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
