allright, so my people are actually reading this! fantastic.
you're so right, cindy. the girl playing mary lennox was not pure evil. she was just a kid who wanted to go play rather than put on a large musical in the woods. i think god has kept me from breeding because i'm not very compassionate towards kids. also, i tend to take out my frustration with mr. monkeyman on the kid. it will be interesting to see what she is like when she gets through puberty and life has beaten her down a little bit.
my apologies to the people who may read this and think, "i've already heard her bitch about this in person". this recap from the past few months is for the people out there on the internets that i don't talk to nearly as often. sadly, the secret garden fell apart after a couple well placed tantrums. in hindsight, i'm really glad because doing an outdoor show in the middle of the summer is just too hot for my fat ass. no thanks, i'll sweat when i have to take the stairs, thank you.
the good news is that now i can look back on this experience and find some positive things. it's not all horrible. first, the music in the secret garden was pretty hard and i was able to keep up pretty well. i was able to stretch my vocal range much higher than i had in a while. i have way more confidence in myself as a singer. also thanks to mr. monkeyman, i wouldn't be where i am today. he's the dude that cast me in the first place. because i've been able to do shows with centerstage players i've been able to get back something that's been missing from my life. i'll never get to be a proffesional performer, but i will always appreciate being able to make art for art's sake.
after secret garden shut down, i immediately jumped into the company's production of bye-bye birdie, taking place where theater SHOULD take place - in a gay night club. wait, first i had a god-aweful sinus infection, and THEN i jumped into the birdie cast. my non-artsy type friends here in columbus think i'm crazy, but i just can't sit still. i had a fabulous time with the whole cast of birdie and now i have a whole treasure chest of happy memories. i wish i could do every show with some of those kids!
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I think I was the only one that was not a huge fan of the show. But I came into it late when problems were starting and I didn't know my music very well and I was put on the spot with choreography. I don't know maybe I just didn't like my character either, and I was given no real direction. Plus I was the first one to know about the cancellation because I was at his house and the way he treated me was BS!
Oh and he is a Monkeyman LoL good name!
You are correct girly girl he did seem to treat you like the proverbial pile of ca ca. But that seems to be the m.o. that he works with people that are not part of the inner circle. Even if you are trying to help and have some fun along the way!
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