So its finals week. I'm trying not to die.
More later.
XOXO
Kate
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Month to Month
So I guess I'm a monthly blogger....I'll work on changing that.
So Julius Caesar came and went. It is so weird, I feel weird about it. I wanted Brutus so much, and was so excited to savor the process, and the process just blew right by me. I feel like this entire semester went by so fast that I was unable to enjoy the experience of playing Brutus. Now as I write this, I still can't believe that its done (and its almost been a month since we closed. yikes!) Brutus was my first big role and I guess its hard to let it go.
I saw my director for the first time today (not in a class setting) and he was asking me how I felt about being done, and to be honest I had no idea what to say to him. Its a relief that its over, but at the same time I 'm very sad. I guess it hasn't hit me yet that Brutus and I will never be the same person again.
On opening night my director came up to me after the show was over and told me how proud of me he was, and he brought a really interesting point to my attention. After the shows we had talk backs, and the cast introduces themselves at the beginning of the talk back. My director asked me what I said when I introduced myself, I said "Hi my name is Katie and I was Brutus", and my director corrected me and said "No. You said my name is Katie and I played Brutus. Do you realize how many women in the world can say that? You played him. You did that. Very few men can say that they did, let alone a woman. You're in a very select group of people." It had never occurred to me that I'm in a select group of people to play Brutus. To me it was just another part I wanted, and got, and played. No big deal. But it is a big deal, and its just weird to me.
My parents have been going to a lot of professional shows lately. The saw The Book of Mormon in Los Angeles and went to the stage door after the show. When Gavin Creel (nominated for a Tony for his role in Thoroughly Modern Millie) came out they told him that I was a theater major and that I was playing Brutus in Julius Caesar. He immediately quoted the famous line "Et tu Brute?" and told my parents to wish me luck. My mom went to New York and saw the show Once (won best musical Tony this year) and talked to Steve Kazee (winner of the best actor in a musical Tony) at the stage door. Once again she told him that I was a theater major and that I just finished playing Brutus in Julius Caesar. Apparently he was very impressed that I had the role (and the fact that I was a girl playing it), and wished me good luck and to congratulate me.
Its just weird to me that everyone (even very successful broadway stars) think me playing Brutus is a big deal, when to me it was easy. Maybe I didn't put enough work into it. Who knows. Any thoughts?
In any news, the auditions for next semester's play, The Illusion by Tony Kushner were last week, and I got cast in one of the lead roles! The leads are just flooding in now! Very excited about this new adventure.
Until next time.
XOXO,
Kate
So Julius Caesar came and went. It is so weird, I feel weird about it. I wanted Brutus so much, and was so excited to savor the process, and the process just blew right by me. I feel like this entire semester went by so fast that I was unable to enjoy the experience of playing Brutus. Now as I write this, I still can't believe that its done (and its almost been a month since we closed. yikes!) Brutus was my first big role and I guess its hard to let it go.
I saw my director for the first time today (not in a class setting) and he was asking me how I felt about being done, and to be honest I had no idea what to say to him. Its a relief that its over, but at the same time I 'm very sad. I guess it hasn't hit me yet that Brutus and I will never be the same person again.
On opening night my director came up to me after the show was over and told me how proud of me he was, and he brought a really interesting point to my attention. After the shows we had talk backs, and the cast introduces themselves at the beginning of the talk back. My director asked me what I said when I introduced myself, I said "Hi my name is Katie and I was Brutus", and my director corrected me and said "No. You said my name is Katie and I played Brutus. Do you realize how many women in the world can say that? You played him. You did that. Very few men can say that they did, let alone a woman. You're in a very select group of people." It had never occurred to me that I'm in a select group of people to play Brutus. To me it was just another part I wanted, and got, and played. No big deal. But it is a big deal, and its just weird to me.
My parents have been going to a lot of professional shows lately. The saw The Book of Mormon in Los Angeles and went to the stage door after the show. When Gavin Creel (nominated for a Tony for his role in Thoroughly Modern Millie) came out they told him that I was a theater major and that I was playing Brutus in Julius Caesar. He immediately quoted the famous line "Et tu Brute?" and told my parents to wish me luck. My mom went to New York and saw the show Once (won best musical Tony this year) and talked to Steve Kazee (winner of the best actor in a musical Tony) at the stage door. Once again she told him that I was a theater major and that I just finished playing Brutus in Julius Caesar. Apparently he was very impressed that I had the role (and the fact that I was a girl playing it), and wished me good luck and to congratulate me.
Its just weird to me that everyone (even very successful broadway stars) think me playing Brutus is a big deal, when to me it was easy. Maybe I didn't put enough work into it. Who knows. Any thoughts?
