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What the...?

Today, my 3rd day of rehearsal and theatre camp, was slightly odd. Well, during theatre camp it was. Today, Mrs. Dowd's son Walker didn't show up in the morning because he forgot to wake himself up. This was odd because he usually never forgets. So Mrs. D called him up and made us shout "WALKER, WHERE ARE YOU???" at him. When he finally got here, we were trying to stage a story that we were performing. Walker was supposed to play a hermit while my friend Kelsi was to play an old person who was injured on the stomach. So Walker had to bandage her up.
Now, I don't know if Walker has a thing for Kelsi or if it was by accident, or if her was trying to be funny, but out of nowhere he starts LIFTING HER SHIRT UP! She freaked and slapped him. Now Kelsi refuses to talk to him and cannot look him in the face again. I totally understand why. Whilst we were walking in town, she said to me, "Honestly, I had no idea what Walker was doing, nor did I LIKE it. Ya know, I was going to invite him to go to lunch with us today, but he cn forget that now!" The drama you face in theatre......

FIRST REHEARSAL!!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Today was AMAZING!!!! Not only was it the 1st day of theatre camp, but it was also the first rehearsal for Ancient Greek Idol! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Today was absolutely PERFECT! During theatre camp, we had to make a scenario when you walk up to a door, knock, and no one answers. Then we rated on a scale of 1-10 of how life-threatening it was. Mine got an 8. I was pretending to be a peron who REALLY had to pee. Everyone thought it was hilarious. After camp, I went out for lunch with my friend Kelsi, and Walker came with us. Then we came back to the theatre and read through AGI. Then me, Kelsi, 3 girls named Aleah, Courtney, and Jessa, and Walker all went to OIP for dinner. Then we came back and read through the last of Ancient Greek Idol and learned the songs. UGH! Tomorrow, I'm hardly gonna see my friends. It's so depressing to think about it. =[.

I'm sorry!

I know, I haven't posted in a while, but I was at comedy improv for the last time, and after that I got a banana split with some of my acting friends, then we went back for the pizza and play reading, then I went home and slept, then I had to go to New Jersey. Yes, I was a very busy woman.
The last day of improv was excellent, except I had an eye appointment and I arrived 30 minutes late. Everyone applauded when I came in. I loved it. Then we invited the parents to watch us be random for the last half hour. That went rather well too. After that, there was a half hour till the reading started so me and a couple friends who were also doing it shared a banana split. Me and my friend April brought $20 each, My other friend Treska brought three dollars. We had trouble dividing the change because there was an uneven amount left over, so we wanted to give it to the pizza guy. But he didn't want it so we donated it to BTE. Before that Walker put the dollar down his shirt, so the ensemble will get a "lovely" surprise. Then for the play reading, we read "The Real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard. It's a parody of Inspector Hound. We all had SO much fun doing it.
Well, tomorrow is the first rehearsal of Ancient Greek Idol! I CAN'T WAIT!!! And before that is the first day of theatre camp! =] I WILL post tomorrow. Later.

Comedy Improv Class #4

Wowzers! Today was SO FUN! We played THE DATING SHOW: COMEDY IMPROV STYLE. The game is basically picking 1 bachelor/bachelorrette to ask questions to 3 contestants, whose personalities are unknown. For example, one contestant could be an escaped prisoner. I was bachelorrette #1 and I had to pretend to be a mermaid. The bachelor (Walker) Got my personality right from the 1st question: If we were dating, where would you take me for our first date? Well, I said scuba diving, or shell collecting. Well, that wasn't obvious. Just kidding! Another thing I had to do was to pretend to be an author from a foreign country. According to the studio audience, my book I wrote was about different types of pickles. I couldn't think of a foreign word for "pickle" so I ended up calling it a "peeckle". Everyone thought it was hilarious, oddly. Also, we did this thing where we split into two teams and we each had to come up with a topic only our team know about. Then we had to have an out loud conversation about it, but never telling what it is. If someone from the other team knew it, they had to come over and join in the conversation as if they were always there. If we thought they didn't know, we'd say "challenge". They'd whisper what they thought to us, and if they're right, they joined our circle. I thought it was interesting. Tommorow, I'm gonna be really booked. I have 3 appointments, my comedy improv class that I will miss 20 minutes of, and the pizza and play reading 30 minutes later.

ciao!

Comedy Improv Class #3

Once again, comedy improv was a smash hit! But today, for some reason, I was nowhere near as funny as I was on Tuesday. Maybe it's because my "chauffer" became sick so my dad had to drive me, nearly arriving to class late. Today we did the freeze thing again, and this time I was a robot that desperately needed oil. We also did another game, and whoever got out first was randomly the god/goddess of whatever they felt like being the god/goddess of. Walker ended up getting out first and decided to become the god of Swedish Fish. I got out next, so I declared myself the goddess of Skittles, because Skittles are awesome. Anyway, we also did this one game where we all stood in a line and the instructor pulled a random topic out of a hat and we had to give examples of it. For example: "Really Bad Pick-up Lines". I jumped out and gave this one: "You should be tired , 'cuz you've been running through my mind all the time." Everyone thought it was hilarious. There was another topic: "What to Say When Confronting Your Mortal Enemy In the Produce Aisle". Walker's responses: "So, we BEET again." and "LETTUCE fight!" Another person, a girl named Kelsey, said: "You got the squeaky cart. HA! Take THAT!" It was quite funny. Today I also learned what it felt like to get a rain burn (actually it's not a burn. We were joking about tanning in the rain and I was like "AHHH! I GOT A RAIN BURN! AHHH!") lol. But now I am desperate to go back. I LOVE this class. It's really helping me with my improvisation skills, plus it's quite fun.
I shall post again.....

