Happy 2013

Theatre   Is My Life has offically moved to wordpress. This blog will be kept up solely for the purpose of  refrencing past reviews.   I will not be posting in this blog anymore but will be back on this  site to update the blog about Princess  K.I.M. The Musical.  Thanks for following this blog and also for your continued support of Princsss K.I.M. The Musical

Janine

One final move

 ONE LAST TIME FOLKS.. this blog is moving one last time.

 I have made the official switch over to wordpress as of   Tuesday night.

Link to this blog on Wordpress

http://j9thetheatregeek.wordpress.com/


As noted in the earlier entry  the reason for the switch is that tumblr was not  cutting it for  me as  site in which to have a professional blog on.    I will be deactivating this blog on both tumblr and blogger  once things die down between Annie and  It's A Wonderful Life.

Thank you for your continued support of following this blog.

It might be time to move back

Options for this blog

1.  Moving it back to blogger
2.  Moving it to my website on Weebly.
3. Moving it to another website. Reccomondations for other blogging sites to go do would be lovely.

 I have been on tumblr for  eight months and while it  is userfriendly I have come to the determination that it is a not a professional interface and  this is a professional blog.. or at  least  I'm hoping it's viewed that way. One entry I posted most recently on tumblr about being insecure about auditions may have come off to readers as unprofessional.   I am hoping that's not the case but  that's really  not how I want myself to be viewed by readers of this blog. 

So... what's been new...

1. NON Theatre Related  I have been in a job training program at  PLUS CO in Nashua since August 13th. Gaining so much from it  than  I did from Project Search and the job training program I was in prior to that at the Boys and Girls Club in Nashua. I have been loving my internship and am really hoping  they hire me once the program is over. Also the other night  I went to the opening party for my friend Vouli's new dance studio on 101A. It's a lovely place. :)
2. Kind of a big deal!!   I got into the Holiday show at the Amato Center  It's A Wonderful Life.   I have a minor speaking part which  I am pretty stoked about. It's my first speaking part ever in a play so   I am happy.  I am Mrs. Hatch, Mary Hatch's mother.    So far we've only had two rehearsals but  I am super excited to be part of this show.   Many of my Oklahoma cast mates are in the show with me so it's great to be work with them in the off season and to work with Roger again as director.  I have not ruled out if  Io  am auditioning for the PTA  Play yet this year. We'll get to in a minute.
3.  Princess K.I.M.  Work on this will  start to pick up after the Holidays. We have a  Play Reading  next Saturday  November 3rd so  I am excited  for that.  I also can't wait  til  we go to  OHio in April to see the play performed at the New Play Festival! Please go to www.princesskimthemusical.blogspot.com  for everything you need to know about Princess K.I.M
4.  Sing a little  FA LA LA      No, not exactly Christmas time yet but  I have been in a  voice class at the YMCA for a month and my recital in next Friday.   I am singing Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts   pretty  nervous.   Still debating  joining the Stagecoach Women's Chorus or Souhegan Valley Chorus for the spring.  It will largely depend on my schedule (and budget for Stagecoach Women's Chorus since they have an entry fee) A good back up is the choir at my church.
5. Winter audtions So as  I said I haven't completely ruled out auditioning for the PTA Play  Meet Me In St Louis yet.  While the show may not intiallay  have much appeal to me  I'll learn to love it once the reheearsals actually start.  Auditions haven't been announced yet but the show times  had to be pushed back because of scheduling conflicts at Souhegan so the show will be  at the beginnng of May instead of in April.   I am also hoping to audition for  Company with Stagecoach Productions and Curtians with Actorsingers. Both of these auditions are in January.   I haven't decided what role for Curtains or Company yet due to lack of familiarity with either show but  I've got time to figure something out.  I may end up either doing tech work for  Curtians or Meet Me In St Louis so my primary focus can be on Princess K.I.M. The Musical.  Now that  I know  what to expect from Actorsingers and Stagecoach  auditions I am less nervous about them.   If anyone has ever been in Curtains or Company and can reccommend a good song for me to use for the audition feel free to leave a comment here or email me.

Not much else to report. Time for bed.  I've been  kind of run down lately so  I am hoping I am not getting sick.

Hello!

