UTA Conference, Frustration, and more Doing good

Phew. I don't have much time to update this blog anymore. My life is cRaZy and it's all I can do to update Squeaky Books.

On a happier note, tomorrow is the first day of the UTA (Utah Theatre Association [not the buses]) conference and I'm so excited! They're going to give us tips and pointer and we get to see at least one play a day and I get to miss two days of school! w00t! It's fantabulous!

So I was volunteered for another play George Washington Slept Here (which is ironically written by the same people who wrote YCTiWY) and usually that wouldn't be a bad thing. I love being in plays. But the rehearsal schedule is absolutely insane! Every day for 3 hours, and never ONCE have they gotten to my part. Which means I sit around for 3 hours doing nothing. I can do homework or anything because the play is so loud and distracting! I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that. They may kick me out because I already have such a busy schedule and can't come to a lot of rehearsals, but whatever.

Topic Change!

In You Can't Take it With You I have this amazing scene. Honestly. It's amazing. I get all the glory (but... uh... of course that doesn't matter) and I get to say some pretty HI-larious stuff. I made the director laugh a lot! I had a hard time not laughing myself (gonna have to work on that). I love it! My only trouble is memorization. There's so much! I'm pretty sure I can do it. I'm just a little nervous.

The End.
~Enna Isilee

The Goodness of Doing Good

I'm finally starting to feel comfortable in my role in the play. As we've progressed the lines have come more and more naturally until this last practice I actually forgot that I was acting. That very rarely happens to me. I came onstage, said one word, and they other actors and director started cracking up. My heart felt like it was going to explode. I was so happy!

On the flipside that broke me out of character and I wasn't able to mimick it. But I'm sure that day will come.

~Enna Isilee

Voice Lessons and Cakes

So I began voice lessons today. I. Was. Terrffied. I have this horrible fear of singing in front of any living creature (dead things are fine). My dad drove me up and I said, "Are you going to walk me to the door?" he gave me a you've-got-to-be-kidding look and I trudged across the icy driveway. Alone. I knocked and the teacher answered the door. She's really young (one of my friend's older sister) and really hyper. Honestly she talked like crazy! Which was awesome, because I got to talk less. She's also an amazing singer and dancer.

I didn't have to sing! We just did basic stuff so it wasn't bad. Breathing, support, posture, soft pallette. Ya know. Basics.

That's my story!

Oh, and it was the director(of YCTIWY)'s birthday. I baked her a cake and we had a party. I frosted an Orca on the cake because she loves Orcas. It was uber fun. Maybe I'll post a picture.

~Enna Isilee

American Idol

American Idol starts tonight, I'm excited. The only part I really like is the auditions because then I can say to myself, "Well, at least I'm not as bad as them." Which I suppose is mean of me but... well... I'm really not planning on changing.

More posts after AI, and more about You Can't Take it With You.

~Enna Isilee

Awkwardness and Discoveries

We read through the script as a cast on Thursday and it was a very interesting experience. I had never seen this play before so I didn’t know what it was like or who the characters were. I have a very major part, it’s almost frightening. I have to go to every rehearsal and have a million lines to memorize.

Another thing is that my character is a bit scandalous. I’m about 50 years old, and I’m obsessed with sex and use that in my plays. It’s funny, but awkward. The funniest scene in the play (in my opinion) is lead by me, and it’s all sexual humor. It’s not too bad, no one actually says anything, but there are a lot of broken off sentences.

Actually… it’s only awkward to me. I read it to my mother and some friends and they said “There’s nothing wrong with that!” and laughed like crazy, and they’re really good people. I guess I’m just afraid people will think I’m like that, and I’m nothing like that. Most people say “Of course they won’t think you’re like that” but everyone who says that knows me. Most of those people in the audience won’t know me.

*sigh* anyway. It’s alright.

But it’s amazing what you can learn about some people just through random circumstance. The fire alarm went off multiple times while we were reading and a warning strobe-light flashed. From this I learned that my long time drama teacher/director is epileptic (no she didn’t have a seizure). It was just a very interesting experience.

My dad wouldn't tell us what he wanted for Christmas because he said that we should just know by talking to him.

It's a very interesting thing, that the best way to learn about someone, is just to talk to them.

Blocking (staging) starts on Tuesday! Eep! I’m excited and nervous.

One last thing, the very first scene has me playing with two kittens, the director says that we can’t have actual kittens. I’m trying to convince her though…

~Enna Isilee