In any news, the auditions for next semester's play, The Illusion by Tony Kushner were last week, and I got cast in one of the lead roles! The leads are just flooding in now! Very excited about this new adventure.
Until next time.
XOXO,
Kate
Monday, November 12, 2012
Don't be mad.
I have not blogged in about a month--and before you yell at me I have just cause!
October 20th- Dad's day! My daddy flew up from Los Angeles to come to Delta Delta Delta's Dad's Day. And being a daddy's girl it was wonderful spending some quality time with my father. Once again he enjoyed his time with the ladies and fathers of Tri Delta. We went to a pumpkin patch and took photos and had pumpkin ice cream and it was a blast. We had dinner with our family friend and his girlfriend that night. The next day was Theta Alpha Phi's (National Theatre Honors Fraternity) recital so my dad got the extra bonus of seeing me sing.
The past month has been absolutely crazy. I have had no time for basically anything...how I get anything done I have no idea,
So the last time I blogged was October 15th, let me try to figure out . everything I have done in the past four weeks....
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| Dad and me in front of the crest. |
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| Biggie and Me at the Pumpkin Patch. |
October 20th- Dad's day! My daddy flew up from Los Angeles to come to Delta Delta Delta's Dad's Day. And being a daddy's girl it was wonderful spending some quality time with my father. Once again he enjoyed his time with the ladies and fathers of Tri Delta. We went to a pumpkin patch and took photos and had pumpkin ice cream and it was a blast. We had dinner with our family friend and his girlfriend that night. The next day was Theta Alpha Phi's (National Theatre Honors Fraternity) recital so my dad got the extra bonus of seeing me sing.
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| Dad and me at the Pumpkin Patch. |
And pretty much after that I was in rehearsal for Julius Caesar. JC has been one of the most grueling and daunting things I have ever been apart of. Brutus is on my mine 24/7, and I find that I have been having a hard time focusing on anything else. That is natural of course because I am the lead in a Shakespeare play. I feel bad for all of my friends because they have been put on the back burner during all of this. Basically the only people who really see me are my roommate, bestie Cortney, and all of the theatre majors. I don't really have time for anybody else, and that makes me sad, but I know that I am working on something huge. I like to joke around that who needs a relationship? I'm in a healthy committed relationship with a man named Brutus!
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| The Press Photo for JC. |
I finally finished memorizing all 5000 words on Halloween--just in time for rehearsal (no fun for me!), and I swear it was the happiest moment of my life (not as happy as seeing my name next to Brutus on the cast list of course). I ran around Tri Delta telling everyone, I was that excited.
I memorized the show just in time because tech week was the next week. And I thought I had no time before that. Tech was interesting because we did not finish our cue to cue until Tuesday (it was supposed to be done on Saturday) so we didn't do an official run through of the show until Wednesday before we opened.
JC opened on November 9th, and I was terrified all day. I had no class that day so literally, I was a pile of nerves with nothing to do. To everyone else I was cool, calm and collected, but I was ready to have a panic attack all day long. I went to go talk to my director before we opened, and he said the nicest things to me. He is very proud of me, and all that I have accomplished this semester with Brutus, and he is so glad that he casted me in this role. It was very flattering, and it gave me that much more confidence for that night.
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| Roomie and me before Semi Formal. |
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| Bestie Cortney and me :) |
The show went fantastic. I really couldn't believe it. And once it was over, I was totally fine. Like what I had just done was no big deal. Cortney came and brought me flowers, like the wonderful best friend that she is. After the show was over, Gary, my director, told me that I was absolutely wonderful, and that I had done it. I had played Brutus. He pointed out that not many actors could say that, and for that matter, not many women could say that. It had never occurred to me that there might not be a lot of women who have played Brutus, or that I was among a numbered few who have been able to put that on my resume. Which is pretty stinking cool.
∆∆∆ Semi-Formal was the next night, and I could not go because of JC. But I got all dressed up and took pictures with my friends anyways! Total pageant girl. After the show I met my ∆∆∆ ladies at BJ'S for dinner. I got all dressed up and took my friend Ryan as my date. It was fun!
Now I'm enjoying my three day hiatus from JC, I'll return to Brutus on Wednesday, but for right now, I'm enjoying being just Katie again.
XOXO,
Kate
Monday, October 15, 2012
We have a problem....
So my roommate Joy and I have a problem. Its not as much of a problem as it is an obsession. And its getting out of control (for my roommate that is).
Recently in my lighting class we watched the 25th Anniversary Concert Recording of Les Miserables (which I had seen part of before, but I didn't remember most of it, only that Nick Jonas was not the best) anyway, the guy who played Enjolas is completely gorgeous. In. Every. Possible. Way.
His voice is beautiful and he is beautiful, and I kinda fell in love with him. Anyhoo, I got back home and told Joy about the Beautifulness of Enjolas. And it turns out she is in love with him too.
