Courtney Weir as Bec in 4000 MILES |
Hello blog readers! My name is Courtney Weir, and I am
playing Bec in 4000 MILES, here at Actors Theatre. We are currently in
rehearsal. And
by currently I mean LITERALLY we are rehearsing right
this minute. Seriously. It's happening now. How lucky are you to be
experiencing it with me! Would you like a cupcake? There are cupcakes.
But, no, don't have the cupcakes. I want the cupcakes. And I'm the one
writing.
Currently I'm watching a scene being rehearsed that I'm
not in. It's a scene between the lead guy, Leo, played by the amazing
mister Devon Nickel, and Amanda, played by the incredibly talented
(and young!) Keilani Akagi (pronounced "kay-lah-nee
ah-kah-gee," but the "gee" has a hard "g" as in "got" or "green"
or "gallbladder"). Keilani is the youngest in our cast, at the ripe ol' age of 19. Man,
when I think of my 19 year old self, I was NOT at the level she is, performance wise. The girl sings, dances, acts, goes to school, often has
adorable shoes and
sports a pink and white polka dot phone case. She's kind
of the deal.
So in this scene, a lot happens. Most of which I'm not
gonna go into here, because I'm not going to reveal spoilers, people!
However I can say, there are many laughs created by these two actors.
There's talk of sex, alcohol, communism, death, and teeth (weird but
believe me it all
makes sense). And more stuff too, but hey, you will have
to wait and see!
Side note, I just realized I forgot to put mascara on
today and now I'm wondering what else I've forgotten... which doesn't
totally pertain to rehearsal, except to say IN rehearsals, we all generally
look pretty grubby (with the exception of Keilani's shoes). We wear
sweats and old
t-shirts, that sort of thing. Because we gotta be comfortable
to move around and figure out what human beings do with their
bodies and that sort of thing. And more importantly, so that when we eat
cupcakes, we can get crumbs on ourselves and not worry. Which reminds
me, there's a
cupcake I'm gonna go eat. It has tiny Christmas tree
sprinkles. Farewell until next time, people who read this!
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