Wrote Another Book

          I wrote a book in 9 days. I never thought I would say that. But I actually did it. It is currently 118 single spaced pages. Quite possibly one of my longest books although I would have to check the earlier books to know for sure. I actually got inspired one night during my most recent vacation from school. I had this idea in my head that I thought was interesting and I couldn't stop thinking about it. To give a little background, I performed in a comedy showcase in mid march. It was a lot of fun. I did a scene from Taming of the Shrew. I've never performed Shakespeare before but I'm familiar with this play. Our scene was the first time Katharina and Petruchio meet. It was very active which was also fun. After the show was over, I immediately did another show with my school as one of the accompanists for Finian's Rainbow. That too was fun. Although I may think twice before rehearsing two shows simultaneously. But back to Taming of the Shrew, I had this idea that it would be fun to do a real life situation with Kate and Pete kind of like reality t.v. sort of. But a chance for two actors to really get to know their characters off stage. So I decided to write a book on the idea. I had two actors who were set to play Kate and Petruchio onstage, take on a month long project where they had to live together and stay in character. But since there wouldn't be a script and it was a modern day setting, anything could happen. One actor becomes very controlling like his character and basically dictates what the other one will and will not do. She rebels because she's not used to having someone tell her what to do and she fights back. In the end, the project ends up being much harder for the actress playing Kate than for the actor. But both learn a lot about their characters in the process. Although a month is a very long time for such a project, less than that would have been hard to write a book about it. So right now, it's in the editing process.
      Besides writing, I am preparing for my move. I move in slightly over a month down to Krabi province. There are many things I will miss about Chiang Mai but I have to remember to keep my focus. I've been praying for 2 years to get a job down there. I know that there must be a reason why this was the year that all the theatre opportunities opened up in Chiang Mai for me and all the new people I met as well as the choir. But I'm keeping my eye on what God put in my heart which was this move. I'm optimistic that I'm not done with theatre just because I'm moving.

Comedy Showcase

Finian's Rainbow Cast