'Tragic' Memories and Meatloaf

Well, all good things must come to an end; and, alas, my play "Tragedy: A Tragedy" by Will Eno closed on Sunday afternoon. (Sighs)

What to do with my life now? Well, I desperately need a job...but I still want to act...I am in a bit of a pickle. Or am I?

Well, here's what I am working with. If I get a morning job (like at a coffee shop or a bagel shop) then I can still do rehearsals and shows at night....but I am not having much luck finding a job and I really need to take whatever I can get...but I want to act (stomps feet on ground).

I'm going to stop myself right there. No use throwing a temper-tantrum on my own blog. That's pathetic. Instead I am going to tell you why I want to act.

Don't worry I'm not going to write you an essay on why acting is my "passion" or why the "theatre is my calling"...I am going to tell you about closing weekend of my show and then you will see why I want to continue what I love doing...

Coming into this show I was very nervous. Most of the cast consisted of Grad students and I was nervous about that because I didn't know how well I would fit in. Also, my perceptions of the grad students were that they were very egotistical...

Thursday was a slow night and Friday was a little better. Friday after the show a few of my fellow cast mates (two of the three other under-grads) invited me to go to a costume party with them. I decided to go. The theme was 7 deadly sins, so I put on pjs and went as sloth. The party was really boring, but we wanted to have some fun so we decided to leave the party and go drive around. The girl driving got pulled over for a really stupid reason and the cop was really awkward. After that one girl with us decided she was hungry so we were off to find a Sonic. After that we debated whether or not to go back to Katie's to watch a movie or just all go home and go to bed. We were exhausted so she brought us back to our cars at the party and we all headed home. But, I had a really fun time with the girls.

Saturday night was out best show of our entire run. The audience was the best ever. In the pre-show where I come on and set up the anchor's desk, I got applauded...this audience was my favorite. After the show we were all super pumped and some of the gang (the director-Joya, and two grad Students- Zac and Lee) wanted to go celebrate. y roommate were out of town and an empty house was awaiting me so I decided to tag along. Lee drove with me and we met the rest of the gang at a bar/restaurant Boulders. I ordered water and decided I wasn't hungry but if we all were to order dessert I would do that. Zac loves this place and ordered an appetizer of wings for us all to share. Jamaican Jerk flavored. They were amazing. When Lee got her food she realized she was never going to finish it all so she pawned off some of her fries to me. We talked and talked for like two hours. We were laughing and having a really great time. On the way home, I drove Lee home, we started talking about things. I told her my fear of working with grad students coming into the show, but they have been super awesome and I have loved every minute of it. She re-assured me that the grad students love working with the undergrads because they get sick of working with the same 15 people... then she told me how when she first got cast she felt bad because her small role could have gone to an undergrad and she feels bad that the grad students keep taking all the roles in every show. (That made me realize that not all grad students are full of themselves.) I dropped her off home and had a really great feeling about life, went home kicked my feet up on the coffee table and relaxed.

Sunday was CRAZY. Church was chaotic as usual and I had to leave early but was still late to call time. We did our last show, not as good as the night before but not our worst. Afterwards we had strike. All the girls in the cast were assigned to the make up head. We cleaned out the dressing rooms and then "waited" for the laundry to be finished. We all sat and watched Youtube videos until we were dismissed.

As I am in my car getting ready to pull away from Tragedy: A Tragedy for the final time Adam (one of my favorite cast members) exited the theatre and spotted me. He mouthed, "I loved you see you soon!" It put a smile on my face.

I have realized that this experience has been amazing and I am so grateful. I cannot wait to work with these people again because they have made the past two months of my life so awesome.
A few of the grads I know are teaching classes next semester and are interested in having me take them...I think I might.

I came home to an empty house again, the girls were coming home later that evening. However, I really enjoyed it.

OH, that morning before I left I set a bug bomb, so I had to discard that when I got home but that really isn't important to the story.

I liked being on my own this weekend. Sunday night I cooked myself a mini meatloaf which I had pre-pared that morning. Mashed potatoes and corn. I put the showtunes channel on while I did some homework. When dinner was ready I put on a tv movie and just relaxed. It was nice.

OH, Saturday during the day I watched Pretty Woman for the first time. Loved it so much.

Overall, good weekend. Good people, good shows, good meatloaf.

Bon Appetit.