High School Never Fails to Amuse Me... Oh Wait... That's a Lie.

Weird that it has literally been a year since I started writing this blog. I know that nobody reads, but someday it might turn into a thing. Until then, I'm just writing for my own and my one follower's enjoyment. Friday night marked the 11th annual Academy Awards (if you have no idea what I'm talking about, look at my past blogs- I explain there) Next year's season was announced.

Our main stage season is as follows:
Season one- Phantom of the Opera
Season two- Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Season three- Julius Caesar
Season four- The Women
Season five- Flat Stanley the Musical

Along with these, the seasons for the black box were also announced. Each year, a lucky handful of senior students are chosen to direct a show in our studio theatre (Black Box). Since my freshman year, my goal has been to direct a musical in the black box, something that has never previously been done at our school. My original plan was to direct Last 5 Years by Jason Robert Brown since there are only two people and I think that it would be amazing down there, but after much consideration, it was decidedly too difficult for freshmen and sophomores to pull off. It was this decision that led me to Children's Letters to God the Musical. I submitted my director's proposal a few weeks ago and eagerly awaited the announcement on Friday. Of course, I was interested in the awards themselves, but really, I had been waiting the entire ceremony to hear the results of my efforts.

After sitting through the announcements of the guest directors for the main stage and breaking Matt's hand, it was finally announced that another first was going to be present in the season. So, my dear friend(s), you are reading the words of a person making history. Children's Letters to God is going to be living in the studio theatre during the third season next year. I am incredibly excited and honored to have been chosen for this and I cannot wait to start working. Unfortunately, I submitted my only copy of the libretto for my proposal, so I am going to need that back. If you are interested in hearing some of the music, click HERE. That is probably my favorite song from the show. It is called, "I Know"-it makes me smile and I love it. The kids who perform in it are incredibly talented- this particular video is from a Philippines version of the musical (according to the video description) I tried to find the obc on youtube, but it wasn't there. The official website of the show is HERE. I can't wait to scout talent from my own neck of the woods.
If any freshmen or sophomores are reading this: Here is a bit of information to get you ahead of the game...
Characters: 3m, 2f
Brett, age 13- his parents are divorced. He loves his father and wears a hat full of pins from places they have gone together. Although he says that he doesn't wear it to bed, he completely does.
Joanna, age 13- she wants desperately to be a princess. She wants a fairytale ending and she is head-over-heels in love with Brett, even though he is sort of a jerk sometimes.
Iris, age 11- her best friend is her pet turtle, Arnold. She resents anyone who doubts the love between her and her turtle, but she secretly longs for more friends. She likes Brett a little bit, too.
Theo, age 10- he wants to be Brett's friend so badly. He wants nothing more than to please his parents and learn how to play baseball and be more athletic. He does not want to be chosen last anymore.
Kicker, age 9- he is Joanna's sister. He loves her, but also hates her. (it is a mutual hatred, but it is just sibling rivalry, nothing violent or horribly mean here)He wants to be accepted by the older kids and fit in.

Obviously, this is completely early- a little less than a year in advance- to be releasing the information, but I am extremely excited. Hopefully more people will read this blog and become interested in auditioning.

I am still eagerly awaiting the rooming list for BCT!
Hopefully that will be in very soon.

Another exciting thing,
For my job shadow in April, I took a trip to New York to follow a Casting Director, Mark B. Simon (he has cast all of JRB's shows and many others). I was allowed to sit in on the auditions for Eric Whitacre's New York production of Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings. It was a fantastic experience. I hope to return someday and do some more "work" with them. For now, I have tickets to see the show, so there will be a review of some sort up when I return. I know it is going to be absolutely wonderful. I can't wait!!

Sorry this post is so unorganized- I am supposed to be working on a project for Creative Writing right now :P
I hope you could follow easily enough and I am excited to write more this summer!
Have a wonderful week everybody!
Love,
Bri :]