Thursday 9 November
Movin' On Up.
Welcome to ladydisdain.com: the land free of pop-up ads! Whee!!
Melissa was kind enough to donate a portion of her fabulous new domain to little 'ol me and my journal. I, personally, love the new address but am nervous about having to redirect all those webring links and whatnot. Now, all I'm in need of is a new design. Honestly, I'm getting a trifle bored with Keith but have no bright ideas on what to do with the design otherwise. Any suggestions are definitely appreciated.
I've also been thinking about adding a forum. A number of you actually answered my guestbook poll questions so I figure why not designate a page to them? Feedback is fun. Otherwise I feel like I'm talking to air. I'll put that up once I figure out how the hell to do it.
I've just realized that between my whining about Ryans and crushes, I haven't even mentioned the fact that Liaisons has opened and we're well into our second round of performances.
Believe it or not, even with only fifteen minutes of stage time to my name, I was nervous when they called places. I knew in my head that I was merely a BFA II paying my dues in a silly servant role and that I probably wouldn't phase even the most critical of audience members if they were lucky enough to spot me. But you know, it was my first shot being on the Main Stage at school and servant role or not, I did have those fifteen minutes of stage time in which I absolutely had a specific period style to move about in and a character in which to stay. Even if I had no actual lines to speak, I was in some small way supporting the specific world our cast is responsible to create on stage. With a thousand-person house, someone is going to be looking at you.
The opening went extremely well and the responses thus far have been mostly positive aside from the common critique that the play itself is too "talk-ey" (which I definitely had nothing to do with). Another two weeks of the show and I'll be through with it forever. It was a great experience for me in the end, but I definitely won't be shedding any tears once it's over.
On the flipside, I've been cast again!
Save your applause, please! I need not to be reminded again of my fabulousness.
Every year my school produces a series of one act plays written by the graduate playwright students. They're generally directed by a graduate directing student and workshopped for the entire department in one of the black box studio theatres. Always considered a big deal and a good source of exposure to the resident and guest directors here at MGSA, the auditions are generally competitive as all hell. But never being one to pass up a good auditioning experience, I went in with no expectations, just a positive attitude and an open mind. They handed me a side to read from this three person play called Playing House by, in the opinion of the entire department, the best MFA playwright here. They asked me to read for the character "Donnie" - a seventeen year old gay kid living parentless with his two older siblings. I fucking nailed it. Even in a generally distracting cold reading audition, I was able to connect directly to my scene partners and managed to go on quite a little emotional ride. I could tell from the director panel's reaction that they liked what they saw. The list went up a few hours later with my name on it. (Woo!) And Dierdre actually got the role of my older sister who opens the play by dressing me up in women's heels and make up. My first drag show! Ahem, I think I'll pass on inviting the family to this one...
But honestly, it's a wonderful part in a wonderful play with the opportunity to gain some wonderful exposure to the rest of the department (and no, I'm not all dragged queened out the entire time). Kind of exciting, huh?
And, well, that's as exciting as it's going to get tonight. I really didn't have anything too thrilling to talk about other than my new role. I just wanted to acknowledge the fact that I've moved! Tell your friends! Update your links! Touch yourself all over!