This Last Couple of Weeks

Life has been crazy for me the last couple of weeks. I'm rehearsing TWO plays at the same time right now. That in and of itself is incredibly stressful, adding nightly rehearsals, and double rehearsals on Saturday, into my already busy schedule. Not to mention the fact that the rehearsals aren't going all that well.

Romeo and Juliet is supposed to open this coming Friday, but frankly, I have my doubts. It doesn't seem like anyone has their lines down, particularly Romeo (in all fairness, I still have one scene that I have not yet memorized.) The guy who plays Romeo not only doesn't know his lines, but he can't even fake it, which is reeeeaaaallly annoying at this stage in the production. You see, in theatre, the idea is that if you suddenly can't remember a line, you make up a line that has the same general idea and also sounds like it fits in with the language. Romeo on the other hand just stops, says "Crap, I can't remember my line. What was it again?" Then he's given his line, he says it, and promptly forgets his next line so that any scene that he is in takes an eternity to finish. It's painful to watch, seriously.

As for Pirates of Penzance, I have never even gotten a straight answer as to what part I am playing! There are two daughters that actually have lines and solos, Kate and Edith. Between the two of them, Edith is a much larger part. There is also another "named" daughter part, Isabelle, but she only has two lines and no solos. All of the other daughters are unnamed and only sing in chorus. Well, the director had been trying and trying to decide who should be Kate and Edith. He would never give us an answer. Finally after our second to last rehearsal, his girlfriend and owner of the theatre said that she was playing Edith, another girl who had been promised one of the two parts from the very beginning (Rebekah) was playing Kate, and I would be Isabelle. I was very disappointed. It seemed unfair that they basically had all of the main roles cast before they even had auditions. What chance did I have to get a decent part? Especially if, when faced with a difficult decision he just cast his girlfriend? (I admit, that it is terribly unfair for me to think this, but I was upset and not being very fair.) Well, on our last rehearsal, apparently the woman who was playing Ruth suddenly dropped out so the director had Rebekah and I sing for that role as well. Honestly, I would love, love, love to play this part. The only reason that I didn't sign up for it in the first place was because she's supposed to be old. But, once again, I'm upset. I feel like hoping for this part is just setting me up for more disappointment. The girlfriend is in the running for this role as well, and they are calling around to other people, who didn't even try out, to see if they want the role. Blech.

On top of all of this, I think that all of this stress is making my fibromyalga flare up again. I had been feeling great, but now I'm exhausted and in pain all of the time. I had been trying to go to fencing every time, something that the girls had prevented in the past, but now I'm just much too tired to do it. The days feel like they last forever. This past week has been at least a month, I swear. Sorry to be so down and complaining, but I need to vent somewhere!