The Play Winnie the Pooh

Phew! It's over and done with! I'm so proud of myself as well as I got wonderful reviews. But not just about me, but of course the rest of the cast members, which I would have never been able to do the show with. So I do not want to take all the credit, but just the credit that goes to me.
During the performance, I can tell you now that I was so scared and nervous for the entire day and the first second before coming onto stage for opening night. It was a new director, surrounding, new cast memebers, ect. Well right when I did get on that stage, it all went away, and I was Kanga. The show went wonderfully and afterwards, I got many great reviews from people coming up to me and telling me how much of a good job I did. That is one of the most wonderful feelings a person can feel. It was really great and heart warming. Since there were two weekends of having to do the show, some were better than others. But I would have to say that opening night was the best night, and then the second to the last show was I would have to say the worst performance because a scene where Piglet and I come on stage, she missed her cue so I had to go on without her. I was dreading that I would never have to do this. So I didn't want to look like a crazy person talking to myself; so I had to improv that entire scene(good thing it wasn't that long, but it sure did fell like it). I tired my best, but some people could tell there was something wrong, but I did fine(cast members said) and got through with it. I tired for it to not to get to me, and I didn't let it effect my performance. I used that emotion and acted on that emotion through Kanga. Piglet was very sorry and I told her to let it never happen again and to not let it get to her either. She did. And good thing too because it never did happen again.
As a performer, I never had a person miss a cue with me, to not comepletely come on, so that was a new experience for me. It was scary, but I did not let it show in my performance as well as the nervousness. To me, I think my nervouseness it good because it shows that I care what my audience thinks and feels about the performance, and that also shows that I care about the performance as an actress. If I ever lost the sense of feeling or caring for the play, then I would lose my interest, as well as my desire to want to do a performance; making the performance not as entuisiastic and fun because my heart would not be in it.
But I do intend to keep doing performances there. The next play I am going to audition for it Narnia, and the auditions are on March 9=10th, 6-10pm. Lets see what happens!

Winnie the Pooh Rehearsals

Well this has been a week. This is the "perfection" week where it's like a dress rehearsal and run it like the real thing, for a week. But every day it is different because this is also when we set up the set, and before our play, there was a different set a design, as well as the floor and background was painted. So this week, we had to transfer their set to ours. And for the set we have trees, and the floor and background is painted light brown. For the different acts we have different set pieces. For the first act we have the trees(which stay in place the entire play), and a stump in center stage. For the second act, the stump moves to lower stage right, and in center stage there is a slump with a hole in the middle to represent Rabbit's hole to her house. As well as there is two slabs of wood near one of the trees painted green. It's a basic set, but everyday some pieces got added or painted, and the set throughout the week changed some like the stump wasn't always in the center stage, and the floor wasn't painted till Thursday the 4th.
We have mics for the show, and this is my first time having mics and as well as being in a real theatre(because I was only in school productions) so I guess there is a first for everything. So I am truly excited, and it is a wonderful experience! My costume is way cute! It consists of a body suit that is brown, and has lighter brown for the chest and inside of the ears. I have a tail, a pouch, and a head piece with ears. On my head piece my ears stick up and I have a "mop hat" where it's like a bonnet and that has a purple bow on it. I also have an apron as well a hands and feet covers. It's very legite, and plus the credit goes to my mother and the costume department, they really did a wonderful job. As well as the other costumes are wonderful as well.
During the production, we run it like the real thing, and our director Mrs. Kelly, she sat in different seats everytime so she can see the show and observe and take notes. So after every time we ran through the play, she would sit us down and tell us her notes and give us advice or to change this and do that. It really does help. And as well as it helps to memorize and know the script in your long term memory so you wouldn't have to rely on the script and so you won't have to study as much. Yeah, a glance at the lines, and then you're set. It really does help. It also is different from Johnson Theatre beacuse the time they have to be off book and no longer can call for lines is about a week or 3 days before the show. As well they only have dress rehearsals 3 or two days before the actual play. So this could lead the cast to not know their lines front and back and to make more mistakes than having to learn your lines a month in advance and can't call lines 2 weeks before the show and then a week or dress rehearsals and tech week( like we do at the Children's Theatre). I find it more defective and helpful to the actors and the director.
Since we have mics on, we have to be extremely quite and when we are offstage, we have to wait for atleast a minute to talk or well whisper. Even though we're not supposed to talk, or else when we talk and our mics are hot, the audience can hear what we say, and that is a big NO. But we have come far, and this will be a good performance, we just have to put in the energy and have fun with it, and it will turn out to be a good play.