okay... here's a long one

Okay... so it's Wednesday night, the 8th of July.  And we only have 3 1/2 weeks left.  WTF?!?!

I can't believe it's going by so quickly.  I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd give a little update as to what is going on.

The Miracle -- So I might've mentioned that Steve is the most amazing director ever, but if I didn't well... he is!!!  :-)  We blocked the entire show, and then we got our day on the stage and we reblocked the entire show because the form changed once we got in the theatre.  Now we never leave stage.  We have so much fun in rehearsals and it's really going to be a great show.  I love my character, I get to have a fight with my friend Paige and then in the next scene we're totally laughing it up.  It's crazy cool.  For some reason, we've decided it's appropriate to meow at each in rehearsal.  Don't ask me.  It's just happening.  It's going to be an incredible show.  Bronwyn and Sinead are so adorable as the leads of the show.  And Bronwyn kicks ass when it comes to telling the story!!!!!  Love her.  

The Boyfriend -- This the show that I'm just in the ensemble in.  But I'm very happy with just that.  It's loads of fun.  The music is easy.  It takes no brain power to sing, and the choreography is wicked cute.  The song that we've completely finished is "Sur La Plage" (I think that's how you spell it) and I'm right in the front for ALL of the choreography.  So when I bring the DVD back you won't have to search for me.  The two female leads Hayley and Tessa are unreal brilliant in their roles.  Their voices are so beautiful.

Footloose -- So clearly because I am a musical theatre person, and I'm a principle in Footloose I have the most to say about this show.  For starters, we have the most brilliant principles.  Jake - Ren, Natalie - Ariel, Dylan - Shaw, Francesca - Vi, Bronwyn - Rusty, Sinead - Wendy Jo, Samaria - Urleen, and Owen - Willard.  It's going to be such a great show.  Becca's choreography is to die for.  I'm right in the front in the opening and my song has the best choreography in the world.  Oh, my song.... FAIL!  My song has been the most obnoxious thing to me EVER!!!!  It's so mingin high.  It made me cry a few times.  Hahaha!!  But it's all good now because my voice is back and in full swing and I'm ready to show them what I'm made of.  Today we finished blocking Act One (minus mine and Ariel's scene in Somebody's Eyes).  The staging is simple yet clever.  Natalie and I are down to two stage kisses I think.  But did I mention that we ran the first scene with one of our kisses like 6 times???  Hahaha.  It was so funny.  The kiss is a little awkward right now, but just because of how it's written into the script.  We'll figure it out.  The all company rehearsal went brilliantly today.  We have officially learned ALL of the songs that the whole company will sing.  :-)  And tomorrow we dance.  Can't wait.  Now let me talk about Bronwyn for a bit.  Bronwyn in the song "Somebody's Eyes" belts an F.  Straight up!  Not mixing, belts.  Then in Act Two she legit sopranos an G flat.  Oh yes.  Her range is that huge.  Her belt is one of the best I've ever heard.  And you'll all have to watch when I get back.  It's so great.  You'll die.  

That's the show updates.  My musical theatre class is going well.  I monologued my song on Tuesday.  And it went well.  I'm so excited about it.  It's a great piece.  It's "I'll Be Here" from the Wild Party by Andrew Lippa.  It has great lyrics.  And tomorrow I sing.

My acting class is with Steve which is great because I can apply what he says in class to what we do in the play.  Who'd a thunk?

Well got to go.... the internet shuts off in a few.  Night folks!!!  I'll post more later. 

One Week Down... Four to Go

Okay so the first week of The Summer is over.  :-)  It's been so awesome.  And the last two days have just been lots of chill time.  Which is so nice.

Yesterday, we went to Harvard Square and I took MILLIONS of pictures.  Like sooooooo many. 300+ I believe.  And that also includes the crap load of pictures I took at the pool when we got back.  Haha.  Last night, as you know, was July 4th and we had a big field day type thing with some of the kids from the Sphinx program, and then we had a dance which was AMAZING!!!!

And now I'm just sitting here outside the ATC Computer Lab because it's the only place we could get internet on the macbooks.  Natalie and I might run lines again later, but who knows?  Rehearsal at 6:00, then we get to do the whole week all over again.

If you want to see my pictures, they're up on facebook.

-Brent

Um... it's the 3rd day?

