Annie went surprisingly well! After a pretty hectic Dress Rehearsal it all came together on the night/s as the cliche goes!! The kids were great, despite the second night there being a huge storm and it pouring down with rain making it very hard to hear anything!! I also spent 2 afternoons with Mia curling and spraying Jordan's (Annie) hair red which was fun lol
My day off the other week was was spent at a place called Skinner's Falls. It's only half an hour away from camp and I went with Lyndsay, Mia and Adam amongst others. We stopped in a nearby town to buy food, Lyndsay and I bought a great selection for our 'picnic' revolving around a great roast chicken...and apple pie! We were the first ones out, waited for ages for everyone, hopped on the bus, got to Skinners Falls, only to find out we had forgotten to pick up the chicken!!! Thankfully Adam came to the rescue with his food! And we still had the pie! Skinners Falls was amazing. It is the most relaxing day I have had this year! It was really hot and we just sunbathed on the rocks and sat in the middle of the river near the rapids in the middle of no where - sooo relaxing. We did attempt to ride down the rapids in which my left leg slammed into a rock under the water - my bruise is HUGE!! and got a bit sunburnt but it was fab! We were there for about 5 hrs then we went back to camp and got a lift into Hancock and went out for Chinese - non camp food woohoo!
The rest of the session went quite smoothly! My one act play I directed 'Kitty the Waitress' by Christopher Durang went exceptionally well! I had a fab cast of kids and got some great feedback!
Now we are into Session 3! I am AD with Beth again on 'A New Brain' by William Finn - so excited!! I LOVE the show, it's upper camp with a small, fabulous cast (we cast today) and I am working with Beth again! I can't wait to start rehearsals tomorrow! I am also doing Theatre Games with Evan, Characterisation with Stu and Jnr Cabaret Troupe with Joe - some fab ppl that I have wanted to work with this summer! So it's all looking good! Casting was long again this session - we have nearly 1000 kids at camp and the majority of them audition! We did 6hrs of auditions yest, then this morning/afternoon, then callbacks late afternoon then the casting session tonight, it was a long, but quite enjoyable day!
So off to bed for me! I have another day off on July 21st - trying to head down to NYC for the day with some ppl and to see Lauren and Jen and then fingers crossed I am going on the Broadway trip to see The Little Mermaid!
Oh and shows for this Session:
A New Brain
Kiss Me Kate
Carousel
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Anything Goes
Godspell
Wonderful Town
Sugar
Cinderella
Ruthless
Once Upon A Mattress
Our Town
Noises Off
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
plus Spelling Bee, It's A Hit, The Crucible and House of Blues Leaves are still to perform this week as they were carry over shows! and 'Drowsy Chaperone' is still in rehearsals til 4th session as well as 5 One-Act plays for this session! Also I have seen a few Spelling Bee rehearsals and it's going to be amazing!!