So naturally, we pulled out our inner creepers, and learned everything we could about him.
Name: Ramin Karimloo
Age: 34
Birth Place: Iran (moved to Canada, then to England)
Sexual Orientation: STRAIGHT! (Finally! We found one!)
Relationship Status: Married (with two kids)
So there is my soapbox of creepiness. We also found out that he played the Phantom in the 25th Anniversary Cast of Phantom of the Opera and played the Phantom in Love Never Dies (the Phantom Sequel)
So we watched the 25th Anniversary of Phantom (Its on Netflix, I highly recommend it), and Joy became OBSESSED. Like to the point of no return (see what I did there?)
and after it was over, we spent three hours finding and printing out pictures of him, and now we have more addition to our Broadway Boys closet (though technically he is a West End Boy [man]).
And Joy has been secretly watching the phantom videos on Youtube of him all weekend. How she did this without me knowing, I have no idea. And so now, Ramin's voice has been playing in our room 24/7.
Don't believe me? Watch this video!
So pretty much, he's beautiful, and brilliant, and a fantastic actor and singer.
rant over.
XOXO
Kate
Recently in my lighting class we watched the 25th Anniversary Concert Recording of Les Miserables (which I had seen part of before, but I didn't remember most of it, only that Nick Jonas was not the best) anyway, the guy who played Enjolas is completely gorgeous. In. Every. Possible. Way.
His voice is beautiful and he is beautiful, and I kinda fell in love with him. Anyhoo, I got back home and told Joy about the Beautifulness of Enjolas. And it turns out she is in love with him too.
So naturally, we pulled out our inner creepers, and learned everything we could about him.
Name: Ramin Karimloo
Age: 34
Birth Place: Iran (moved to Canada, then to England)
Sexual Orientation: STRAIGHT! (Finally! We found one!)
Relationship Status: Married (with two kids)
So there is my soapbox of creepiness. We also found out that he played the Phantom in the 25th Anniversary Cast of Phantom of the Opera and played the Phantom in Love Never Dies (the Phantom Sequel)
So we watched the 25th Anniversary of Phantom (Its on Netflix, I highly recommend it), and Joy became OBSESSED. Like to the point of no return (see what I did there?)
and after it was over, we spent three hours finding and printing out pictures of him, and now we have more addition to our Broadway Boys closet (though technically he is a West End Boy [man]).
And Joy has been secretly watching the phantom videos on Youtube of him all weekend. How she did this without me knowing, I have no idea. And so now, Ramin's voice has been playing in our room 24/7.
Don't believe me? Watch this video!
So pretty much, he's beautiful, and brilliant, and a fantastic actor and singer.
rant over.
XOXO
Kate
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
very, very busy lady
Hello friends,
So my life the past few weeks days, has been super busy (see title) but I am determined to blog! So here is a catch up of the events of the past week.
I had my first essay exam for Theater Heritage due last Wednesday. And when I say essay exam, I mean BEAST. Literally. That thing was a beast. The paper itself was ten pages (and that was only answering TWO questions), then on top of that, I had to write a 2-5 page scene. So naturally, me being me, I wrote a five page play. Not a scene, a Play. It was considerably longer than the other ones. Last Wednesday I was a zombie. I was up till four in the morning writing the first part of the exam, then I had to go over it with my professor at 12:30pm. She liked what I had written in my zombie state. I turned it in officially yesterday, so let's hope I do well! Gotta keep my department 4.0!
Thursday was the start of Pacific's fall break and this year I got to go home! Yay!
On Friday, I woke up and got to watch all the TV I have been missing! (and I got to snuggle with my Murph-Dog) Then Allie and I got our Flu shots, and drove down to Orange with Justine to see Trevor (Allie's Boyfriend) in Chapman's production of Company. He was amazing. Its been awhile since I've seen him perform and I forgot how good he is (not that I forgot, but I forgot). And he got his first KCACTF Nomination for his performance. If only we were going to the same festival, we could hang out for a week. Before the performance we went to this adorable Cupcake Shop in downtown Orange!
On Sunday morning, my Dad cooked his traditional Sunday morning breakfast (cardboard pancakes and all), then I edited my monster paper. Then the fam-bam and Justine went to the Outlets. I really hate shopping. It gives me panic attacks. Unless I find something that I like then I get excited. For example we went to Aldo and I found these really cute wedges for $30 (originally $100) so I bought two pairs :) Then my weekend came to a close, and I had to fly back to school :(
The exciting thing is that Dad's Day is in two weeks, so I'll be seeing my daddy again very soon! Too bad he can't bring the Murph with him.
That's all for now!
