Well, I have had an eventful two days. My friend Gaelen, with whom I did Side Show two years ago, was in town on the Florida leg of her tour of Seussical, she is playing Mayzie. I had a hard time trying to locate her because I lost her cell phone number, but I left a message at the theatre and voila we touched base. She was REALLY kind ot get me in to see the show tonight, but last night she invited me out to hang out with the cast. I was quite apprehensive at first because I tend to get enamored of theatre professionals and very shy around them. It took about 3 weeks before I even spoke to Gaelen and the other actors who cam in from out of town because I just looked up to them...they were living my dream. But the cast memebers who were there last night (mostly the leads) were amazing. I caught up with Gaelen and we talked about our plans and got to meet some of the crazy ass people who act just like me and my friends do after a show. Not sure what else i expected. It was just very surreal.
I spent most of the day with Tony. He treated me to lunch and then we went to see The Core (aka, Armageddon lite). It was ok, no big deal. Would no pay to see it again. Then I drove like a demon to get to the theatre and went backstage and hung out in Gaelen's dressing room, which she shared with NaTasha who plays the Sour Kangaroo. I had a blast. It was so weird seeing how everything worked in the back, from the costumes to the assistants to the dressers and the actors running around with fro wigs on and laughing. I went out into the house and found a seat and the show began. It was SO weird seeing a professioanl show in which I knew people. In a sense it limited that illusion of characters onstage because all the time i was thinking, "I hung out with those people." Gaelen was just AMAZING. I love her so much for her talent and for how supportive she is of me and my goals.
During intermission I went backstage because Gaelen wanted to hang with me and chat. She surprised me by taking me to meet Kathy Rigby who was playing the cat in the hat and we just chilled in her dressing room and I played with her dog, who supposedly is wary of strangers but was all over me. She is so cute and diminutive -- Rigby, not the dog. I remember seeing her in the NY production and loved her then. And she was just as charming and magical here.
I went back into the house at places and watched the rest of the show, which was QUITE different from the NY production but very cleverly re-imagined. Went back backstage after the show (I love how I just sauntered in and out) and satw hile Galene got out of costume and such and we walked out. I talked to some of the cast members i met the other night and they were just cool about it. They hugged me and joked with me and everything. It felt really cool being a part of a community like that and just fired me up even more to get the hell out and go to New York, or as Gaelen and NaTasha both said "Just go and do it. What are you waiting for?" So I made myself a promise tonight to be in NY by the time the year is out. I can;t keep being the only hurdle in the way of my goals. I am staying behind for selfless superficial reasons, and I can;t do that anymore. I have to start living my life. So thanks Gaelen! You have no idea how much this meant to me.
Sorry elf...by the time I find out, you were at work and I couldn;t call you.
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