Breakin' my leg

So the play that I've been working on since March finally kicked off this past weekend. It is written by an American playwright named Jane Martin. The play, called "Talking With", is actually a series of 13 monologues. My director picked his favorite five. He worked on a production of this play as a producer about 10 years ago and ever since then he's been wanting to do it again. So his dream finally came through. He got to direct the whole thing. My monologue was called "15 Minutes." It's about an actress from the Bronx who's getting ready backstage for a musical. During the monologue she talks about how difficult it is to be an actor. She rants about how you're only seen as a form of entertainment and how it is difficult to act in front of hundreds of strangers everynight, most of whom know absolutely nothing about the real you.

I had a lot of fun not only with the piece but also with my costume, and makeup. All the other actor would be ready in about 15 minutes, but the makeup artist and two other actors would be doing my makeup and hair for well over an hour. My director decided that I was in the musical "Hair." So everynight my hair was curled to the nines. I had on these huge fake eyelashes that were black and silver and my eye makeup was a bit on the bolder side. My costume? I wore this dramatic long sleeved white shirt with black frills that matched my black curly hair, sexy black pants that you can tie up on the sides, a funky black hat, a mismatching blue polka dotted tie, and these mustard-black shoes that looked a bit clownish (I thought).

Anyway, the play was on for three nights and about 10 of my friends came to watch me which was really nice. My director lives in an artists' co-op and the play was put on inside a garage there, which was really cool but there was real limited seating. I would've liked to invited more people. But it's over and done with now and I'm very happy with how everything turned out. I'm going to miss my Director (Zio) and the cast. There was a professional photographer who took individual headshots and group shots so when I get a hold of those I'll put them on here. Anyway, I should get back to writing my paper. Oh! Fun times...went to the doctor today cause I was feeling really sick. Turns out I might have tonsillitis. So I'll be scarfing down as many antibiotics as I can before exams hit. Yaaaaaay!