Well, I had my first two rehearsals for the all-grades show today and yesterday. It was rather fun, actually - rather unlike the all-grades shows that have gone up in years past.
I think it's partly due to the fact that I have to be onstage ALL THE TIME, so there's more opportunity to flub up, but also there is more opportunity to laugh about it. Like yesterday, for example. It was a scene at the end of the show with just me and the French teacher, who plays my grandpa. I was supposed to be all energetic and stuff, and so I was.
I was just kind of feeling the energy more than I needed to.
One of my lines was supposed to be "because he's not smarter or funnier or anything!" Instead, as I was so hyper (no idea WHY I was hyper at 6:00 pm, but whatever), I rushed the line, so instead I said, "Because he's not smunny or anything!" It was kind of hilarious.
And today we were doing a scene where I wake up in sort of a cross-way between two universes (while still lying on my couch), and I got to actually say stuff (somewhat under my breath as we were exiting, but it fit) like, "Wonderful. I'm being led into an alternate universe by a bunch of middle schoolers pretending to be ninjas. This does not bode well."
Of course, I was the only person (disregarding the director and assistant director) present who wasn't in middle school. The two high school boys who are supposed to be the love interest in the beginning and the best friend for the rest of it weren't there.
I don't know why.
But whatever.
I did the math, and I have 150 lines in this show. YAY LOTS OF LINES!
Also, YAY FOR BRAIN FARTS!
Yes, I will most likely be getting brain farts a lot during rehearsals (though hopefully not much during the run of the show). It's kind of hard not to when one has ten of eleven scenes and 150 lines in a show. Nobody said it was easy being the lead.
But nobody said that it was not more fun than being an extra.
I haven't been a lead for long enough to know which I like better yet, but I think there's more opportunity to have crazy stuff happen when you're at rehearsal every day.
And yes, I will be at rehearsal every day that rehearsal is held.
Including the day after my birthday.
When we will *not* be running the kiss. (Mostly because that actor will not be present at that rehearsal). I'm still nervous. Not as much as before, but I'm still nervous.
Whatever. I'll deal with it when the time comes.
Or something.
