I should go to bed. I have an 8 a.m. class tomorrow. I haven’t had a class this early since Old Testament II my sophomore year.
This time it’s Intro to Environmental Science–the one gen. ed class I’ve waited to take. I’m certain every senior has at least one gen. ed to take. For some reason, they usually end up being science courses too….

Auditions for the fall theatre season are Tuesday and Wednesday. I’ve gotta dash to Target to print off my makeshift headshot! Tomorrow I audition for the Chekhov One Act Festival and on Wednesday I audition for “Amadeus.”

I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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Hey all. I’ve stuck it out with this thing. Sorta. School’s about to start and another round of Freshly Squeezed is here. I guess it’s time to do the obligatory “What I did this summer” essay.

I was a member of the student company of Theatre L’Homme Dieu, an old, rustic theatre on Lake L’Homme Dieu, which lies just outside of Alexandria, Minn. (It’s pronounced luh-HA-muh-dew; the French just gets butchered up north) There, I spent ten weeks acting, painting, building, eating, and some karaoke-ing. Read the rest of this entry »

For the past two months, I’ve been leaping inside the mind and body of Leslie the Lizard from Edward Albee’s “Seascape.”

This production is completely run by students. Tara did all the set construction. Greta did the lighting design. Jo did the brilliant costumes. Colby got the sound. Bri and Alex shouted out our lines when we screw them up (which manages to happen ALL the time, but that’s how live theatre goes). Rebekah managed to hone in on what’s going on and why the characters are saying what they’re saying. I’m astounded by this process. And for three nights, at about 100 minutes each time, all of those elements swirl together for the story. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s spring break for Concordia students this week. I know, it’s the end of February…. BUT the snow is melting. It’s a bit cooler today, but I can live with anything above 20 degrees. Seriously, this has been a tried and true winter.

Anyway, this past weekend, my fellow members of Vox 9 and I traversed south for Creston, Iowa. We were attending the 11th annual vocal jazz festival at SWCC (Southwestern Community College). Read the rest of this entry »

Not to worry, I have returned.
The end of the semester (last year) was a fun swirl of busy-ness. Now I’m adjusting to the spring semester 2008.

It’s SUPER TUESDAY (have you/will you caucus?)!!!

I don’t want to make this extremely long (because I have some homework to attend to), but I’ll give a bit of a breakdown of what my semester entails.

CLASSES
Fiction Writing
Playwriting
Directing
Theatre History I
Lighting and Sound Design
Dance
Choir

(Okay, so I have a lot of classes, but I truly love them all)

OTHER STUFF
News editing for “The Sword”
Acting in “Seascape” and “Pirates of Penzance”
Vox 9 Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Paying my rent every month

Am I in over my head? Not quite, but I’m sure I’ll be flirting with that possibility throughout this semester.

I’m really starting to get sick of the snow and winter.

QUESTION:
Anyone seen any good movies lately?

Coffee is one of those strange things. It’s really not the greatest thing for my throat and voice, especially with performances coming up for “Into the Woods.” But I do have a jolt of energy this morning while I’ve been working at Alumni Relations and sorting through my e-mails, the news, and my Script Analysis homework.

Speaking of the news, Concordia is nearing the end of a two-week pilot of the USA Today’s Collegiate Readership program. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s the middle of the semester (well, past the semester actually). I’m sitting in the middle of an “Into the Woods” rehearsal right now. We open in two weeks! I highly encourage all to attend this unique show. We open Nov. 15 and run through the 18th of Nov. The Thurs, Fri, Sat shows are at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday show is a 2:00 p.m. matinée.

It’s nearly been a month since I’ve written in this thing, and a lot has happened. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Devoted Freshly Squeezed Blog Readers,
You are about to embark in a reading of my epic weekend. It was full of hard work, relaxation, and even more hard work. Still, it felt like a true weekend, which I’ve been deprived of for some time. Last weekend, I was traveling to and from Sioux Falls to get a new driver’s license. Now my friends can no longer make fun of my 9th grade mug shot. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s see. It’s been a while. I can’t keep track of everything anymore.
I’ve had on my to-do list to write a posting for the past week, and here I am. I don’t feel like writing much, but there’s a lot to update. Read the rest of this entry »