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
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