So yeah, I checked the cast list on Friday, and I got the part of Drake! For all of you sitting out there going "Who in the friggin' $@^&* is Drake?!", allow me to answer that for you. Drake is Daddy Warbucks's "English Butler". (The butler did it! Too bad Annie isn't a murder mystery :P) Anyhoo, that means that I am in Ensamble also- I get to be a poor Hooverville person and a NYC person and Drake...and maybe others! So it sounds like fun. I need to get a black suit to wear, also.
Today was our first real rehearsal. It was super awesome fun... I love everyone there...the building is so beautiful...LONG LIVE MISS LIZ!! (In case you're reading this Ms. Liz, I am NOT being negative about the show online! Not that there's anything to be negative about...:P)
Love,
Tyler.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
CALLBACKS!!!
First things first: I am typing this on my Wii, because there's a STUPID internet block on both our computers from 4-6. So i am just pointing and selecting... very hard and VERY SLOW! try to appreciate that as you read.
If you read my past 2-3 posts, i have been auditioning on mon & tues. and today the CALLBACKS LIST WENT UP! AND I HAVE A CALLBACK!!1!!!!!!df5y: rec84dhgT5D6Trug! I'm so happy!
So there were callbacks for the following characters: Lily, Grace, Annie, Ms. Hannigan, and Rooster. because so many girls auditioned and so few boys, and Daddy Warbucks wasn't on the list, my guess is that "Rooster" was pretty much just the group of boys being called back. I doubt Ms. Liz really sees any of us as Rooster, but since there were so few boys she just mashed us into one group and gave us a random label, if that makes sense.
my arm is tired.
bye!
If you read my past 2-3 posts, i have been auditioning on mon & tues. and today the CALLBACKS LIST WENT UP! AND I HAVE A CALLBACK!!1!!!!!!df5y: rec84dhgT5D6Trug! I'm so happy!
So there were callbacks for the following characters: Lily, Grace, Annie, Ms. Hannigan, and Rooster. because so many girls auditioned and so few boys, and Daddy Warbucks wasn't on the list, my guess is that "Rooster" was pretty much just the group of boys being called back. I doubt Ms. Liz really sees any of us as Rooster, but since there were so few boys she just mashed us into one group and gave us a random label, if that makes sense.
my arm is tired.
bye!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Dance Auditions
A few hours ago I got home from Dance Auditions- auditions focused on exposing how good of a dancer you are. It was an easy and incredibly fun dance, actually. We danced to "Thank You, Hooverville" from "Annie". I danced with my right shoe off, so I had one socked foot and one shoe foot. It actually worked really well, that way. Cause in the dance, you're always pivoting and sliding on your right foot, so having a slippery foot and a foot with traction made the dance easier. Plus I didn't have to think in terms of "Right" and "left"; it was "Shoe" or "No shoe"!
We danced for an hour and a half straight. Yes. It was super awesome fun. And great exercise :P Then we all sat down and watched as groups of about 4-5 people danced. That was the audition.
I really didn't think I did that good, but people kept coming up to me and saying things like "How did you do that?!" and "Your whole group looked lame next to you!" which is weird because...I've never had formal dance training in my life. Plus no one ever says things like that to me. Theatre is my true calling! Now I get to wait to see if I make it to the callback list tomorrow. Oh, this is so fun! It makes school worth going to, really.
See y'all tomorrow!
P.S. At the end of the song, when everyone shouts "Come and get it, Herbert!" I made the Charlie's Angels pose. Now I'm guaranteed a part! :D
Tyler
We danced for an hour and a half straight. Yes. It was super awesome fun. And great exercise :P Then we all sat down and watched as groups of about 4-5 people danced. That was the audition.
I really didn't think I did that good, but people kept coming up to me and saying things like "How did you do that?!" and "Your whole group looked lame next to you!" which is weird because...I've never had formal dance training in my life. Plus no one ever says things like that to me. Theatre is my true calling! Now I get to wait to see if I make it to the callback list tomorrow. Oh, this is so fun! It makes school worth going to, really.
See y'all tomorrow!
