calling all greenies...

Well, first cast meeting was on Wednesday last. We are now, officially, wizardous. I call us "greenies," because it's the Merry Ole Land of Oz and such. So, from now on, the cast members as a whole will be known as greenies.

I found myself in tears three if not four times because of fear. I am so terrified to be in this show. The last one I was in was way harder, but this one has over 170 people in the cast, most of whom I don't know. I'm older so I'm being given more responsibility, and I'll also be away from my mom a lot. I've never been far from my mom during a show, which is really important to me because she's pretty much the only reason why I don't collapse from fright. I've always been able to look over at her while she watches me practice and been okay. Now she'll be off training Misty for the role of Toto, and I'll be alone with oodles of people I don't know. Many of them are men, as well. CATS (in 2006 I played Tantomile and was offstage for all of two numbers) had over 38 women in the show and four, maybe six guys. I'm not used to working with guys or large groups.

Super excited for special effects. Now that I know a lot about what the tech crew is talking about (concerning set building, props, lighting, sound, etc.) I can actually be excited. I don't just stand there saying "Oh, cool!" while thinking "What the freakin' heck are they nattering on about?" I can actually understand what was previously just "talking shop." Yes!

So I'm terrified. Seriously. But I'm staying in, even though my mom keeps saying it might be a good idea if I drop out. She tells me that she thinks all of the arguments I've come up with in favor of saying in the show are hollow and that I'm just trying to force myself to believe it. She is probably right. Still, I don't want to be left out, and I don't want to be left home alone every night all summer.

First rehearsal is on May.....hm...12? I think so. May 12th. We'll see how that goes.

rehearsals...

I found out what the schedule is going to be for practices this summer. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (I'm pretty sure) we will rehearse. Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays we have off. This means that we start in the beginning of May and work all through the beginning of August. *sigh* I wish we would have rehearsals Tuesday through Saturday so that we could start rehearsals in June, not May. Oh, well.

Hm. So this means that I'll have classes at 8:00 in the morning, go to work at 11:00, and head to rehearsals straight from there at 6:30. In a scout uniform. Hm. I'll have to pack a change of clothes. Dancing in canvas slacks in a high school auditorium on a black wood stage under bright lights with no air conditioning doesn't sound like fun.

I'm so excited to do this play! Squee!