XOXO
Kate
I had my first essay exam for Theater Heritage due last Wednesday. And when I say essay exam, I mean BEAST. Literally. That thing was a beast. The paper itself was ten pages (and that was only answering TWO questions), then on top of that, I had to write a 2-5 page scene. So naturally, me being me, I wrote a five page play. Not a scene, a Play. It was considerably longer than the other ones. Last Wednesday I was a zombie. I was up till four in the morning writing the first part of the exam, then I had to go over it with my professor at 12:30pm. She liked what I had written in my zombie state. I turned it in officially yesterday, so let's hope I do well! Gotta keep my department 4.0!
Thursday was the start of Pacific's fall break and this year I got to go home! Yay!
On Friday, I woke up and got to watch all the TV I have been missing! (and I got to snuggle with my Murph-Dog) Then Allie and I got our Flu shots, and drove down to Orange with Justine to see Trevor (Allie's Boyfriend) in Chapman's production of Company. He was amazing. Its been awhile since I've seen him perform and I forgot how good he is (not that I forgot, but I forgot). And he got his first KCACTF Nomination for his performance. If only we were going to the same festival, we could hang out for a week. Before the performance we went to this adorable Cupcake Shop in downtown Orange!
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| The Perfect Circle Cupcakery, which won Cupcake Wars on Food network! |
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| Tuxedo Cupcake. |
Then on Saturday, my dad woke me up and we went out for breakfast. Then Allie, my Dad and I went to an Alpaca Farm. Yes. An Alpaca farm. My sister is obsessed with them (don't ask me why), so she dragged us out there ( it was only about 10 minutes away from my house). The sad thing is that that was not my first time going to and Alpaca farm. Then we went and picked our own Blackberries and Raspberries! After that we went home and I pulled my pumpkin off the vine (I've been growing it since June). I'm quite the accomplished farmer. That night Allie, Justine and I went to Souplantation for dinner, then saw The Amazing Spiderman at the $3 theater. Can I just say how attractive Andrew Garfield is?
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| Fresh Picked Raspberries. |
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| One of the lovely Alpacas. |
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| My Pumpkin! |
On Sunday morning, my Dad cooked his traditional Sunday morning breakfast (cardboard pancakes and all), then I edited my monster paper. Then the fam-bam and Justine went to the Outlets. I really hate shopping. It gives me panic attacks. Unless I find something that I like then I get excited. For example we went to Aldo and I found these really cute wedges for $30 (originally $100) so I bought two pairs :) Then my weekend came to a close, and I had to fly back to school :(
The exciting thing is that Dad's Day is in two weeks, so I'll be seeing my daddy again very soon! Too bad he can't bring the Murph with him.
That's all for now!
XOXO
Kate
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I am so excited!!!
In about 150 days I will be boarding a plane for LONDON, ENGLAND!
I am so excited, you don't even know. It has been one of my life long dreams to go to London. Its the birth place of of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE for heavens sake (well England is). The globe is there, and the crown jewels, and harrods, and Buckingham Palace, and the Olympic Stadium where Michael Phelps made history this summer! The city of London has so much history and culture, and I am ecstatic to soak it all in.
The best part is that almost all of my best friends are going! Amanda, and Amy, and my sister too! Still working on Cortney!
So if my posts become centered around London, in the coming months do not be surprised.
I have a feeling that this Spring Break is going to be one of the best of my life.
BTW if you are a Pacific (or non-pacific student who is friends with a pacific student) and want to go to London over spring break, here's the link to the program. It's a great deal!
http://www.explorica.com/My-Account/My-Tours/TourCenter.aspx?tourCenterCode=Krejci-3583
#london2013
More to come!
Keep Calm and Carry On!
XOXO,
Kate
The best part is that almost all of my best friends are going! Amanda, and Amy, and my sister too! Still working on Cortney!
So if my posts become centered around London, in the coming months do not be surprised.
I have a feeling that this Spring Break is going to be one of the best of my life.
BTW if you are a Pacific (or non-pacific student who is friends with a pacific student) and want to go to London over spring break, here's the link to the program. It's a great deal!
http://www.explorica.com/My-Account/My-Tours/TourCenter.aspx?tourCenterCode=Krejci-3583
#london2013
More to come!
Keep Calm and Carry On!
XOXO,
Kate
Monday, October 1, 2012
Disappointed
So I came across my blog the other day, and I realized that I have not posted on in it in about a year. Which made me very disappointed with myself! Last fall I promised myself that I would post regularly on here, and I failed to keep that promise to myself.
Things are going to change. Now.
Its a new school year, new beginning, and a new look on life. I'm going to implement a change in me, and I'm going to stick to it.
Watch out world. Here I come.
Things are going to change. Now.
Its a new school year, new beginning, and a new look on life. I'm going to implement a change in me, and I'm going to stick to it.
Watch out world. Here I come.
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