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Queen Lucy Monologue
This is one of my favorite comedic monologues, and I thought I’d share the text for you here in case you’d like to use it! This is my 1-minute cut from a scene between Lucy and Linus, from the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the classic Peanuts characters created by Charles Schultz). Linus, do you know what I intend? I intend to be a queen. When I grow up, I’m going to be the biggest queen there ever was, and I’ll live in a big palace, and when I go out in my coach, all the people will wave at…
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Disney Cruise Line blog
One of the highlights of my theatre career has been performing for Disney Cruise Line. In this portion of my website, I’ve re-shared many of my original posts about that experience. I hope you enjoy them! Not only was it incredible to portray characters I’ve loved since my earliest childhood memories (especially Mary Poppins), for the company who originated our modern concepts of these stories, with all that entails (the creativity, talent, and budget to stage productions in such a lavish and magical way; the ability for these performances to reach hundreds of thousands of guests) — it was a special honor to feel that through my work, I was…
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Julius Caesar excerpts!
I’ve often recorded duets with myself, so why not a whole scene? ? I wanted to share something from the (very abridged) production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that my #NYU grad acting class performed this past semester (“Teeny Tiny Caesar”) – so for today’s #WeeklyWednesday, I’m bringing you a couple of excerpts! It was a lot of fun to work on this together (and to take a ‘stab’ at a Shakespearean tragedy), especially under the instruction/direction of the very talented and clever Jessica Bashline! If you’re in NYC and looking for coaching, I’d highly recommend her! In our production, I played Decius Brutus, a conspirator who convinces Caesar to come…
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Shakespeare: Queen Margaret
from Henry VI, Part III ~ Act 1, Scene 1 Today’s #WeeklyWednesday comes straight out of the #NYU Acting Lab! We’re working on Shakespeare this semester and I’m loving it! We’ve only coached these twice (and just performed them today), but I thought I’d show you my progress so far. I really love this monologue! From Henry VI, Part III, this is Queen Margaret’s first monologue (Act 1, Scene 1). It’s 1455, and England is in the bloodbath of the War of the Roses, with rival families vying for power (King Henry VI, House of Lancaster, versus Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York). Recovering from the loss of a battle, King…
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A Description and Analysis of the Crossover Classical Vocalist Speech Community
University of California, Irvine, 2017. Linguistic Anthropology. Gumperz. “eeeeEEE ooOOO! Whoop! Whoop! Bzzzzz... Zuh! roAR!” Newcomers are often surprised by the cacophony of vocalizations that greet them upon entering one of my community’s primary domains. While strolling through orderly rows of small, semi-soundproofed, glass-fronted enclosures, visitors may observe a single subject lying on the floor, flopped in half like a ragdoll, standing, arms raised in victory, or possibly manipulating the face: nose pinched, tongue sticking out, cheeks smushed… This description clearly orients us in the jungle of a musical community – specifically, a college practice room hall, filled with budding singers. This paper provides a basic description and analysis of…
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Disney Cruise Line Videos
28 Jan (a year later) So much has happened since my last post! One of the biggest things is that I finished a wonderful contract on the Disney Dream, including 300 performances of our 3 main stage shows: Disney’s Believe, The Golden Mickeys, and Villains Tonight! It dawned on me that if you’re reading my blog (particularly for the Disney bits), you might like to see videos from some of our shows. I wish they were better quality, but I hope they at least give you a taste of the wonderful live Walt Disney Theatre productions on the ship. Here’s a playlist for you to enjoy! And a little clip of…
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Ship life + Performing! Is this reality?
Monday, 27 February I’m typing from a breezy cafe in Nassau. It’s sunny and very hot outside, and two of my friends have joined me for some tea, a little chit chat… and much needed wifi 😉 I’ve been on the Disney Dream for a month and a half now and things are finally starting to feel normal! The cruise itself is such an incredible experience for the guests – there truly is something for everyone, and I’m surprised by how many adults come on a Disney cruise without children! My life here – though not all vacation – is certainly surreal – at times wonderful and at times crazy… …
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Whirlwind
Sunday, 1 January Did someone change the date on all of my calendars? Because it doesn’t feel like it could possibly be the first day of a new year – and the end of my time in Toronto – already! Although… when I think of the many intense-but-fulfilling rehearsals, cast activities, and holiday trips we’ve squeezed into the 3 weeks since my last post, it seems that surely several months must have passed… Only 2 rehearsal days remain before our cast heads to Orlando for further training (and DISNEY WORLD!) and boarding The Dream!! A week from now we’ll begin our 2 weeks of rehearsing on the ship before taking…
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Ups and Downs
Wednesday, 7 December As I’m sure you’ve gathered from my lack of posting these last couple weeks, things have gotten BUSY here! Today is one of those wonderful days where I have a big break between rehearsals, so I’m attempting to catch up… Highlights from the last 15 days: WorkWe finished learning our first show (Villains Tonight) and have run it several times. Cleaning and polishing continue 😉 Now rehearsing our second show, The Golden Mickeys. I’m on ensemble track for that, so doing lots of vocals and some choreography. Understudying Cruella de Vil in this show as well, which is a really fun part! My friend who is the…
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Rehearsals and Holidays
Saturday, 19 NovemberUnderstudying is hard work!Company meeting, brunch with friends at Cora’s (a local favorite, for obvious reasons!) and back to work! Today’s rehearsals were cool, but most of it was for the roles I’m understudying – hard work since you don’t get many opportunities to practice with the other scene members, in the rehearsal space, with props, while the director’s there… It’s especially tricky u/s’ing 2 people in the same number… Practice, practice, practice… Sunday, 20 NovemberIt’s beginning to look alot like Christmas!Toronto’s Christmas season officially began with today’s Santa Claus Parade! I decided to watch it on tv from the comfort of my room… After some rehearsing, a…
