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!!!

BLOCKHEAD

Blocking has most definitely started and is practically complete. Every scene blocked is fascinating. Such a cast of talented performers!! I'm excited for the audience, this is coming alive and its gonna be explosive. At first the hand mics made me reeeeeaaaally nervous but after blocking with them it doesn't seem too bad and it really adds to the rock and roll performance feel. After watching Hair I saw that it could be done and I stopped ever noticing when mics we're being passed! I think people are going to thoroughly enjoy it!! Thanks to great direction Julia is developing nicely. I'm digging deeper to really get to know who she as a person, who she wants people to think she is, what she wants, how she feels. Off book run-through is right around the corner!! It'll be great to just pour the lines from the heart and my poor script has had it, so it's about time to set it down anyway. :) I am only part of one dance number, the finale, but its a RIOT!! Love has driven us sane but this dance is insane.....in a GREAT way!! Soon we will load in and it will become more and more real. So ready to sing and dance and love and rock around that FANTASTIC set!!!

Who is Julia....What is she?

Ay yi yi!!! We've done A full run through, full of laughs and soul and passion. The show gets better and better the more we read through it and blocking is right around the corner!! Things are taking off like a ROCKET!!!

Who is Julia....What is she?....Julia is a free spirit! She does what she wants which usually leads her into trouble ;) Classically 17 and beautiful. Sort of an 'IT' girl in her small town of Verona. Jerk magnet who is recently single and not ready to mingle....well that's how she plays it anyway, Lucetta knows better!! She's one of those 'glam-hippies' all about peace and love and drugs but too much of a girly girl to be a full on hippie. Julia Sophia Copa's favorite color is lavender and she is a Gemini. Immature, defiant, naive, emotional. Half Cuban, half Black. Addicted to tambourines, hula hoops and bubbles.

Julia will be metamorphosed from hard-hearted girl to love struck dummy! Willing to abandon her small town and venture to a big city only to learn life's lessons the hard way!

I can't wait to start blocking! I can't wait to start choreography! I cant wait for hair and make-up and costumes!! I will be excited until that very last..."YOU CAN'T LOVE ANOTHER WITHOUT LOVING YOURSELF!!!"

BLOGTASTIC

Sooooo when it comes to this whole blogging thing, I'm clearly a slacker :p but I'll get better, pinkie promise!! OMG, I can't even begin to explain to u how excited I am to be a part of Two gentlemen of Verona!!! ABSOLUTELY AMP!! The show, the role, the music, the theatre company, the cast!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHH I just can't take it!!! The moment I knew New Line was doing Two gents, I tried to get as familiar with the show as I could. I read the play and fell in love!! Then I heard the music....that funky, sassy, soulful, majestic, party time feel just makes u wanna frolic and snap and groove and sway and clap and tango and hand-jive...all that shit!! I LOVE it!! Working with Scottie I know this is going to be a MASTERPIECE!!!
We've just finished our second week of rehearsals and things are going great. We've learned all the music...which ROCKS...wasn't sure if I mentioned that or not ;) and we've done our read-through. I am thoroughly impressed by the natural chemistry between us all. This cast is amazingly talented!!! I feel lucky to get to work with so many fantastic performers. I'm just excited for things to come, for the opportunity to blossom as a performer with a BAD ASS theatre company like New Line...dream come true!!
Julia is a role with so many dynamics and extremes. Cold hearted, lovesick, territorial psycho, object of affection, chopped liver, drag king.....all over the place. A MESS!! A HOT ASS MESS!!! This will be challenging and that's what I'm craving. Well, I intend to get my fill and savor every flavor of this bitchin show. We WILL be METAMORPHOSED and I can't frickin wait!!