable than the wood platform, but they also made me taller so that I could sit cross legged in the barn and the spotlights could still find me!
Oh, and I just thought of another uncomfortable thing. My costume. Duhh. Wouldn't you think four extra legs would be quite annoying? They get caught on everything, they're heavy, they make me HOT and they shed. My friends have a joke about me "shaving" them, because the black, sparkly hair keeps falling off and the costume committee has to keep sewing it back on. Also, I have big, big, BIG, fake, black eyelashes. Which fall off once in a while, so I have to get someone to REALLY FAST put them back on before my next scene. And don't get me started on all the glitter I have to wear! Man, does that stuff hurt when it gets in my eyes. And when I have to take it off! It cuts into my skin. Ugh. But...it does look good and all the little girls LOVE it!
Speaking of little girls...goodness gracious, I can't get enough of those little girls. It's so much fun to walk out into the lobby after the show and see all of them waiting for "Charlotte" to give them an autograph. I had to learn how to write my name REALLY fast for all those cuties.
Everything's happened so fast, I haven't had time to think. Maybe I'll sort out my feelings for my next post. It really has been a great experience.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Wow, She's Still Alive!
Okay, first of all.... I AM SO SORRY I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN FOREVER!!!!!!!! I have just been busy OUT OF MY MIND for the past month with memorizing lines and keeping up with school, that I just ran out of time for blogging! SO, updates on the show everyone!
Uh, basically, CHARLOTTE'S WEB OPENS THIS THURSDAY. And I haven't told you guys anything about it except the few first rehearsals. So, again, I'm soooooo sorry! But anyways, this show has gone by so fast, I'm still dizzy! Tonight is the first dress rehearsal and I am just now realizing that I am going to be singing in front of 600 people during these shows! And whenever I think about that, my stomach does this humongous flip and then butterflies start swarming everywhere inside me. Gahhhhhhhhh!
So in other words, I'm very nervous. I'm having to practice my lines 3 times a day while wearing my spider's arms so I can figure out movements for them. (Man, are my arms going to get nice and strong from having them up ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SHOW.)
Now, two weekends ago, my mom watched the whole show and saw what I was doing with my part. I was proud with what I had done that day. So when I had jumped into the car after rehearsal, I immediately asked how I had done. (Of course, I was expecting praise.) But my mom didn't give me any. She told me everything that I did wrong and what I had to work on that night before the next morning. I, then, of course was really upset and thought all that emotional teenager stuff about how I have the worst mom and I couldn't believe what she was saying. But, deep down I decided I would work really hard that night and blow everyone out of their minds the next day.
My hard work paid off! When the audience first meets me, it's after Wilbur has been crying and saying how lonely he was and that he misses Fern. Then I say, "Do you want a friend, Wilbur?" And as I said it, that rehearsal, I raised all 6 of my arms up and said it loud and clearly with a big smile on my face. When my arms had flown up in the air, there was a loud gasp and some of the cast clapped and my directors smiled, and then I knew that my mom was the best mom that I could ever have asked for! 'Cause I had just blown their minds!
Now, as I sit here at this computer, my mom is picking up some make-up products that we need for the show. And soon, I will have to put on my big, black, sparkly, fake eyelashes and metallic, silver eyeshadow!
I am so excited, yet SO NERVOUS. And tonight isn't even a show, it's a dress rehearsal!
I'd love to write more, and I'm sorry this was so short and squished together, but I gotta start warming up my voice and drink hot lemon juice water, then practice my lines another time with my arms on. So I gotta run, and again I'm SO SORRY FOR NOT WRITING BEFORE THIS.
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Uh, basically, CHARLOTTE'S WEB OPENS THIS THURSDAY. And I haven't told you guys anything about it except the few first rehearsals. So, again, I'm soooooo sorry! But anyways, this show has gone by so fast, I'm still dizzy! Tonight is the first dress rehearsal and I am just now realizing that I am going to be singing in front of 600 people during these shows! And whenever I think about that, my stomach does this humongous flip and then butterflies start swarming everywhere inside me. Gahhhhhhhhh!
So in other words, I'm very nervous. I'm having to practice my lines 3 times a day while wearing my spider's arms so I can figure out movements for them. (Man, are my arms going to get nice and strong from having them up ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SHOW.)
Now, two weekends ago, my mom watched the whole show and saw what I was doing with my part. I was proud with what I had done that day. So when I had jumped into the car after rehearsal, I immediately asked how I had done. (Of course, I was expecting praise.) But my mom didn't give me any. She told me everything that I did wrong and what I had to work on that night before the next morning. I, then, of course was really upset and thought all that emotional teenager stuff about how I have the worst mom and I couldn't believe what she was saying. But, deep down I decided I would work really hard that night and blow everyone out of their minds the next day.
My hard work paid off! When the audience first meets me, it's after Wilbur has been crying and saying how lonely he was and that he misses Fern. Then I say, "Do you want a friend, Wilbur?" And as I said it, that rehearsal, I raised all 6 of my arms up and said it loud and clearly with a big smile on my face. When my arms had flown up in the air, there was a loud gasp and some of the cast clapped and my directors smiled, and then I knew that my mom was the best mom that I could ever have asked for! 'Cause I had just blown their minds!
Now, as I sit here at this computer, my mom is picking up some make-up products that we need for the show. And soon, I will have to put on my big, black, sparkly, fake eyelashes and metallic, silver eyeshadow!
I am so excited, yet SO NERVOUS. And tonight isn't even a show, it's a dress rehearsal!
I'd love to write more, and I'm sorry this was so short and squished together, but I gotta start warming up my voice and drink hot lemon juice water, then practice my lines another time with my arms on. So I gotta run, and again I'm SO SORRY FOR NOT WRITING BEFORE THIS.
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