We're not sorry now! (bah dap bah dap)

I know I haven't posted in a while, but homework bogs everyone down. So my big news is that I made it into the Leading Ladies production of Urinetown! I'm playing Billy Boy Bill/Dr. Billeaux. I'm really excited to do the show again. I think it will be a lot of fun, plus we only have 15 people in the cast! We have our first read through tonight (and luckily the rehearsal is a stones throw away from my house so I don't have to walk too far in the dark and also won't get soaking wet in this awful rain we are having today.

On another note, I had my first costume shop lab on Monday. I thought I would jump right in to something fun and semi complicated, but no, I was giving a piece of muslin and I learned how to sew a basic seam, a fake felled seam, a real felled seam and a French seam. I've done flat felled seams before, but they turned out a bit messy. This time I felt good because all my seams were very neat and I had little trouble (except for the machine which kept jamming on me. Joy.). I have class on Friday as well and I can't wait to see what is in store.

And this is silly, but I wrote this entire post on my iPod touch while waiting for class to start. Oh the wonders of technology.

T200 - Costume Crew Introduction

I was having a lot of trouble figuring out my schedule for this semester and I've finally figured it it and I am taking 15 credits worth. One of these credits is Theater Production which is where the theater department gets student help for various crew jobs (costumes, lights, props, sets, stage managing, etc.). One caveat is that students are distributed among the jobs and won't necessarily get their first choice. On my contract my choices (in this order) were Costume Shop crew (working in the shop creating the costumes), Dresser (dressing actors for the "Skinny Shakespeare" production of Macbeth this winter), and Box Office/Publicity. I really wanted costume shop crew - and I got it!! I'm really excited! It meets for 4 hours each week, so I'll be spending lots of time in the theater building this semester constructing and learning about costuming (I may even learn how to drape patterns!!!). Stay tuned for more info.

WICKED Costumes

I did more poking around and found a video about the construction of Madame Morrible's costumes from Wicked. It's pretty neat to see such elaborate costumes close up.

Courses and College

Yesterday I underwent the all-important class registration with very few mishaps. At 12:45 I went downstairs to the house common room so I could lay out my alternate schedule (in case I couldn't get my first choices) and eventually I was joined by a few other housemates - all getting anxious about registration. To make a long stoy short, we all pressed submit on our computers and rapidly punched in the CRM's for our courses. After 15 minutes (and lots of slow web pages), I had my courses!! I'm officially registered for Elementary German, Contemporary Dance 1, a first year seminar called "Turning Points" (it's taught by a professor from the Study of Women and Gender major), and.....(drumroll please!).......Costume Design 1!! I'm so glad I got into the course that I have been waiting nearly a year to take! My first class is on Tuesday morning with a lab in the afternoon. I just went to the bookstore to purchase my giant stack of books and am flipping through the interesting ones. I can't wait for the class to start!