Tonight is the final rehearsal for Footloose, in which I get to play Ethel McCormack. Tomorrow night I get to sit home and think good thoughts for the other cast as they open the show. Then on Saturday evening I play for the first time!
Norseman and Sunshine have been attending Footloose camp during the day (and having a great time!), so I've been helping around the theatre however I can. Guys and Dolls closed Saturday, and Footloose opens tomorrow, so there's no shortage of stuff to do! I was super excited when one of the producer/directors asked if I could paint eyes. I said "Heck yeah!" When I got there on Tuesday, he handed me some jars of black-light paint. I painted one pair of huge feature eyes, then more than a dozen smaller, lower contrast eyes.
Last night I got to see them all under black light (during the song Somebody's Eyes) and it was a-may-zing (if I do say so myself!). We agreed that the walls still seem... unfinished, so today I'll figure out how to add some texture without detracting from the spookiness of the eyes watching. I'll also make some Bomont Police patches for the cop's uniform. And shorten the sleeves of the Ethels' Cubs shirts. And... a few dozen other things before camp is done. See? Good stress. But still stress.
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Yes! It was time for an update! And I'm soooooooo excited about coming to see the show!`
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