WAS Show

So, I can't believe that I haven't mentioned this yet.  And its this week.

The WAS is located in the same building as WDA, and uses the same rooms, but run independently.  It was started when WDA moved into the new studio, and has expanded ever since.  Since, 2009, they have put on a fall show every year, with auditions the previous June, and I've been in all four.  It's an interesting experience, due to the fact that the age range goes from about 5 to 25.  The shows to date...

• 2009: Seussical Jr.: This, their first show, was an interresting experience.  The studio was small enough that, even though I was only in 8th grade, I was able to earn the part of the Mayor.  My wife was a junior in high school, and I'd guess the average age of any of the Whos was 8.  The show came together really well, but the talent pool was just not really there.  I asked around, but no one from QV came to see it.
• 2010: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: This was a great experience.  Although we were officially combined with a local church, the auditions were open to the public.  Our director, Miss S, is the director of the NA musical, and a lot of her actors did the production.  A lot of them got leads, but they completely deserved them.  It is probably the best quality show that I have ever been in.  I told a lot of people about it, but only KM came (who knew RM, playing Judah).
• 2011: Beauty and the Beast Jr.: This was the beginning of the NA dominance in the show.  Returning to our own acting studio, our Belle, Beast, and Lumière had played Eponine, M. Thenardier, and Marius in NA's production of Les Miserablès the previous spring.  I was Maurice.  The show had a lot of potential, and I told a lot of people about it.  In one of the worst scheduling conflicts of my life, AM's surprise birthday party was the same day.  The show day was one of the worst days of my entire life.  Not only did the show go terribly (that's what you get when you can't tech anything until two days before curtain), but no one from QVHS came to see it, not even the matinee, which didn't conflict with the party.  All the NA people were there, but no one from QV.

Which brings us to this year.  The Wizard of Oz.  There are way too many people in the show, and if you're not a dancer or a lead, you're on stage for about 30 seconds and you bounce up and down.  That's what is happening to OS.  Fortunately, I'm the head of the winged monkeys (we can't actually fly), a crow, and a jitterbug.  Most of the roles are double-cast, and still almost all the leads are from NA.

I really haven't been asking for an audience.  Maybe it's just because I'm not as confident the show's going to turn out.  Maybe it's because I have just a small part.  Maybe it's because it's this Saturday and Sunday, homecoming weekend.  Maybe it's just because I know that no one would come anyway.

If you want ticket info, please comment, but it's really not a big deal.

-NM