P.S. At the end of the song, when everyone shouts "Come and get it, Herbert!" I made the Charlie's Angels pose. Now I'm guaranteed a part! :D
Tyler
Monday, January 24, 2011
AUDITIONS FOLLOWUP!!
So... Well, they were behind schedule by almost 40 minutes, so I literally sat there for over an hour. But...it was good.
I walked in, gave Ms. Liz my audition form and Mr. Wooden my music, got ready to sing... and Mr. Wooden screwed up, or I screwed up, or the piano wasn't tuned right... Anyway, I started late, but I tried hard to get stronger, and I'm sure the rest of the audition went as smoothly as I've practiced. Hopefully Ms. Liz understands those kinds of things. Now I just have to wait. I was probably the only guy who showed up prepared and ready with music, and took it seriously, and aimed for the parts of Daddy Warbucks and Rooster. So hopefully I'll get a good part...with that initial blunder, though, there's no promises.
Dance auditions tomorrow!
I walked in, gave Ms. Liz my audition form and Mr. Wooden my music, got ready to sing... and Mr. Wooden screwed up, or I screwed up, or the piano wasn't tuned right... Anyway, I started late, but I tried hard to get stronger, and I'm sure the rest of the audition went as smoothly as I've practiced. Hopefully Ms. Liz understands those kinds of things. Now I just have to wait. I was probably the only guy who showed up prepared and ready with music, and took it seriously, and aimed for the parts of Daddy Warbucks and Rooster. So hopefully I'll get a good part...with that initial blunder, though, there's no promises.
Dance auditions tomorrow!
AUDITIONS!!
My auditions for Annie are in about 60 minutes- 4:54. I can't tell if I'm super psyched...or super nervous. Either way, my adrenaline is pumpin', man.
Last night I sang my audition song for my mom, and she said she was really impressed. Actually, everybody I've sung for says I do good, but for some reason I can't believe it. Hopefully Ms. Liz will be impressed, too.
Wish me luck and that all goes well! I'll make a follow-up post on how it went!
Last night I sang my audition song for my mom, and she said she was really impressed. Actually, everybody I've sung for says I do good, but for some reason I can't believe it. Hopefully Ms. Liz will be impressed, too.
Wish me luck and that all goes well! I'll make a follow-up post on how it went!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
My Life- An Update
Without drama, school is much, much worse than I imagined.
Without drama, life is like my mother...on a diet!
Like a week that's only mondays,
Only ice cream.
Never sundaes.
Like a circle with no center, like a door marked DO NOT ENTER!
Seriously, though. It does feel like a week that's only mondays. It's like the beginning of the year all over again...and I have as much cool stuff behind me as I have crappy stuff ahead of me!!
[/rant]
Well, this coming monday is auditions for Annie. I've been practicing my butt off, and my voice teacher says my singing has really improved. Which is good. If it hadn't, I'd still have a mostly crappy voice singing "The Kite" instead of an okay voice singing "In Love With Amy". But my voice teacher says I looked really relaxed and not nervous (which is good because I was on the verge of a breakdown inside) and that she'd cast me.
Ms. Liz is also trying to get boys that are doing football or basketball to try out. I see her reasoning, but it'll never work. They'll probably get ensamble and hate it and find ways to cheat out of it. So I don't see what the point is of forcing them to audition.
Cause apparently everyone else auditioning is too nerdy.
Without drama, life is like my mother...on a diet!
Like a week that's only mondays,
Only ice cream.
Never sundaes.
Like a circle with no center, like a door marked DO NOT ENTER!
Seriously, though. It does feel like a week that's only mondays. It's like the beginning of the year all over again...and I have as much cool stuff behind me as I have crappy stuff ahead of me!!
[/rant]
Well, this coming monday is auditions for Annie. I've been practicing my butt off, and my voice teacher says my singing has really improved. Which is good. If it hadn't, I'd still have a mostly crappy voice singing "The Kite" instead of an okay voice singing "In Love With Amy". But my voice teacher says I looked really relaxed and not nervous (which is good because I was on the verge of a breakdown inside) and that she'd cast me.
Ms. Liz is also trying to get boys that are doing football or basketball to try out. I see her reasoning, but it'll never work. They'll probably get ensamble and hate it and find ways to cheat out of it. So I don't see what the point is of forcing them to audition.