So   I have been really debating switching this blog back to blogger.   As much  as I have enjoyed blogger and how much easier the interface has been for me to use   I feel like   the entries will get more readership since they get DIRECTLY imported to the facebook fan page on this blog.   The other blog is more so linked to my personal faeebook  profile and since this blog is more professional I feel it is more important for this blog to be more connected to  the facebook page.

I have been living in Nashua for four months and  I ADORE IT!!  So much more of an active social scene then  in  Amherst/Milford.    The best thing about my apartment complex is that it so close to downtown.  I am literally  three minutes from the Court Street Theatre where I go to see Stagecoach Productions and Peacock Players shows. It's amazing!  Also this summer I saw a few  free concerts in Greely  Park which was a great change of pace.      

I am trying to get as involved in the Nashua Theatre Scene as I can between auditioning and volunteering at  the various  groups  in Nashua.  As people  know  I had two auditions in August but  did not get cast in either show.  I am so excited to help out with both shows.  I am  helping out with publicity for Pirates of Penzance with Stage Coach Productions and am doing sound design for  Annie with Actorsingers.  I am also hoping to volunteer for Peacock Players again.  I previously volunteered for them in 2008 helping with publicity for their fall show Once Upon A Mattress. 

Auditons?  Now there's a quandry!!   The PTA Play performances got pushed back to the beginning of May this year because of scheduling conflicts at SHS.   The spring show for Actorsingers  Curtains  has the exact same production schedule so  it's a matter of  choosing which show I want to audition for.    Trying out for both shows is one thing  but  I obviously won't be able to do both of them if I  get cast.  I mean based on my audition experience for Annie  I know what to expect and that Actorsingers  shows are diifficult to get into.   I can't totally rule out the PTA Play yet.. maybe it's because  I feel so at home with that group but   I think Curtains would be such a fun show to be in so  that leaves me in a  lurch.  Oh well, it's only September 19th so  I still have  8 months to decide.  I'll start freaking out about it more after Christmas when the actual auditions get closer.   Coming up in a few weeks I have an auditon for the holiday show at the Amato Center It's A Wonderful Life.  I am wicked excited for the auditon because  I haven't auditioned for a show at the Amato Center in 2 years.   Secondly    a lot of the PTA play people do these shows  so I am excited to be in a play with them.  It willl also be really cool to work with all the kids I have seen in the Riverbend Youth Company Shows.

Work on Princess K.I.M. The Musical is going to start picking up really soon which  I cannot wait for. We have a play reading workshop at my house on November 3rd and  I  can't wait for the direction  this show will go in...  I am especially excited to travel to Ohio in the spring to see it performed as  I have never been to Ohio. :)

Viewing Schedule for  Fall 2012

 

*= Tenative

October 6th  Milford Pumpkin Festival Talent Show

* October 11th or 13th  Come Back To the 5 and Dime  Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean  Nashua Theatre  Guild

October 14th  Fiddler On The Roof  Manchester Community Theatre Players

October 28th Pirates of Penzance  Stagecoach Productions

* Miracle On 34th Street The Musical  Portland Players  Portland Maine   Show runs  November 30-Dec 16  Not sure when we  are going to see it  because the holidays tend  to be a super busy time of year.

 

 

 

PEOPLE BETTER COME SEE ANNIE AT ACTORSINGER November 9-11th.  It will be amazing! :P)

 





Audition Summary

Had two audition  last week on the 12th and 13th.  Jumping in with both feeet to the Theatre scene in my  new hometown of Nashua.

Sunday night  I auditioned for  Annie with Actorsingers.  I knew going into the audition process that Actorsingers shows were hard to get into  but  I didn't let the knowledge of this stop me from choosing to audition.   I  was fighting with myself to audition for Grace Farrell and weather or not  it was a good idea to audition for a lead.   I knew that woul be a challenging thing for me but  I am always up for a challenge.  I ended up choosing to primarily  auditon for the ensemble and put Grace Farrell down as my second choice  knowing full well that my chances of getting cast  in that role  were pretty slim.   Overall the audition was pretty easy but  parts of the dance audition were kind of hard.  I openly admit  I am not a very strong dancer.. that could have been part of  the reason why  I wasn't cast because there are  quite  a few big dance numbers in Annie.   I'm still moderately diappointed   I didn't get in  but  I think those feelings will eventaully fade.  I am planning on helping out backstage in some capacity.
Monday I auditioned for  Pirates of Penzance with Stagecoach  Productions. Operetta is not my strong suit at all but  I am pretty open  ended to trying out new things.   Due to lack of familiarity with the show  I  auditioned for  Ensemble.   Overall i'd say it was  a good experience despite the fact I didn't get  cast. Based on my prior experience with auditioning for Gilbert and  Sullivan shows  (H.M.S. Pinafore senior year of high school) I know  this show was going to be a challenge to get into especially  since.... as I mentioned operetta is not my strong suit..

