Yesterday, I attended a workshop hosted by my school's drama club for the upcoming musical, "Into the Woods". The whole point of going to this workshop is to give you a leg up on the people who don't come. (At least that's the plan, but it doesn't always work that way.) We get a packet upon arrival filled with the girls' auditions pieces and a CD that has all the audition songs on it for our listening pleasure.
Our day started at 9:30am and we spent three hours learning the pieces with the music director. Then we were allowed an hour for lunch and then it was back to the auditorium for the opportunity to perform the songs individually for the director. At least, that was the plan, but our director decided to split up the group of kids and half of them stayed with her; the half that my friend and I belonged to got to go into the Black Box and work with another Theatre teacher at our school. This did not please me. I have two main reasons why:
1. Until the last week of school this year, he had basically ignored me, and it was very clear that I had somehow offended him (though I was at a loss as to how).
2. He wasn't going to be directing the musical; the whole point of performing at this workshop was to receive feedback from the women whom we were trying to impress come auditions.
To make matters worse, the guy who we were stuck with had us perform as a group! That was NOT supposed to be the point of this afternoon session. I had been looking forward to performing by myself because I felt that it better help me prepare for the auditions, but I was disappointed.
Anyway, I promised myself that I wouldn't dwell too much on that because I've already ranted to three or four of my friends and I just need to move on.
Soooo, after learning all the songs at the workshop I decided on two songs that I plan on singing at the auditions. One is sung by Little Red, "I Know Things Now", and the other by the Baker's Wife, "Moments in the Woods". Thankfully, I won't have to sing these songs in their entirety because for the auditions we are only required to learn the cuts.
Interesting side note, the Baker's Wife doesn't really have a name. Throughout the entire play she isn't referred to as anything. I think it's fascinating. Sondheim probably did that so that then people could more easily relate to her character. The Baker and his wife are the only two characters in the show not from a fairy tale and so it's more like two people who have been thrown into this imaginary world, which turns out to be more like a nightmare.
Alright, I'm done given you guys a synopsis, so to speak, of the play; if you are still curious then use the resource already at your fingertips (The internet- more specifically- Google.)
Oh, and don't think that I'm done blogging about "Into the Woods" just yet. I still have the auditions coming up and so I will definitely be telling you all about it, since I apparently have nothing better to do. Not that I don't enjoy sharing my life with total strangers.
In case you were wondering, I don't really care what role I get (though I do draw the line at the horse's rear end), but I would love to be Little Red or the Baker's Wife. Baker's Wife is my first choice, but that's more of a dream than something I think will actually happen. Though dreams have come true before, so why not this one?
"Now I understand, and it's time to leave the woods."
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