Somewhere That's Green

There is no way around the fact that it was a tiring day. I got on the train this morning, took out my script to study it and promptly fell asleep. I was awoken by the announcement that we were arriving at University City (which is 2 stops before mine), which means I was asleep for probably 40 minutes. haha. Oops!

Rehearsal began with finishing up one of the ensemble numbers that I'm in. The director came around and gave everyone little bits/scenarios between two or three people for each of us to keep in mind during the song-to make things more real and interesting. I enjoy that sort of thing. Sometimes they are things that the audience never even notices, but that is ok. The point is to form real people in real situations, who happen to sing and dance their way through life. (This is my problem with the TV show Glee, but let's not go there now...haha)

After we finished that, most of the rest of the day was spent on things I'm not in. I ate my lunch and hung out with people in the Green Room, which of course is NOT green. So maybe it's time for a history lesson... The Green Room is (for those who don't know...) the place where we wait when we don't have to be on stage and so we don't have to go back to the dressing rooms. The actual origin of the name green room is apparently unknown. Some claim it has to do with limelight, others that actors would prepare in rooms with plants, and some say it goes back to 1701 where Cockney Slang shortened something or other to green room. Ok, so the history lesson was more of a let me spout random arguments over how a word came to be, but the point is a Green Room doesn't have to be and in my experience usually isn't green. Nonetheless, Green Rooms are lovely, wonderful places. Many a friend is made in the Green Room and many a conversation-ranging from depressing to exciting to gross to life-changing-takes place. I have found that a major requirement of the Green Room is insanely comfortable couches. This Green Room didn't disappoint, causing me to once again promptly fall asleep. A new requirement, as of late, for Green Rooms is wireless internet. This one has it, so I will probably bring my computer tomorrow as apparently I will have another decently long mid-day break.

The end of the day we went over the other ensemble number I'm in, and I was added to one they had choreographed before I started rehearsal. I'm really enjoying the process, despite it being very tiring.

My ride home on the train was interesting to say the least. The man sitting to the right of me was "reading" a magazine that turned out to not be in English which had some risque pictures. Risque is probably a bit of an understatement. He was just holding it up to his face, flipping the pages as though nothing was strange. The woman behind him ended up moving to the seat in front of me and did not seem pleased. Always an adventure...

Oh, one more thing...I got paid today!!! Haha. Weeeeeeeeeee!