Cause apparently everyone else auditioning is too nerdy.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
My Story
Alright, I have been spending time writing a story. I doubt it will be of any particular interest to anyone, but since I have no audience to show this story to, I have decided to post it little bit by little bit on this blog. Tell me what you think! :)
The mother stroked her daughter’s head.
“I’ll be back before you know it. I promise.”
The little girl yawned. “And you’ll come home with Daddy?” She whispered.
Her mother smiled, forcing herself to not show her uncertainty. “We’ll be a family again before too long.”
After the little girl drifted off into sleep, her mother crept from the room, trying not to cry as she packed her things, got dressed in the proper attire, readied her equipment and left the house.
The little girl waited for her mother. Sometimes she would sit on the roof of the house with her father’s old scrying scope, watching for her mother until after midnight. Hours turned into days, days into weeks, weeks into years.
She never came.
It was the first promise that her mother had ever broken to her.
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Lame, right? Yeah. If you don't think it's lame, I'd be very much interested in knowing your reasons. :P
PROLOGUE
The mother stroked her daughter’s head.
“I’ll be back before you know it. I promise.”
The little girl yawned. “And you’ll come home with Daddy?” She whispered.
Her mother smiled, forcing herself to not show her uncertainty. “We’ll be a family again before too long.”
After the little girl drifted off into sleep, her mother crept from the room, trying not to cry as she packed her things, got dressed in the proper attire, readied her equipment and left the house.
The little girl waited for her mother. Sometimes she would sit on the roof of the house with her father’s old scrying scope, watching for her mother until after midnight. Hours turned into days, days into weeks, weeks into years.
She never came.
It was the first promise that her mother had ever broken to her.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Abigail Williams
I...LOVE...ABIGAIL....WILLIAMS!!!
I <3 HER!!! SO MUCH!!! AHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTGHJHHDGHDFSHENHJFDDFJDRTKLOHRGJo4t5twhr;kqn5k!!
End of story.
I <3 HER!!! SO MUCH!!! AHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTGHJHHDGHDFSHENHJFDDFJDRTKLOHRGJo4t5twhr;kqn5k!!
End of story.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
End of Drama
Well, today was the last day of the semester here... The good news is, only half a year left. Bad news is... the class I lived for is over. Yup. Drama. Although I'm happy to announce that it went out with a bang. The first thing I did in the last drama class of the year was perform my duo scene with my partner. Basically, Ms. Liz gave us the bare script, with no characters, plot, setting, or anything. So we decided that we were breaking into the Olson twin's apartment to take a picture of ourselves. Naturally, we were having a mad tea party whilst in an asylum discussing our plans. I thought it was great fun :) My partner dropped a line in the middle of it, though, and so I had to improvise. ("I've seen that look in your eyes before! You're wondering 'what if they're at home?' and I would like to remind you...[my line]") I'm sure that people noticed, being "drama people", but I think I picked it up rather swiftly.
Then we circled up and played "Honey I Love You". Basically, you go up to someone in the circle and say "Honey, I'm home, and I love you so much" to which they respond "Honey, I love you too, but I just can't show it". The secret to this game is towalk swagger up to them, get your hands on their clothes, and say in your weirdest, most obnoxious voice (old person, southern accent, any accent, nasally, ect.) "HUNNY I LUV YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH...OH YAH AND IM HOME I GUESS. NOW WE CAN BE TOGETHER AND STUFFFFFFF....."Just butcher the lines, keep going on and on and on until they crack... Sooo much fun. I won.
Then after "Honey I Love You" we played "Park Bench". In this game, you sit on a bench and establish a character (cranky, senile, emotional, gassy, sneezy, sleepy, dopey, doc) and someone sits next to you, establishes their own character and tries to do or say something to get you to leave. We had girls snuggling up to guys asking things like "How many girlfriends have you had?" "Um, zero." "....would you like to change that?" :D
I sat next to one guy who was a squirrel fanatic. He screamed about squirrels and whatnot. I sat next to him, holding my stomach, gagging, puffing out my cheeks, making farting noises, groaning. He asked me "Sir, are you giving birth?" and the conversation that followed went a little like this...