Comedy Improv Class #2

AHHHHHHHHHH! Sorry, I had to let that out. Class was fun yet again today! This time we had 2 people in the middle act out a random scene, then someone yelled FREEZE! and the people froze. Then the yeller would take sosmeone's place and start a new scene. I ended up going from a scene about a guy entering the girl's bathroom by accident, to a bird pooping on a statue. There was also this one activity when two people would act a scene with their hands behind their backs whilst two others were using their arms as the actors' arms. I had to be a mother preparing her son to go to war in the South. I was put with a super tall guy (well, tall to me) whose arms were dwarfing me in comparison. It was really funny. Anyhow, Bunches of kids in the Bloom-Danville area are gonna start a non-school related high school Odyssey of The Mind (OTM) team. Basically, it's like improv because it involves acting on the spot and a LOT of creativity. It's gonna be SO cool! We did more of the overaccepting too. We also had to think of 10 random things that were supposed to have nothing to do with each other. Now that was quite hard. Things can be similar in different ways.
By the way, my "chauffer" (Katie) had to go to a horse riding lesson today, so she dropped me off THIRTY MINUTES EARLY! If the instructor's son wasn't there to talk to me, I would have died of boredomness. I think I want a plum.

Comedy Improv Class

Today was my Comedy Improv class!!! It was so much fun! We all had to pretend to be part of a giant toaster strudel! I was the icing on the top. It was quite fun! We also learned blocking. Blocking is when you decline an invitation for some silly reason. For example: "Hey, wanna go rabbit hunting today?" Your block: "Sorry, I have to go trim my great grandma's back hair with an axe. Maybe another time." or something like that. We also learned overacceptance, which is making a big positive deal over something common. Example: "It's Wednesday today." Overacceptance: "Great! Wednesdays I'm supposed to eat rotten turtle with beef juice on top. What fun!" It's actually a very fun class. I'm going tomorrow too. I must go, because I have to take out the garbage then run over to GNO across the street.

yet another book by Charles

Guess what??? I just got another book by Charles Dickens. It's called Little Dorrit. So far, the book is good. I'm on chapter 1 still, but i still think it's good. It's about a guy named Arthur who takes a fancy in his seamstress who's name is Amy Dorrit (hence the title of the book). Arty also takes interest in the affairs of Amy's dad, Will Dorrit (he's in jail for debt). It really is a fascinating story. However, my favorite book remains to be Great Expectations, also written by Charles Dickens. By the way, TOMORROW I START COMEDY INPROV CLASSES! YAY YAY YAY! Because my parents will be at work, my neighbor Katie has to drive me. I like to call her my chauffer. Katie is a senior in high school. She's a good driver, however she seems to enjoy talking to the other cars and yelling at them as she drives. I do the same thing, only i don't drive. I haven't even gotten my permit yet. oh well. one day....

play reading/pizza partayyyyyyyyyyyyy

Yesterday, I went to the Mitrani Production Center for a play reading/pizza party. It was quite fun, except for the fact that there was a rat in the building, so we had to evacuate. 10 minutes later, we found a ginoooooooormous spider on the table. The play we were reading is called The Foreigner. It's so funny. I was reading the part Betty, and she said something about how this guy named Charlie (who was pretending to be from a foreign country) wants her to play the harmonica. I thought it was so funny, I laid my head on the table and had a huge fit of laughter that lasted for about five minutes. Then I fell out of my chair. There was also this one scene where this kid named Walker (who played Charlie) had to balance a cup on his head and my character (Betty) was supposed to think it was some foreign way of saying he was finished with his meal. I thought it was hilarious.

NEW SHOW!

Hello again,

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is performing a show starting July 22rd called Ancient Greek Idol, adapted and directed by Richard Cannaday. It's gonna be fabulous! Of course, I tried out and earned a spot in it, yay! Here's an overview of the play, as seen on bte.org, copied and pasted directly from the site:

Long before Simon had his say, the Mighty Zeus was the ultimate judge. Join your host, Dionysus, for the final round of Ancient Greek Idol, a singing competition that pits Mythology's superstars against one another, with plenty of surprises along the way. Will Midas have just the right touch? Will Arachne spin her way to victory? Local kids and teens join members of the Ensemble on stage as BTE brings these classic Greek Myths to life in a way you've never seen before. These Idols put the "Rock" in Mount Olympus! From Apollo to Persephone, Aphrodite to Icarus, the gang's all here. But there can only be one Ancient Greek Idol.

So, what are ya waiting for? Go buy some tickets! NOW!

Hello, bloggers!

Hey y'all!

If you are a fan of: acting, actors, actresses, shakespeare, charles dickens, plays, props, and things to do with theatre, YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT BLOG! Thats's right, posts of my dramatic mishaps, high-times, auditions, and other play opportunities as well as awesome literature and authors (like Charles Dickens =]) will be on here daily/weekly if I have time, but anyway, this is the blog that's all about the theatre.

Enjoy,

Jen