After hours (and hours and hours) of auditions, callbacks, and some seriously painful deliberations, we finally have a cast, and I am really excited about them. We have a good mix of old faithfuls and newbies, and managed to cast everyone in roles that they will carry well, but will stretch them and make them work at their art.
In this whole process I have learned some things about myself as well. I have been pretty hesitant about the whole directing thing, since I have no experience, no education, and no clue. What I do have, apparently, are what we call in the theatre world "good instincts". In my case, these "good instincts" come in the form of making up warmups and acting exercises that make L (the real director) ask me where I got them, and when I tell her I made them up she acts all impressed and stuff. And here I thought I was just making the kids make funny faces for my own amusement. I have to give credit where it is due though. I have come to the conclusion that the best training a novitiate director get get for free is to watch Whose Line is it Anyway? on ABC family. If you have never seen it, you are missing out...unless you have no sense of humor, in which case you won't get it.
Then again, those with no sense of humor stopped reading this blog a long, long time ago.
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3 comments:
Hi Erin! Casting over-now the fun begins! I miss working with the theater kids at HHS. They are a special kind of person-special meant in a positive light-ofcourse! Enjoy your time-put a lot of enerfy into because it's so worth at the end. As you well know.
Hope you are doing well! drop me a line some time. love and miss you!
I love whose line is it anyways - yessss!!!
Have a good time with this next play Erin - I hope it's as much fun for you as 100 lunches was!
mom loves that show. She said it is her absolute favorite! have seen it a couple of times it is pretty funny! let me know when we get to come see your play.. i can't wait. love you!
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