Saturday, November 10, 2012

My Days in the Theater!

Here's an outfit I wore last week.
And now, today's bit-o-Rachel's life is....
 My days in the theatre! (pronounced theatuh)
That's right! I used to fancy myself an actress! I was in about a dozen plays in high school, nearly all of them being musicals. My first big roles started coming when I was in 11th grade, and there were really only three of them. First, I was the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz. I even got to sing a couple songs from Wicked until we got in trouble for not buying the rights for it. Oops.
 Next, I was in my high school's production of Little Women, in the lead role of Jo. It was a freaking dream come true, and I took it so seriously. No one else did, and I got pretty uptight. Like "WHY DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR LINES DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT THIS?!?!?!" uptight. I don't think my cast-mates liked me too much.
The last play I ever did was Aida, right before I left for college. I played the title role, who is one of two star-crossed lovers in Ancient Egypt. She and her boo die at the end. This picture is one of my favorites, because even though we're in a "tomb", I'm a sucker for twinkling lights.

So there you go! I used to be a theater kid! Bet you didn't know that! Unless you knew me in highschool. I was actually pretty good at it (in a big-fish-small-pond sort of way). I miss it sometimes. I loved being on stage and singing because I'm pretty stuck on myself haha. But now the only singing I do is in my car!

Here's a video of me singing and dancing in all of it's home-movies glory. I'm the one in the middle with the pants and the fake hair. I don't know if it will let you watch it, since it's from someone else's facebook.

6 comments:

  1. Awesome! I always had to be an little extra in school plays- you would've liked my drama department they took that shiz seriously! It was extremely competitive. I love that you snuck a few Wicked songs in ;)

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    1. I was in the chorus in like 10 plays haha. Including High School Musical. TWICE.

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  2. I REALLY enjoyed this, mostly because I too was a theatuh kid/drama nerd in high school! I stopped cold turkey once I got to college, but doing theater seriously made high school awesome. Thanks for sharing? Also, obligatory, "your outfit is adorable and I want to steal your closet and go thrifting with you" comment as usual.

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    1. That's so cool! Yeah I stopped once I tried out for this one play at a pro theatre and got SUPER psyched out.

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  3. I seriously could go on and on about how much I really love your outfit here! I did a little theater in school too - but when I was younger. I wish I wouldn't have been so intimidated when I got to high school because school plays/musicals are so much fun to be in. That's pretty darn awesome about all the leads that you had - especially Jo! I would have tried out for Little Women in a heartbeat if my school would have performed that - unfortunately they did a lot of very cheesy mysteries instead.

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    1. Thankyou!
      Little Women was definitely one of my favorites!

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