Me- Oh, OH, I need a bathroom. Oh, oh oh..... (fart, fart)
Him- Oh dear, what's wrong?!
Me- You know that grocery store? Aldi's? You know the granola bars you can buy at Aldi's? (fart) You know the...fiber granola bars you can buy at Aldi's? I had about six or seven of those...in the last hour. I don't think I'm gonna make it!! My poor colon!
Him- I have to go.
Me- Yay!! heheheheheheghehehesrhds
Then some other guy, Zack, came up and sat by me...or rather, he laid on me. Here's what happened...
Zack- Do you....mind?
Me- From you, baby? Never.
Zack- Well that's the best news I've heard all night.
(At this point, he laid down across my lap, stroking my arm while I combed my fingers through his hair. This was all improv, I'd like to remind you.)
I have never seen the class laugh so hard. Ever. Ms. Liz was literally falling off her desk. People kept congratulating me... It was very creepy. But I've done things like that before. (For those of you in the know...Lukie Pookie Culberson...that boy makes me hotter than July) I felt totally wrong doing it. But it was so much fun. And everyone laughed so hard! I already had a reputation for being good at improv. I just hope people think of me as "Tyler! Man, he was so fearless!" and not "Tyler, ew. He was so gay."
But when people laugh that hard, at something I did whilst in drama, no matter what, it makes me feel good. :)
Now do you see why drama went out with a bang?
Then we circled up and played "Honey I Love You". Basically, you go up to someone in the circle and say "Honey, I'm home, and I love you so much" to which they respond "Honey, I love you too, but I just can't show it". The secret to this game is to
Then after "Honey I Love You" we played "Park Bench". In this game, you sit on a bench and establish a character (cranky, senile, emotional, gassy, sneezy, sleepy, dopey, doc) and someone sits next to you, establishes their own character and tries to do or say something to get you to leave. We had girls snuggling up to guys asking things like "How many girlfriends have you had?" "Um, zero." "....would you like to change that?" :D
I sat next to one guy who was a squirrel fanatic. He screamed about squirrels and whatnot. I sat next to him, holding my stomach, gagging, puffing out my cheeks, making farting noises, groaning. He asked me "Sir, are you giving birth?" and the conversation that followed went a little like this...
Me- Oh, OH, I need a bathroom. Oh, oh oh..... (fart, fart)
Him- Oh dear, what's wrong?!
Me- You know that grocery store? Aldi's? You know the granola bars you can buy at Aldi's? (fart) You know the...fiber granola bars you can buy at Aldi's? I had about six or seven of those...in the last hour. I don't think I'm gonna make it!! My poor colon!
Him- I have to go.
Me- Yay!! heheheheheheghehehesrhds
Then some other guy, Zack, came up and sat by me...or rather, he laid on me. Here's what happened...
Zack- Do you....mind?
Me- From you, baby? Never.
Zack- Well that's the best news I've heard all night.
(At this point, he laid down across my lap, stroking my arm while I combed my fingers through his hair. This was all improv, I'd like to remind you.)
I have never seen the class laugh so hard. Ever. Ms. Liz was literally falling off her desk. People kept congratulating me... It was very creepy. But I've done things like that before. (For those of you in the know...Lukie Pookie Culberson...that boy makes me hotter than July) I felt totally wrong doing it. But it was so much fun. And everyone laughed so hard! I already had a reputation for being good at improv. I just hope people think of me as "Tyler! Man, he was so fearless!" and not "Tyler, ew. He was so gay."
But when people laugh that hard, at something I did whilst in drama, no matter what, it makes me feel good. :)
Now do you see why drama went out with a bang?
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Hello, my adoring fans!
Yes, yes, hello there! Hold your applause!
We didn't do much today...tried watching the old non-musical Hairspray movie. I know the new one so well, that watching this old one is like having some sort of Bizzaro dream about the 2007 version. I didn't watch very much, but Penny called Amber queer...
Love,
Tyler
We didn't do much today...tried watching the old non-musical Hairspray movie. I know the new one so well, that watching this old one is like having some sort of Bizzaro dream about the 2007 version. I didn't watch very much, but Penny called Amber queer...
Love,
Tyler
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