had Monday and Tuesday off for the Fourth, but didn't go anywhere special. just got more cleaning and organizing done, making my apartment a "home."
rehearsals all month in preparation for my first musical performance in over two years! so exciting!! "playing" with the kids is so much fun! I have a big song-and-dance number that was so exuberant, we had to scale back some of the choreography so I could finish singing the song; as the Caterpillar I sang "Zip A Dee Doo Dah." my other characters were a weed in the "Golden Afternoon" garden, a sea turtle in the "Caucus Race" and I held up the Rabbit's house (a la a construction worker) - all of this in Act I; in Act II besides being the Caterpillar and Mathilda, I was also a crazy guest at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. barely a minute here and there to rest up for each next scene! we had fairly good audiences with each performance, and each one was most appreciative. for the meet-and-greet I even had one young patron, who as his mom said "doesn't talk to adults," chatting up a storm and hugging me! ah, the power of the Caterpillar!
