Fearless
This past weekend I did something that, only a year or so ago, I never would have thought I’d be able to do.
Here in Greenville, we have a theatre called The Cafe and Then Some. They’ve been around for almost 30 years. Their schtick is a dinner theatre that does original scripts with a stable of colorful characters who lampoon Greenville, Greenvillians, and any other current events they feel need a little nudge. Their shows run until they stop selling… which can be a very long time. So sometimes they need to call in other actors to sit in - usually people who have done other shows there before. Those people hold the script (also part of the Cafe schtick) and play along for the evening.
This time around… it was me.
I had never done a show there before, but I had done shows with many of the people on stage. So they called me, they booked me, I watched the show once, they gave me a script, they gave me a practice CD for the songs (which turned out to be blank)… and on I went. It ended up being great fun. I got to invent my own character name (Beulah Mae), I nailed a patter song I’d never practiced, I danced wearing a gigantic padded butt, I hissed like a possum, I was funny!… it was kinda cool. So now, I’m sorta feeling like I can do just about anything. Pretty cool, eh?
So someone at that (evil) high school reunion wrote me and mentioned seeing you, and I found you here, and am I at all surprised you are still acting??? Not in the least!! Congrats on such a fun weekend!!! I’ve missed everyone from the old days at Heritage. Hope your family is doing well.
Comment by Daisy — November 13, 2007 @ 6:31 pm