Busy!

Oh man, it's been a while since I last posted on here! It's so unlike me because I try to post AT least once a week. I have been so busy with a play I am in right now. I'm currently in Velveteen Rabbit and The Lost & Found Christmas.

In Velveteen Rabbit, I play Nursery Magic, a fairy in the end who makes the little rabbit "Real". I love playing a fairy! I can't tell you how much fun it is to dress up like one. I get to be all sparkly with glitter!

In The Lost & Found Christmas, I play Mrs. Slow. It's funny, we all have names that represent who we are (i.e. Mrs. Glad is always glad, Mrs. Slow moves and talks slow, and Mr. Fast acts fast). It's an okay, play. But, my favorite is Velveteen.

I have taken a bunch of pictures and I need to post them on here! Will post some soon...

Sealed with a kiss...

~Raven

The Cat in the Hat's Hat

After working backstage this summer in Seussical Jr., I have found myself loving Dr. Seuss more then ever. I've had this idea of making the Cat in the Hat’s hat out of clay a long time now. So, the other day, I finally sat down and made it. It took me around an hour to make this cute little clay creation.

Here are some of the pictures I shot of this itty-bitty Cat in the Hat hat…

Seussical Jr.

Sunday was the last day of my play, Seussical Jr. I am kind of sad about that, since I love being involved with theatre so much. But, I guess all good things have to come to an end sooner or later. Like Dr. Seuss says, "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

I did something very different in this play…something that I have never done in my 7 long years at Playmakers: I decided to work backstage as a Stage Manager. Let me tell you, Stage Manager is a very big pair of shoes to fill. We had to have 3 Stage Managers in this production because Seussical Jr. is a very large cast of 20 kids. All of the kids are ranging in age from 4 to 17 years old! So I think you can see the need for 3 Stage Managers.

Just in case you may be wondering what I did as Stage Manager, here is a short list…

1.Keeping the kids quiet backstage (this is probably one of the hardest ones)
2.Making sure the actor/actress has his/her props.
3.Presetting the stage

These all may sound easy jobs, but like I said, they are anything but. I think stage-managing is even been harder then actually being on stage…and I thought nothing was harder then that.

Here are some pictures I got at one of the rehearsals...



Katie, Riley, and Audry doing what they do best-being silly!



A close up of Riley



This picture would have turned out better if the mirror was clean. hee hee By the way, that boy is Dylan...or, what I like to call him, "Cat", because he plays (or should I say, 'played') the Cat in the Hat.



Kaemon



For some reason, Dylan and I decided to take a picture of his finger. That kid just cracks me up!



Sealed with a kiss…

-Raven <3

Pictures from "The Mi$er"

My long, hard, yet very enjoyable journey of “The Mi$er’ has come to an end. It was hard saying goodbye to playing my character, Marianne. She was a lot of fun to play because Marianne is such a total ding-dong. Sort of like Crissy Snow from Three’s Company.


Here are some pictures my director took of us at a dress rehearsal…






Frosine-I’ve seen twenty-five-year olds who look older than you.





Marianne-This is going to be horrible.

Frosine-Why? What is there to worry about?

Marianne-What would you worry about if your neck was directly under the guillotine?








Harpagon-Valere, beat the crap out of him.








Anselme-Children!

Marianne-Father!

Valere-Father!

Anselme-Children!

Valere-Father!

Marianne-Father! Do you have any money?







Harpagon-Don’t be offended, mom petit bon-bon, that I come to meet you with my spectacles on. I know that you earthly charms are radiant enough to dazzle the naked eye, but it is through lenses that we observe the stars, you know, and you yourself are the brightest light of the firmament, nay, a galaxy of delights to the soul and to this delicate, but oh so passionate, frame. (a deadly stillness) Frosine, why isn’t she saying anything?










Cleante-You have my assurances. Marianne, turn those bountiful charms that have so slain my heart on to your mother; she must let you out of your side of the contract. Beg, cajole, bring up childhood memories, sing sad songs, quack like a duck-whatever it takes-just convince her. And then, we are each others to caress ‘til death do us part.

The Mi$er

I (not to mention my fellow cast) have been working very hard on a play. It’s called “The Mi$er”. We have already presented it to the public three times. So far, it's been going extremely well. If you want to (and I hope you do:) know more about “The Mi$er”, please visit some of the following links.


The Grove Community Playmakers Myspace Page

The Grove Sun’s Article on “The Mi$er”

“The Mi$er” on Wikipedia