Throughout the week, the production staff would hand out notes if you missed any lines. Yay for me-I never missed any of my lines! Granted, I didn't have a lot, but still, I didn't miss any!
At the end of rehearsal on Friday, I had a small breakdown because for the Village piece I was supposed to walk backward on stage while kinda , stay in the light (because there was no spotlight), and not run into Jessi who would be sitting on a chair saying her lines. Dude, I’m not coordinated! When I got home, I practiced how I was supposed to walk.
On Wednesday of that week, my mom had sent flowers to the house with a card that said to “Break a leg.” That cracked me up. The flowers were really nice and modern in design. Plus, the orange color really went with the decoration in the kitchen/breakfast area.
Our first two performances were on Saturday, February 28th. The first show was at 2:00 or so and it was a beneficiary performance for the women who would be the recipients of the funds we raised from ticket sales. The performance was held in Neeb Hall on ASU Tempe’s campus. Neeb Hall is a lecture hall not a theater so for the show, anytime we weren’t performing on stage, we were sitting behind these black curtain things that had been erected on the sides of the stage.
Before the first show, I found myself saying that I was nervous because I thought I should be nervous. But I really wasn’t.
At the end of rehearsal on Friday, I had a small breakdown because for the Village piece I was supposed to walk backward on stage while kinda , stay in the light (because there was no spotlight), and not run into Jessi who would be sitting on a chair saying her lines. Dude, I’m not coordinated! When I got home, I practiced how I was supposed to walk.
On Wednesday of that week, my mom had sent flowers to the house with a card that said to “Break a leg.” That cracked me up. The flowers were really nice and modern in design. Plus, the orange color really went with the decoration in the kitchen/breakfast area.
Our first two performances were on Saturday, February 28th. The first show was at 2:00 or so and it was a beneficiary performance for the women who would be the recipients of the funds we raised from ticket sales. The performance was held in Neeb Hall on ASU Tempe’s campus. Neeb Hall is a lecture hall not a theater so for the show, anytime we weren’t performing on stage, we were sitting behind these black curtain things that had been erected on the sides of the stage.
Before the first show, I found myself saying that I was nervous because I thought I should be nervous. But I really wasn’t.
The first performance had about 40 people or so in the audience. After the opening, my first piece was in the Vagina Workshop with three other women. One of the the ladies (who's a veteran actress) totally messed up the introduction for us walking onto the stage saying our lines. That was a quick way for me to learn improvisation when someone else makes a mistake.
We recovered from the mistake though and people laughed at all the right places. One of the actresses in the show told me that this was the first time she's laughed when she saw The Vagina Workshop performed. We brought the laughs.
Then, I was off the stage to wait until my next piece for the Village. The other ladies in the show were so great and funny! Everyone did a good job and didn't have any major mistakes that I noticed.
When the first show ended, a small group of us went to Chili's to eat some dinner before the 7:00 performance. Everyone I was eating with had lots of acting experience and they were nice enough to say that it didn't seem like this was the first time I was acting.
The Saturday evening show was sold out...which was AWESOME! Just having all those people there to entertain...very cool.
I thought I was going to like performing the dramatic Village piece more since that is my favorite of the monologues, however, I actually much preferred acting in the Vagina Workshop and making people laugh. Getting that validation was really great.
Josh, and one of our girlfriends, Alissa, attended the show and I could see them sitting in one of the front rows. I hadn’t asked Josh ahead of time where he would sit because I didn’t want to be thrown off. After the show, Alissa said I didn't appear to have stage fright...which is good, right? Josh took some pictures (our costumes were supposed to be all black with a splash of color...hence, the red shoes) and then we went to KC Moore’s, a cool bar in Tempe that has a lot of outdoor seating. Josh and I didn’t get home until 3 am (making a pass through the Jack in the Box drive thru to continue our celebration).
Going to bed at 3:30 would have been ok if I was able to sleep in the next day (the first show was at 4 pm) but Josh had to help host the College of Education picnic so we were up at 7:30 or so to go pick up the keg that would be used at the picnic. After picking up the keg, we headed to the park and helped set up the food and drinks.
Then, I was off to get ready for that day’s shows. We had a show at 4 and a show at 7. I grabbed a much needed Venti Starbucks coffee on the way to Neeb Hall. The 4:00 show turned out to be our bad luck show.
Josh, and one of our girlfriends, Alissa, attended the show and I could see them sitting in one of the front rows. I hadn’t asked Josh ahead of time where he would sit because I didn’t want to be thrown off. After the show, Alissa said I didn't appear to have stage fright...which is good, right? Josh took some pictures (our costumes were supposed to be all black with a splash of color...hence, the red shoes) and then we went to KC Moore’s, a cool bar in Tempe that has a lot of outdoor seating. Josh and I didn’t get home until 3 am (making a pass through the Jack in the Box drive thru to continue our celebration).
Going to bed at 3:30 would have been ok if I was able to sleep in the next day (the first show was at 4 pm) but Josh had to help host the College of Education picnic so we were up at 7:30 or so to go pick up the keg that would be used at the picnic. After picking up the keg, we headed to the park and helped set up the food and drinks.
Then, I was off to get ready for that day’s shows. We had a show at 4 and a show at 7. I grabbed a much needed Venti Starbucks coffee on the way to Neeb Hall. The 4:00 show turned out to be our bad luck show.
Nothing really bad happened, however, we couldn’t get the technology that runs the powerpoint that starts the show to start for 10 minutes or so. A few other minor mishaps but we made it through. We didn’t have time to grab dinner between shows, so our director brought in pizza for us. Onto the final show, Josh came to this performance as well since his picnic had ended. He videoed some of the show but the quality is really poor (and protected by copyright) so I don’t know how I can share it with you guys. I tried to email it but the file is too large.
When the show was over, I was relieved! I wasn’t quite as excited that it was over as I was when I found out I was going to be in the show but pretty close. I don’t know why I felt that way. Maybe because it was a lot of effort being in a show that was about an hour from my house? Maybe I don’t like being on the stage as much as I thought I would? Yes, there are good parts but maybe not so good as to outweigh the bad? I’m really still trying to figure out how I feel about the experience.
Like, I am REALLY GLAD I went out and tried to do something I always wanted to do. But, now I’ve done it. I don’t know if I need to do it again. I mean, I do still want to try to be in commercials. But being on the stage again, I don’t know. If I do this again, I will definitely do it in Glendale or Peoria around where we live!
When the show was over, I was relieved! I wasn’t quite as excited that it was over as I was when I found out I was going to be in the show but pretty close. I don’t know why I felt that way. Maybe because it was a lot of effort being in a show that was about an hour from my house? Maybe I don’t like being on the stage as much as I thought I would? Yes, there are good parts but maybe not so good as to outweigh the bad? I’m really still trying to figure out how I feel about the experience.
Like, I am REALLY GLAD I went out and tried to do something I always wanted to do. But, now I’ve done it. I don’t know if I need to do it again. I mean, I do still want to try to be in commercials. But being on the stage again, I don’t know. If I do this again, I will definitely do it in Glendale or Peoria around where we live!