So guys, it's the 3rd official day at Walnut Hill.  I've already sat through 3 hours of classes and over 9-10 hours of rehearsal.  It's crazy!!  I'm playing Chuck Cranston in "Footloose" and actually have to go because rehearsal starts in 5.  Bye!!

Brent

First weekend = um.... wow.

So guys. My first from Walnut Hill update. Geez... the longest Sat-Sun combination of my life.

Saturday morning - so I woke up at 5 a.m. to head to the airport. And then we got there and my freaking flight was delayed an hour and twenty minutes. But it was all good. The lady on the plane was crazy mean and wouldn't talk to me. Oh well! Butt head. So I finally got to the Logan Airport and I had to wait FOREVER in baggage claim then I left and went to Walnut Hill. Then I kind of did the awkward, "don't know anybody so I'll just walk around acting like I know what I'm doing. I, of course, do NOT!!" baha. But after I set up everything in my room, which sadly is a single, I heard talking at the entrance to the dorm building so I went outside and met LOTS of people.

Among those people would be: Angie, David, Hayley, Becca, and Sophie.

Angie has the biggest personality, but I love her.

David is Dillon Roseen. (for those of you who know who that is..)

Hayley can belt and is a legit. soprano.

Becca is crazy awesome and just... amazing.

Sophie has the most energy here, I think.

:-)

Basically we did nothing but just hang out and meet people until the orientation which was just talking. Haha. Then I went to bed at 10:45 am.

Sunday - AUDITIONS!!!

So the auditions were TODAY. And we started like prep at 8:45 a.m. Ugh.... The dance was amazing, and not too too difficult. I'm not the worst dancer by far, but I'm not like the best either. We'll see what happens! :-) Haha. My song went well, aside from the minor crack on the A, but oh well. I was the only guy who belted an A. Haha. The dance went well enough in the audition, the choreographer for one of the musicals was smiling at me. And my monologue was good I guess.

Then we were free to do anything. So I went and talked to Brownwyn, my crazy awesome Irish friend, who is BEAUTIFUL. I'll post pictures at some point. Then I went to the field and rolled down a hill, IN THE RAIN. Bahaha!! Hayley's idea NOT mine. Then we decided to watch a movie, but played Bananagrahams instead, then Brownwyn and I went and talked some more and sang around the piano. :-) Hahaha. Now I'm sitting in David's room using his laptop. But I'm gonna go to the common room and figure out what the conversation is about.

-Brent

Sad day!!

So got an update from Walnut Hill today.  We'll no longer be doing the Kander and Ebb favorite Chicago.

We'll be doing The Boyfriend instead.  And also we'll be doing The Miracle instead of Hippolytis.  (I know I spelt that wrong.  Haha.)

Oh well.  They'll still be great shows.

-Brent

The long stretch...

Alrighty guys,

I leave on Saturday.  :-)  YES!!  I'm so thrilled.  As soon as I get to Boston, I'll post the address to where you can send me mail if you'd like.  I'd love to hear from everyone.

-Brent

Walnut Hill Summer Theatre Shows :-)

Alright guys,

I JUST found out, so I thought I'd let you know.

Shows for Summer of 2009

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the 

most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. The play is a 

satirical tragicomedy. It was first performed in 1921 at the Teatro Valle in Rome with 

shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" ("Madhouse!").  

 

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been 

written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play 

features one of Shakespeare's most famous and oft-quoted speeches, "All the world's 

a stage," and is the origin of the phrase "too much of a good thing."  

 

 

Euripides' Hippolytus Timberlake Wertenbaker Translation Synopsis: Furious that 

Prince Hippolytus will not worship her, Aphrodite, goddess of love, seeks revenge. 

Infecting Hippolytus’ stepmother, Phaedra, with an overpowering desire for him, 

Aphrodite’s retribution will sweep both prince and queen to a brutal end. 

 

 

 

The House of Bernarda Alba by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca: The 

play explores themes of repression, passion, and conformity, and inspects the effects 

of men upon women. Bernarda's cruel tyranny over her daughters foreshadows the 

stifling nature of Franco's fascist regime, which was to arrive just a few weeks after 

Lorca finished writing his play. 

 

 

 

Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. The music is by 

John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a 

satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the 

"celebrity criminal."  

 

 

 

Footloose is a musical based on the 1984 movie of the same name. The music is by 

Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by 

Kenny Loggins), and the book is by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. 

-Brent