Pygmalion
SO. It’s been awhile since I worked on a show at the Center for Arts in Homer, since the completion of Noises Off, which I directed and built, last year. I had planned on auditioning for a part, but I was unfortunately left off the email distribution list for the audition announcement. Once I heard rehearsals had started, I was a bit put-out. Granted, if I had stayed active on the Steering Committee I would have known from the start and not missed them, so I couldn’t really bitch all that much. But, in expressing my disappointment in missing auditions, I was informed of a vacancy in the cast and I took them up on the offer of the part of Freddy.
I am a bit old for the part, but I am going to give it my all. I attended my first rehearsal on Tuesday and we ran through Act I several times and I think I’ve already got my lines down. AND, since I am only in Acts I, III, and IV, I only have to stay through half of the rehearsal most nights…which is NICE. It’s the usual group of folks doing this play, with some new additions…which is nice. It’s comfortable. However, I must say that I am sick of actors that direct while acting. Just do your part and get the hell off the stage. Why can’t people just take direction and be happy with it…I mean, I know that sometimes the direction is not the best in the world and an actor may have a great idea and when properly proposed this can really help a play. Unfortunately, there are too many people in this cast who are “overly helpful” to other members of the cast and can be downright argumentative with the director while explaining why s/he changed something from the way it was directed. Oy.
For anyone who knows Homerians, I’ll list the cast as I remember them…Ahley Huyge is Eliza, Paul Yaman is Mr. Doolittle, Tom Corey is Higgins, Alan something-or-other is Pickering, Carl Moses is a bit player, Ellen Rahner is Mrs. Eynsford-Hill (me mum), Britney (Brittany?) Corduck is Clara (me sis), some other people so some other things…I’ll try harder next time I blog 
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