NEW RECORD: THREE WEEKS!
Somehow, I should not be proud of this.
This seems almost routine for me to say why I keep skipping out on my friday updates, but so much has happened in the past few weeks: technical rehearsals of training a cat for stage purposes, going back to work closing shifts for Wendy's, and receiving only the best news I've heard in quite a while.
For next year's mainstage production, A Midsummer's Night Dream, I will be the costume designer for the show.
As selfish as this may seem, hearing about this has made me the happiest I've ever been in a long time.
SO. YUP. Needless to say, a lot has been going on these past few weeks.
But now I present to you another show review!
August: Osage County, as many of you will not know, is a fairly new show (written/performed in 2007) about the dysfunctional dynamics of a family coping with a father's suicide, a mother's addiction to pills, divorces, scandals...oh, and this all takes place in Oklahoma. So imagine, if you will, Little House on the Prairie + Desperate Housewives + every sarcastic remark you've ever heard.
That's pretty much the play.
It certainly invokes the atmosphere of a midwestern setting: the set perfectly condenses the house so that it feels as though nothing could be kept secret within its walls, the lights' amber glow was subtle enough to give off the classic sun-time setting one usually associates with midwestern homes, and the costumes were practical enough to show the character's personalities and their levels of how comfortable they were among family members.
But if one did have a reason to go see this show, see it for the acting company. This play was intentionally written for the acting possibilities, and OSF's stock of brilliant actors did excellent in promoting the story. The actors know when something is meant to be laughed at, and also when the timing is more crucial and serious. Honestly, this show promotes the best of OSF's acting talent from the eldest member to the youngest, newest of its members.
So there you have it, and hopefully by next week I will review To Kill a Mockingbird (something I know a lot of you have been waiting to hear about!) So I hope y'all have a good rest of this weekend and I will talk you y'all later~
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