Closed!

What a great run! for anyone who is curious... here are some of the reviews, but hopefully you came and made your own opinions about it! Love you my Gypsy family! Until next time....

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700164931/Dark-Horses-Gypsy-has-plenty-to-sing-about.html

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/52212149-81/rose-musical-stage-mama.html.csp

http://www.backstageutah.com/reviews/?p=169

http://inthisweek.com/view.php?id=2526662

GYPSY (Part 2) Opening night tomorrow.

Ah HELL WEEK. How can I describe this for those who have not experience it......

day one...stopping starting standing waiting for lights and sound cues to be set......set changes...sleeping while waiting long hours.....then missing something important while you were sleeping.... picking up where we left off the night before so the days all blend into one long day.

(the Boys patiently waiting for lights to be set on their number.)

then costumes thrown at you. Literally. 6 kids + 25 adults + 5 changes a piece (at least) + no costume plots = A zoo backstage. quick changes in the very small wings....clothes flying.... shoved out of the way for a giant set piece to fly by.... jumping on stage and hoping all the rehearsal will kick your muscle memory into gear because you have no idea what is next... the actors desperately needing to work certain parts of the show and trying to find the energy and the good attitude to do it... and of course time. did I mention we have live animals in this play? oh yeah.. and don't forget to SMILE BABY!!

(This is Lauren in partial cow costume with no use of her hands.. so she sits and waits backstage)

it has defiantly been one of the craziest tech weeks I have experienced.

But ready or not we have an audience tonight. One of my favorite parts of theater is watching a play really come alive with an audience. Mistakes will defiantly be made but that is also part of the fun. Its going to be a great show. The talent and the heart is there.

If you want to come and see the show visit www.egyptiantheatrecompany.org and get your tickets. Use promo code "Darkhorse" for a discount. :)

GYPSY

Since I have nothing really new that happens in my life I decided I would blog about the current show that i am in... I will try to be honest about my feelings of the production, good and bad, so that I can look back and remember it just the way it was.

So the current show that I am rehearsing right now is.........

For those of you who don't know this show, it is loosely based on a true story about Madame Rose and her two daughters, Louise and June, and their life in show business. The story begins in their life in Vaudeville (traveling vignettes and variety acts) but as that industry slowly dies and June runs away because of Rose the unbearable stage mother, the story ends with Louise living the life of a burlesque stripper, brought on by pressure from her mother. Its a great show that is very sweet, funny, dark and sad.

My character is June (based on June Havoc) She is the younger of Rose's two daughters and the one center stage while Louise is pushed to the back and dressed up as a boy. She eventually can't take it anymore, and runs away from her family to make it on her own.

This is very convenient for me because that means I am not in act two of the show and get to take an hour nap backstage.

We are two weeks away from opening this puppy and it feels like we have had two rehearsals. A combination of what feels like a somewhat slow moving rehearsal process and a very disjointed show, (ie. I am not on stage with half of the cast, ever. Not even in the same act as half the cast) it seems like I hardly know what is happening. But with a talented cast and a great director I am keeping the faith that when it gets all put together it will come together like Jello. Baby.

We get to rehearse in our actual performing space on Saturday! yeee! And costumes to come soon as well. I can't wait to watch the whole thing and see what the show is like :)

P.S. my character is perpetually in the splits in the show. ugh. So keep my left hamstring in your prayers at night. Oh and our leads are both sick so keep them in as well. Hopefully all will be healthy in two weeks when we open.