[personal profile] leia131
I GOT A PART IN A PLAY!!!!!!!!!


I will be playing Arlene, a woman who spent a lot of time in jail, and who gets... almost raped on stage, in Jenn Hunt's (one of my suitemates) production of a scene from Getting Out.

Those of you who were in Encore, do you know what this is? This is a REAL PART. I am not cheerful, I am not hopeful, and it has real depth. (In other words, I have escaped the typecasting of high school and got a serious part.)

Because, let's be honest, for the most part, Mrs. Archer typecast us. Not that I didn't like the parts I played in high school, but it's nice to be a different character for a change.


Actually, to back that up...

My Encore Roles
-Rosanda in A Ghost for Rosanda (Doesn't count because Jen cast me, not her mother.)
-Indian in Peter Pan (Not much of a part, though it was fun.)
-Girl 2 in Aesop's (And I was definaely cheerful)
-Mary, a Merry Chick in Robin Hood (I was "very merry, sir")
-Music in Pinocchio (Where I became a cheerful, rosy cheeked baker)
-Angela in Comedy of Errors (Except for the one scene where I'm angry, I was pretty happy.)
-Moonbeam McSwine in Lil Abner (I had pigtails, for God's sake.)
(Let's discount Summer Encore, because everyone's cheerful in children's plays)
-No part in Jane Eyre (There weren't any cheery ones to be had)
-Eve Fulton in 13 Past Midnight (Ok, this wasn't so much with the cheerful, being the killer and all, but I was gleeful about the whole murder thing...)
No part in A Rose For Emily or Once on This Island (Cause I didn't try out, cause I was in China for some of the performances)
-Elzvieta in Playing for Time (Even in the holocaust play, I was "the one who believes they will all survive")
-Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Who tries her very hardest to not be upset by Lysander and keeps hoping he's joking)
-Eh, we were all cheerful in Chaucer's (it was a circus, after all) so let's not count that one either.


Now, I loved all these parts, and deeply wanted to get some of them. I played them all the best that I could, with enjoyment, and I had a ton of fun in Encore. I never minded what part I ever got, just happy to be on a stage. And I realize that Encore didn't do that many deeply serious plays But now, getting this new part, I see how little depth most of my past roles have had, and I'm a little nervous and a lot excited to do something so different.

That's all.

Date: 2006-10-17 03:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctorfumbles.livejournal.com
Yay for you getting the part!

Date: 2006-10-18 01:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leia131.livejournal.com
Thank You!!!

Date: 2006-10-17 04:53 pm (UTC)

Date: 2006-10-18 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leia131.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2006-10-17 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beckybrown.livejournal.com
OMG! are you the girl who gives the monologue about killing frogs from getting out?! goooooooooooood play

Date: 2006-10-18 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leia131.livejournal.com
Ummm... I don't know. See, I haven't read the whole play yet, cause we're only doing one scene from it. But I do have to read the entire play, so when I do I'll let you know if there are frogs involved.

Date: 2006-10-18 12:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puckingright23.livejournal.com
Congrats hun. You are gonna totally rock. And you really deserve a chance to play a character with real emotional depth. Good luck.

Date: 2006-10-18 01:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leia131.livejournal.com
Thank you babe! I'm really anxious about it, but in a good way I think.

Date: 2006-10-18 01:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mohawk-love.livejournal.com
yaaaay!!! this made me laugh, because meggy, you are one of those people who will NEVER EVER be in jail. you could do something illegal, and they'd look at you and be like "shes too cute and nice and cuddly..guess not!!"

but congrats!! i want to know when the dates are missy.

Date: 2006-10-21 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theatregeek1986.livejournal.com
I'm glad you are excited. And yes she does have the killing frogs monologue, it's just not in the scene we're doing.

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