Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

Once we officially had all the roles I began to feel my heart pound as I had been cast “Actor”. Not only had I never acted before, but my part also included a solo song; did I mention I have severe stage fright! I just kept taking deep breaths and read through my lines a page at a time.

I learned my lines pretty quickly, but I was terrified of the singing part still. I just stuck to saying them for the most part. I did know that eventually I would have to get over that fear and sing them, I just wasn’t ready quite yet.

Our group was very behind so that mad me even more nervous. We still needed to work on blocking, saying the lines with emotion, and adding a natural flow of movement. We also weren’t yet all the way off book, which put some fear in me.

We also decided to change things up last minute and go from traditional to the 20’s. This I feel was a good change. It made the play more jazzy and playful.

The week of the final I still didnt feel we were ready. I planned a day to come to my house and go over and over the lines until we had everything right. I feel like this really helped us.