PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS

Sooooo remember that off book read trough/sing through we had coming up.....Epic fail? NOT SO MUCH!!! Loosing the script has really helped me!! That's one less thing to get in the way of the performance!! I'm becoming more comfortable with my character and It's really rewarding to blossom as a performer!! I've had quite a few realizations thanks to some of my peers!! As a performer its my job to portray the message with clear conviction! I have to completely lose myself on stage and pull out my character... become unconscious to who I am and get into that lucid characterization full of extreme passion, sincere emotion, and personal connection. It takes a lot of energy and focus and has to be larger than life in order to come across. I've got to OWN IT!! Boy do I struggle sometimes!!! Confidence on stage is one of my bigger issues!! I feel that I'll look stupid if I give too much, but what I realize is that the less I give the more unbelievable it is and that just can't happen. I'm not doing my job if that happens and quite frankly, if there is a job to do I want to do my absolute best!!! This is entertainment so let's have fun!!! This is professional so there is no room for amateur!! :).

I consider myself to be a pretty mature person and so some of the things Julia goes through boggle my mind! I just have to think back to when I was a teenage girl and some of the antics I've pulled all for the sake of 'love' ,having no clue to what it truly was. Hell, I only have broken ideas to this day. Love is crazy....it makes u do unseemly things. It will metamorphose you...make u physically weak or feel invincible...enlighten u or turn u into a lovestruck dummy!!! Its magical!! :) I thought I couldn't relate to Julia but the deeper I dig the more I see how much we are alike. similar scenarios have played in my life, maybe not exactly or to that extreme, but for sure.....stalking, pretending, chasing, rationalizing nonsense, all because of how I'd felt for that lucky gentleman at the time. Looking back I cant believe the craziness I put myself through!!! JULIA IS IN THAT MOMENT!! She 'loves' Proteus who 'loves' the idea of love more than he 'loves' Julia. But all she knows is what she's experienced....which isn't much for this small town girl. Boys have liked her, She's dated but she's never been in love. And now all of a sudden she is head over heels in love.....He is the one!!! He will be her first.....first love, first sexual experience, first heartbreak. Recipe for chaos to say the least!!! Add a departure, song and dance and a pregnancy and you've got a rowdy musical comedy :)

From here on out the show will be ran from top to bottom. AWESOME!!! Now we have performance enhancers: hair, makeup, costumes, props, the set!! Thrilling!! I'm gonna keep giving it my all and then some more so that I can become the best performer I can be. I want to surprise myself!! I feel blessed to have so many wise and talented people around to help me craft :) This journey has been incredible I loooooove this show!! March is right around the corner and then the world can fall in love with what we all love so much!!!