Stephanie Victoria

And the world continues to turn, somehow

Saturday, March 28, 2009, 9:09 PM

It's been quite the week. I've been hit by everything from a ten-fold increase in my workload to auditions for this years Senior-Directed One-Acts (will explain in a bit) to Rock Revolution, and finally to the Invisible Children organization's "The Rescue 2009".

One at a time, though, shall I?

I nearly hit breaking point this week. My stress level went through the roof, and I'm not quite sure why. I think it was just the culmination of all of the little things I was trying to remember, but I felt like, at one point, I was either going to burst into hysterical tears, or I was going to bash my head against a wall. Thankfully, though, I seem to have gotten things under control. Or, at least, I've forgotten about whatever was stressing me out.

In other news, auditions for the next production, this year's Senior-Directed One-Acts, were on Tuesday. Basically, each year, all of the seniors who are internationally recognized Thespians get to either choose or write one-act plays to be performed in succession over two nights (though each show gets 3 performances, so we run for longer than 2 nights). This year, there are 6 seniors and 6 different shows. We auditioned just once for all of them, and they sat in their lovely, little intimidating line in the back of the auditorium, notepads and pens in hand.

But!

Good news =) I got the run I'd been gunning for! My friend Doug wrote the one-act that he's directing over the next month, so it's doubly exciting that we'll be sort of the world-premiere cast as well. It's called Fieldson's First Fantastic Feature Free-For-All. Try saying that three times fast! ;) But Doug's a brilliant playwright (and I mean that in the least biased way!) and I think he's going to go far, so keep your eyes, theatre geek or not.

Anyway, so I'm playing a girl named Allison Layton. She makes a point to go by Layton, though, which I honestly think is a pretty cool name to be honest. She's just graduated from college and is looking for a place to move into with her fiance, Zach Richards. Basically, the show revolves around a competition that an eccentric lady named Elliot Meredith Fieldson is hosting. Four pairs of competitors have to remain in a condo together, and the last pair to hold out without leaving wins the condo for themselves. Layton and Zach compete against a pair of obnoxious sisters, two high school best friends names Tyler and Rick, and a pair of con artists, Kris and Reid. Hilariousness ensues.

Needless to say, it's a riot.

Last night was Rock Revolution Revived. It's this event that's sort of like Battle of the Bands at my school each year. We got there right at the start to catch my best friend's performance. He played the guitar while a friend, Hailey, sang. I love him to death, but yeah, they maybe needed more than an hour of practice beforehand? I don't know, just a suggestion. This was appropriated by the fact that his older sister, Alex, came up to me and asked me when exactly I was going to become his manager, to which I replied that I wasn't going to be his manager, but his producer instead.

She decided I would be both. His pro-manager, or his man-ducer. We couldn't decide on the right title, haha.

After Taylor, we drifted between the outdoor acoustic stage and the indoor rock stage. Inside we caught a great band called The Safest Ledge. Outside, a few great artists like Stephanie Light and Her Pet Moose (Stephanie Light's got a recording contract. Go check her out!), and the Calypso Brothers (featuring Brian Dales from The Summer Set) made appearances.

Overall, it was a great night, because then my friend Laura and I headed to McD's for some ice cream before we headed back to her house to embark on a night of Twilight-watching. That movie is so addicting. Contrary to popular belief, I think it was really well done and a great watch (hence my having watch it an obscene number of times).

Finally, today I watched the Invisible Children documentary on Joseph Kony and his Child Soldiers. It really cemented my resolve to be involved in "The Rescue" on April 25th (even though that's closing night of the One-Acts, I think I'll head down to the site afterwards). I just can't imagine how the world could be so blind to what's happening. People often say that another Hitler will never exist, another Holocaust will never occur, because the human race could never again be so blind, but if I began listing the attrocities occuring across even just the continent of Africa today, the list would be enough to make one sick. Because it's not just about Darfur and Northern Uganda, but there's racial violence in South Africa, religious violence ravaging northern Africa (including in Egypt, where generations of my family are from) and so much more across the land.

It's terrifying.

Please, please get involved in Invisible Children's 2009 event, "The Rescue".

Here's the link:
Invisible Children ---> The Rescue