Hello everyone! Sorry I took a bit of a break there, but it’s been a busy few days. Thursday, I had a meeting with Allison and Georgia to discuss our new HR assignments. I spent the morning working on the assignment of helping Erica hire a new Front of House person. I e-mailed responses back to potential applicants and scheduling their “phone screening” times for next week. It’s fun to be a part of this process. Georgia will be doing the same thing except she will be helping Allison hire summer interns.
Then Georgia and I helped to move the How to Survive a Fairytale set pieces to the basement and started moving the props for the next kids show into the backstage area. The next Kidseries production is a musical adaptation of the children’s book The Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. It’s a really sweet story about a naked mole rat that is teased by the other mole rats because he likes to wear clothes.
Thursday night my arts class went to see Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Of course many of you know that I was lucky enough to perform in this show at Trinity last spring, so I am particularly fond of it. I have never been to a show at CST that I did not enjoy, and they did not disappoint this time! They set it during the early 1900’s and they also added a lot of musical elements to it. Their interpretation was very unique, the costumes were stunning, and I really enjoyed the production! If you have the opportunity to go, you really should!
My favorite moment of the production had to be when Oberon (the king of the fairies) entered for the first time. He had long brown hair down to his waist, and his costume was a full, floor-length skirt made to look like fire. He entered from stage right, which was also the side we were sitting on, so we saw him from the back. Cassie leaned over to me and whispered, "Oh my gosh, that woman is topless!" Granted, the actor playing Oberon had some impressive pecks, so from her angle I could sort of understand her misunderstanding; but it still took all of my energy not to laugh out loud as I explained that he was, in fact, a man.
My favorite moment of the production had to be when Oberon (the king of the fairies) entered for the first time. He had long brown hair down to his waist, and his costume was a full, floor-length skirt made to look like fire. He entered from stage right, which was also the side we were sitting on, so we saw him from the back. Cassie leaned over to me and whispered, "Oh my gosh, that woman is topless!" Granted, the actor playing Oberon had some impressive pecks, so from her angle I could sort of understand her misunderstanding; but it still took all of my energy not to laugh out loud as I explained that he was, in fact, a man.
Friday I worked on cleaning up the theatre for the weekend shows and preparing programs and all that kind of jazz. All of my roommates were out of town this Friday night except for Kailee, so she and I ordered in Thai food and watched Phantom of the Opera together. I house managed at Lifeline last night, and then some friends and I ventured out to Lincoln Park. All in all, it was a pretty low key but fun weekend.
Tomorrow all of us in the CS program have the day off, for Pulaski day. We don’t get a spring break, so they give us a couple days off now and then I think. We haven’t thought of what we are going to do tomorrow yet, but we hope to do something that is cheap (preferably free) and fun. No matter what we do, it will be nice to have a Monday when we don’t have to work and can just hang out. Unfortunately Jacqui, Cara and Jenny won’t be home until tomorrow night so we can’t have a complete roommate adventure, but it will still be fun.
Random tidbit, for those of you who don’t know, Daddy sold my car, Bella, this week. Laurie got a “new” car and I suppose they sold my car on the same day. Although she was old, dented, and a total clunker, I will miss my little Bella a bit. However, I’m excited because Laurie’s old SUV is waiting for me when I get home. That will be really fun! I’m looking forward to a care that doesn’t have manual locks and window cranks. Haha. I hope to be able to come home sometime soon to take it out for a test drive; and to see the family, of course J.
I hope that all of you are doing well! Please, if you would like to come up North and visit me sometime, feel free to do so! I miss you all and am keeping you in my prayers.
I miss you. I love you. Always.
~ Julie ~
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