I have been meaning to start blogging much sooner than this, but life has been pretty crazy! So, I am currently on tour with a show called “Discover Theatre! featuring Disney’s Cinderella Kids and The Jungle Book Kids.” It has been a fantastic experience so far, but I can honestly say that it is the hardest show physically that I have ever done! It is an hour long and there are only 6 of us in the cast so that means that none of us gets much of a break during the show, and it is extremely high energy with lots of split second costume changes. Needless to say I am kind of a sweaty mess at the end of the show each day.
The cast and creative team have all been so great to work with and the production values are also incredible. It is a WHOLE lot of stuff packed into an hour show so it has been really fun to watch it all come together. We are currently in Clemson, SC working on the campus of Clemson University at their theatre, the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. It is a beautiful facility and the crew (consisting of Clemson students and a few of our staff that will be touring with us) have been amazingly on top of their game and have been there to help us into our two second costume changes or throw props in our hands as well as operate the sets and lights and everything else that they do!
We have been in Clemson since Thursday and have been in twelve to thirteen hours of rehearsal just about every day since. It has been exhausting but also pretty fantastic. I am proud of the show and I can’t wait until we get settled into it so it feels a bit less manic!!! We have our first performance for an audience tomorrow morning and we are all very excited about that. We have two shows here tomorrow, followed by one on Wednesday. We also have an understudy rehearsal on Wednesday since Melissa (who plays Mrs. Wigglesworth in my show) is leaving us for a few days coming up for her sister’s wedding. So, our fantastic understudy and unbelievably efficient backstage goddess, Abby, will be playing her role.
On Thursday, it is off to Ashland, Kentucky!
