I want to be the very best.
IT'S MUSICAL SEASON AGAIN!!!
This week was the first week of school, (which is why I haven't posted in eleven days) and with a new schoolyear comes a new musical!
We'll be doing Urinetown, it's a comedy about human rights, societal collapse, and pee. The soundtrack is awesome (I've been listening to it all summer) and the dialogue is comical, it's a perfect show. Auditions are on Monday, everybody's been talking about who's gonna get the lead, or about which role is their favourite; It's an exciting time. The feeling of being back in the theatre again is just tremendous, it brings back memories of our last show...
Last year's musical
Last year we did Something Rotten, it was the most fun I've had, like ever. I didn't actually audition for that show, so I was just in the ensemble; But a few people dropped out and needed replacement, and since I was pretty good, I got their roles. I was still an ensemble member, but I also got to play Robin (man in dress) and one of the three chefs (they get the funniest song in the show).
Some of the highlights of that season:
- My vocal range changed a lot that year, so I had to find a new octave for all of my songs, as if learning music wasn't hard enough.
- Dancing was hard, I had to develop a philosophy of "Dance is war" in order to learn all the choreography. But, now I can do the Charleston.
- The costumes were really fun!
- However, one of my costumes was exactly the same as that of another cast member, and we had our quick change for that song at the same time. So we accidentally ended up swapping costumes a few times.
- I was allowed to make a few prop frying pans which me and the other chef used to run around and slap eggs. Very cool.
- Advertising for the show was handled by a small team, which I was (regretfully) not a part of. I was, however, able to help them out by dressing up in costume and roaming the school, handing out flyers.
- It was fascinating to observe my own ability to accomplish difficult goals. A lot of the rehearsals went very late at night, and you would not believe how hard it is to sing and dance and breathe all at the same time.
These experiences in the musical, the lessons learned about life and about show, they have shaped me as a person; Made me who I am today. It was tough, but it made me tougher. And now, this year, I have a goal...
I will be the best in the musical!
For the new school year I wrote out a list of 6-7 personal goals, the biggest one is to "Be the best in the musical". I don't mean this as in being better than everybody else, I just mean by putting the most effort into the show (which is going to have to be a lot, so this might not be attainable), it seems like a fun goal; I'm determined to know my lines, music and choreo ASAP, to take on several production jobs, and to play whatever part I earn as well as I can.
It's gonna be a great year.
Footnotes:
I'm not able to share my show here, but check out Something Rotten!
Also, here's Urinetown.
That's all for now.
Goodbye from Sam.