Looooong Overdue! (week 2, omaha, ne)

So, I’ve been in omaha, nebraska for 2 weeks today, and as you can imagine, a lot has happened. Please bare with me as I try to catch you up...

The show...

We rehearse 6 days a week for 9 hours a day, so the show is already in preview performances. and we are tired...all the time. And, it seems that we do in fact have a pretty talented bunch! We get lots of compliments from our directors (there are 5 of them) and have been given long lunch breaks, and extra down time here and there because we finish the day’s work early. Even today we were supposed to have another tech/dress rehearsal this afternoon after our morning preview performance at a high school, but they cancelled the rehearsal and gave us the afternoon off. We were so happy (and tired) that we had tears in our eyes. 4 more previews here in omaha, and then we hit the road next Wednesday. We are all very excited.



The cast... (please note, no names are used to protect the “innocent”)

Of course, the gossip mill is churning at full speed. There is drama, there are personality clashes, there is sexual tension and stupid decisions...we are actors, and this is a tour...this is the norm. so where to begin?! There seems to be a bit of a spark between a cast member and someone on the tech crew. This could be very good or very bad. No one wants anyone in tech to be angered…life’s too short to piss off someone who can make your life harder. But, if all goes well, a happy techie is a glorious thing to behold…we shall keep our fingers crossed! Next, we have last week, on Tuesday evening, most of us in the cast and crew decided to go out bowling because we had Wednesday off. And when I say bowling I mean bowling and drinking of course.


We had only known each other 4 days, and were still finding things out about one another. (Please note, I won both games of bowling I played) :) We had only known each other 4 days, and were still finding things out about one another. (Please note, I won both games of bowling I played) :) later we relocated to a local bar...there was pool (my partner and I won our game of pool as well), and more mingling, and $1.50 PBRs (can you guess yet where all the drama happened??) Well, I’m over playing darts when I hear that one of the girls- roughly my age- is at the bar taking shots of vodka and beer. This quickly escalates into -she’s blotto in the bathroom refusing to speak to anyone except the one person she’s been confiding in all night. So by the end of the night, she’s completely passed out on a table in the bar, has to be lifted into someone’s arms and carried to a car. The decision is made to have her crash at another couple’s home so they can keep an eye on her and make sure she’s ok. What a mess!! Nothing has been mentioned since...also weird. Well, while all of that was going on, another girl, much younger, is vying for the attention of a boy in the cast. She’s texting him asking him to take her home with him and whatnot. From what I understand, he has the sense to walk away from the situation, and get a ride home from someone. And just this week she tried to make her move again. Having a boyfriend back home doesn’t seem to slow her “dating” life down. Anyway, that’s a hot mess and I’m trying to steer clear as to not get splashed with drama. In avoiding THAT mess, I seemed to have missed avoiding another mess. PLEASE NOTE everything up til this part has been fact...now I delve into the i-think- he said/she said-portion of this blog. This may land me in trouble. So...once upon a time the other day, the opinion of one actor of another actor was overheard by a third actor, and that third actor seems to be harboring ill feelings for that first actor and 3 of us other actors that happen to be in the car at the time but had nothing to do with the first actor and his/her opinionated conversation. The third actor with the seemingly ill feelings, seems to now group us all together, in what I can gather from his/her demeanor, to be a negative light. This has done nothing to change the way I interact with all the members of my cast. No one has done anything to offend or hurt me. I have a temper, but as of yet, no grudges. I mention this speculation only because I’ve now made a note of individual(s) who aren’t willing to communicate. Life on the road is trying enough, and unless it is brought to my attention by the offended, I don’t believe myself to be an offender. On the flip side to all of this drama, there are some really wonderful people in this cast. I can say something nice about everyone really. But as in any large group, there are certain people I gravitate towards. My roommate on the road, molly, seems to have a very similar vibe to my own. We are pleased. jen, who is a roommate of mine and molly’s here in town is wonderful as well. Both girls are very sweet, and fun loving, extroverted, and have a good sense of humor. John who is my partner throughout most of the show is a riot, and always makes me laugh on and off stage, and brandon is about as loveable as you can get. I mention them specifically, because it seems that we have been blocked to huddle down stage left for the entire beginning and end of the show. We keep one another highly entertained throughout the seemingly endless “street scenes”. But, if too much stage time is what I’m complaining about, perhaps I just have my head up my ass.

Truthfully I don’t really have any serious complaints. These clashes happen when 6 people are picked to live in a house and have their lives taped…whoops, wait…NOT The Real World- these clashes happen when 25 actors are thrown together in close quarters. We laugh more than we scowl, and work more than we sleep. Somehow it all balances out in the end.








To end on a fun note, here is a list of quotable quotes from the cast so far. As you read them, ask yourself, are these quotes meant to be dirty?? Or is your mind just in the gutter??

-at least you know he'll hold on to the bitter end.

-i mean she's really nice sometimes...
everyone's really nice sometimes...
wow, katie, that's profound.

-did someone adlib, some kind of junkie?? (during director's notes)

-twinkies creep me the F*** out.

-i was 18 but it was crooked.

-there's only one finger of love (from the movie Kinsey)

-i just got petted by a stranger.

-my boyfriend is a ballerina...
oh, so you're not a lesbian?

-look ma! it's a squirr!

-facebook sets me free.

-oh my god! that one's got it's mouth open!

-you're growing stronger, medium sized tim.

-if i just change my underwear it's LIKE showering.

-is she smart?
well, she's canadian.

-in the street scene, some people are cofused- like ashtia

-NOT OK!!

-how much??
his entire collection of poison ivy!