Bit of Color

I'm on the eve of another all nighter...prepping myself for the long hours to come. However, I do feel much more inspired to work on David's homework. I attribute that mostly to the avoidance of problems that occured to me while watching a rehearsal of Audrey.


Quick changes aren't the issue. Dad looking like a woman isn't the problem. The bachlorette party--the director's open to changing the choreography if need be. I want to sit down with the script again and really focus on the changes...two of the character really need to have them down pat to keep the show moving. And I'm starting to doubt some of the choices I've made, mostly concerning the hard to find items that I needed to "settle" over as nothing more appropriate showed itself. So in theory, my disappointments and concerns are a matter of circumstance and not poor design...not worth beating myself up over...but I've found the theatre to be full of masochists.


On a more colorful note, I tweaked the portfolio shots of my dress from Doll's House last semester. I had forgotten how blue that thing was! Color always seems to cheer me up...ironically not when I wear it, just when I view it. I still find more comfort in my blacks than in a brightly colored shirt. Maybe that's why I've had an inclination towards fall. It may be my favorite season, but is the most emotionally taxing season as well. Even before grad school began. I blame the lack of light, though it would help to hae a little family support on the East coast. Well, we all live with the choices we make and I only have to struggle through for another year and a half.

Next Saturday, again because of the masochist in me, I head back into NYC for the fifth weekend in a row. I doubt the homework load wil be any lighter, but I fully intend to enjoy myself this time. Columbia University is staging two Molieres: Scapin, which we will be doing at MGSA next semester, and The Misanthrope, one I don't believe is staged too often. Given what I've heard about that program, both shows should be good. And if not, at least I've seen some more theatre. If I didn't have tech the following weekend I'd probably head up again to see Light in the Piazza or Sweeney Todd. There will be plenty of oppurtunity before the semester's end, I'm sure.