So....What Now?

So B&B is over. It was a successful run and I had fun. It was nice to just be onstage and not have to think about the part. It took me back to doing what I started out which was straight out musical comedy. It was a nice change and it was fun playing around. HOWEVER, I will NOT miss the costume - the heat, the sweat, the smell, the accentuation of the overly large thighs.

So now I am faced with just teaching. The next theatre thing I have is auditioning for City of Angels in July. Been a while since I have had such a long break, but I guess I need to this to kind of chill out, organize my stuff here, get my ass in gear and LOSE MORE WEIGHT, and spend time with people I have not had any time for in the last year. I have been going nonstop since La Cage, thankfully, but I do need time to reconnect and reflect.

My stuff got in to Hubbard Street and if I win their annual choreographic competition I could virtually kick start my choreography professionally. And it would give me another chance to create original music with Tucker since the last piece was so well received and really helped me in terms of creating a dance.

I am pretty much resigned to the fact that I did not get cast in SMT's summer season, but I did not expect it, so that is ok. I know I need to be more "there" when I audition because that is my weakest part - and that just happens to be what gets you the work, so I need to just let go and do the job. I am planning on going to FPTA in May, so maybe that will help. If I can't get a handle on auditioning well, I am screwed.

Really....that is all.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

I am exhausted....plain and simple. I was going to use today to try and catch up on some grading work, but I decided to throw myself into it last night while watching the Oscars with Tony so I could just chill out today. Of course, now I feel like a fat ass for doing nothing all day. But I needed the rest any way to get better. Been a while since I have been sick the week of a show opening and thankfully it did not get TOO bad (thanks to Oscillococcinum - homeopathic med from France). HOWEVER, I DID have a coughing fit during one of the numbers and had to leave the stage, cough my lungs out, try to get some water and then run back on stage for my part. It was BAD. It has happened only one other time and I think I jinxed myself by thinking about it. It was Oliver. I was stuck onstage in my doctor scene and could barely get through it and talk. Later the director said to me, "Why didn't you just cough onstage?" Duh. I know. Not so easy in this show.

Having fun with it. Goes by rather fast and I hardly feel like I am working at it. It is good to be doing full out musical comedy again and just being on auto pilot. I love me dramas and serious roles, but sometimes, good ol fashioned shtick and cheese does the body good.

I feel scattered as a teacher this semester. The dance concert went well. I am submitting my work to Hubbard's competition and we'll see what happens. Contacted some Armenian groups about trying to set up cultural dance exchange so I can create some works there and try to trace some kind of family lineage.

Kind of getting nervous and excited about moving, but knowing I need to and thankful that I have some support. I just gotta so I know if I fail or succeed and then move on with my life.

And now I will go and watch more TV and do nothing.