Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Play Time!

I'm in a play! It's called Auntie Mame. I am playing the part of (older) Patrick, the orphaned nephew of Auntie Mame. It's a comedy from the 1950's.

It was a great audition. I went in 3 days after the original audition, read 2 scenes, and then got offered the part. Easy as pie. It'll be great to get out and hit the stage again. I haven't had any theater experience for almost 3 years, and it was such a huge part of my life that when it went away a part of me went dormant. Now it's back and I'm super excited. Rehearsals start in a few weeks. I'm a bit anxious about lines. I never was good at memorizing lines early in the rehearsal process, but since this is a community theater show, I don't know what to expect. I do have a lot more time to memorize the lines now than when I was in school, at least I have fewer distractions during the week nights.

I haven't seen the show, but I expect it will be very 50's comedyesque. I have heard some pretty hilarious lines, most of them coming from Aunti Mame herself. I open and close the show and I have several scenes in the second act.

If anyone wants to come, here's the link to the day and times: http://www.toledorep.org/shows/0910/mame.htm

1 comments:

George said...

Cool dice. My mom loves that movie. I think I saw it with her when I was, I dunno, pretty young.

See you tonight.