The Diviners!

As our fall play we (the Paxon Players) are producing the show The Diviners, as such I have auditioned and receieved a call back. This was a new experience for me, I have auditioned for shows before and gotten parts, but I'd never recieved a call back. The call back gave me a chance to develop a closer understanding of the characters in the play and to gain further interation with the possible cast members, both those I knew and those I did not. I recieved the part of Goldie, who is a middle aged woman who owns a diner in the small (imaginary) town of Zion Indiana. This part will be an interesting one to portray, because she has a slight accent that is necessary to portray the character well, and her age will be one that I have not acted before. I am looking forward to working on my physicality and character development, whether through the LaBon Method or some other route. I will pay special attention to 'getting out of my head' on stage and into the character which I often have a problem with: I am often too like myself, or I over compensate and become flat and fake.
More posts will be coming as the play progresses. All in all I think it will be a really good production.

Beginning of First Project

      Okay, so for the first project that I am planning I will improve my sewing skills and learn how to research and create period costumes. This project will increase my knowledge of both theater arts and my skills as a seamstress. I am attempting to make a coat and skirt for the costume construction part of the District Thespians competion. I chose to make a costume for the character of Eliza Doolittle from the Ascot Gavotte scene from My Fair Lady. I chose this scene because of the artistic freedom given the costumer, the play script simply says that Eliza is dressed exquisitely, this can be interpreted any way. I have chosen a pattern with a fitted, high collared, lace trimmed jacket paired with a trumpet shaped full legnth skirt. I found fabric both at JoAnn's and Calico Corners, both of which had sales on the fabrics I was looking for.

      I tried to find fabric that did match the time period and would look nice on stage under the lights. I'm using a red and gold brocade for the coat with a gold lining, covered buttons, and cream lace. For the skirt I'm using a cream duck fabric with a scarlet ribbon trim.

First Entry, Brainstorming

With the new CAS regulations being enacted at PSAS I've decided to blog about my activities, this seemed to be the easiest and most reliable way of keeping up with my projects for eighteen months. For this first post I plan on brain storming project ideas.

• perform skits at hospitals (CAS)
• Learn sugar work (C, A maybe?)
• Improve my singing/ confidence performing for others (CA)
• Write more songs, submit...somewhere (C)
• Lose weight/ work out more (A)
• Tutor younger students (A,S)
• Head the Donna Hicken Marathon water station (CAS)
• Direct scenes for Black Box theater (CAS)
• Community theater (storybook theater) for younger students (CAS)
• Improve sewing skills (C)
• Improve Drama Club at PSAS (as secretary) (CA)
• Streghthen the Classics program at PSAS (as junior president(JR YR) and president(SR YR))

Well, those are ideas~ we'll see how far they'll go.