  I think my biggest regret about the Annie audition was  putting myself  under so much  preasssure to audition for Grace Farrell.   I knew way in the back of my mind that I wasn't going to get the part but  I figured why not audition for a lead anyway... you only live once!! :O)

Future of This Blog

 Don't really get on blogger anymore except when I need to update  in the Princess K.I.M  blog which hasn't really been updated lately but will be  more often soon since things will be starting to pick up for our production in the fall.

 As followers know this blog moved over to tumblr in February.  I have found that  I have gained a much stronger following on tumblr than  I did here on blogger so I am  there to stay.  I will keep this blog  so  I can go back and reference my  past reviews..   I struggle with writing reviews for plays lately so  it's good to look back at my past reviews.  Most of my reviews thesse days  have been summaries of the plays with random commentary thrown in.  I know I  can do far better than that.

As far as the future for this blog   I honestly do not know where it will go.    My interest in American Idol and Glee has dwindled in the past year so there will be  not a lot of commentary on that anymore.   The primary focus of this blog was mostly to  document my Milford Cabinet articles and  my   job status for them is on an as needed basis so I am not writing as many articles for them  at the current time.  However  in February  I did get a new  freelance job at Manchester Community Theatre Players which  will have an article coming soon for thier fall show Fiddler On The Roof. Congrats to all my friends from Oklahoma who got into Fiddler... so excited for you guys!! :)

I have two auditions coming up on the 12th and 13th for the fall producitons at Actorsingers (Annie) and Stagecoach Productions (Pirates Of  Penzance)   Nervous and excited for both. Let's see where casting  will lead me.  I think if I get cast in both shows  it will be very hard to balance my schedule. I am working two jobs right now and am also hoping to either join the Souhegan Valley Chorus or  the Stagecoach Women's Chorus.   I don't want to spread myself too thin that's for sure.  Whatever ends up  happening  I look forward to it extensively. :)

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So as most of you followers should be aware of by now this blog has transferred over to tumblr. I am not completely sure at this point if I still wish to keep it there or not. So far i am leaning toward moving it back in May or June... we'll see what happens

Last weekend I went to see the 1 Act Plays at the Amato Center. I really enjoyed them a lot. My favorite one was probably Finger Food. I do not know if I was biased because I had seen it when I was at NEC but it is still one of the funniest one act plays I have ever seen. The Lottery was pretty interesting.. I have the book around somewhere and now I am inclined to read it. Everyone did a very good job!! Excellent job Milford Area Players

My life has been very consumed by Oklahoma rehearsals.... not that I am complaining. I am so happy to be in the PTA Play again this year. I remember when I saw Oklahoma a few years ago at Summer Theatre In Meredith Village and I remember really like the show... now I am even moe excited to be in it. The production process has flown by so quickly and I can't even beleive that tech week starts next week and the performances are two weeks away. Craziness! Loving every minute of being in this show and it's gonna hit me like a ton of bricks when it is over. I think the fact that it is 60th anniversary of the PTA Plays this year is what makes it all the more exciting. I wrote an editorial for the newspaper about the effect that PTA Plays has had on me over the years. The thing that makes eame the happiest sbout being involved in the PTA Plays is that I finally found a local theatre group that I can conncet with....and in more ways than one. I discuss in my editorial how I went to school here in middle school and high school and saw the plays every year from 6- 12th grade. I kind of wish I had actually gotten involved in a few of them when I was in high schooll.. kind of kicking myself for that now oh well. I go on to discuss how there are people who I have looked up to over the years and how lucky I am that things have come full circle for me and I get to work with them in the show. One person that particulary stands out to me is Mrs. Emmond. Her support has meant a lot to me throughout the process of thos production and I have already mentioned that to her. In general though everyone has been amazing to work with. I really love the family I have found within the PTA group!! :)