Alright folks, let’s see what I’ve done so far this week. Monday was Project Monday. We worked hard on striking the set for How to Survive a Fairytale, because it closed this past weekend. I mostly helped with washing and putting away costumes.
Tuesday morning was really fun! Dorothy got complimentary tickets to see Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Enchanted Candles at the DePaul Theatre School. They adapted one of the Nancy Drew books for an interactive kids show. It was really fun to see how Nancy’s character talked to the kids and asked them for their help, like to warn her when someone was sneaking around behind her. I also really liked that all of the actors made the sound effects. They would sit on the side of the stage where they had all sorts of gadgets that made sounds of footsteps, thunder, or even a car driving on a gravel road. It was neat to watch them paying attention and timing their sound effects to the actor’s actions. It was a really cute show, and the kids really seemed to like it.
After the show, we had our “writing jam” with some of the Storytelling Project. Again it was really fun to hear all of the different stories and directions that one word of phrase could be taken in. After our writing jam, Georgia and I had a meeting with Allison about interviewing, because we are going to be helping them to hire some new employees. We will be in charge of pre-interview projects and also meeting with the Lifeline staff as they discuss the interviewees and help them decide who to hire. They are trying to expose us to as many of their processes as possible, which is great! They are putting a lot of trust in us with this, and it’s great to know that they value our input.
Today we had class. We had a speaker come in to talk to us about Shakespeare, because tomorrow night we are going to see Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I was a little bored, because I have recently been involved in a production of this play already, so when she was trying to explain and ask us questions about the language, I already knew it all. It was kind of nice to sound intelligent when I spoke up on occasion, but other times I just felt like I was back in Shakespeare class hearing the same stuff I have heard several times. It was also similar in that in both scenarios, my classmates know that I am a theatre major - which means that any time there is a discussion about plays or the performing arts, they expect me to do all of the talking. I am passionate about the theatre, but I do not claim to know everything. And even if I did, I do not like looking like a pretentious know-it-all; so sometimes I refuse to answer just for the principle of it.
Tonight is a chill out night. I just had some mac & cheese for dinner. Kailee and Cara have started making me work out with them lately, so I may be doing that. They are both really good at it, because Kailee played volleyball and Cara was a dancer for like ten years, and I haven't been an athlete since I was 16, so I feel really pathetic when I work out next to them. But, who knows? Maybe with their help I will have abs by May. Haha.
Thanks to all of you for your support and prayers! Keep me updated on all of your goings-on!
I miss you. I love you. Always.
~ Julie ~
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