Day 55: Is it really that hard to remember a monologue?

Since I haven't been to Jane's in what feels like years, it was only right that I start my second day back there. Just  few items on the list, envelopes, staples, and hanging file folders. A very quick trip, and I was back in the office. My list was nearly finished, and one job I had was to go to copy and print. Lucky me, they delivered. I now had all all the inserts I needed and could return to envelope stuffing.

I however, spent morning a little different than usual before getting to the envelopes. I am in the midst of working on two monologues. One Shakespearean piece from Midsummer's Night Dream and one contemporary piece from The Laramie Project. I spent my morning doing some character research. I have yet to read either of the plays, but wanted to get some more information.

I started with Shakespeare. I YouTubed many performances to see if any were helpful. I especially enjoyed Helen Mirren's take. Most of the other performance were high school plays. Not to say there's is nothing to get out of them, but it is a very different dynamic. I then moved on to my Laramie research. The company had actually performed the play here about 8 years ago. I was very anxious to read the play in it's entirety after hearing some about it. The story surrounding the play is not a very conventional one for a play. After my research on Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, and those involved I was shocked!

For those of you who don't know, The Laramie Project was based on the murder of Matthew Shepard. Shepard, was brutally beaten and tortured because of his sexuality. This was a hate-crime in a small town and received much media and national attention. Some of the performances I watched were very eye-opening, especially the one in which one of the attackers re-tells the story. Now that you have some background, I digress.

I'm very eager to get this monologue up and going. I think it is a good choice for me. Lucky for me I had monologue work right around the corner. We began work with Shakespeare. Funny story, I had the piece memorized in the morning, but by the time 2 o'clock rolled around it was completely gone. Needless to say, I struggled. We then did a read through of the Laramie monologue. Ms. Denise gave me notes on both and I'll have them ready to do more work on Thursday.

To close out the day, I finished up my envelope stuffing. All of my letters going out as Flex Pass recommendations are stuffed with inserts and are just awaiting letters. Once I have the letter they will be stuffed some more, sealed, and sent off! As you can see you now have a peek at our upcoming season, I'm hoping to make it back for at least one of the shows! :) Until Tomorrow...