Well, my first quarter at UCI has officially ended. I'm still waiting for the grades to come in, but finals are over and I'm on Christmas Break!! WOO HOO! FREEDOM!. . . . oh wait. I have rehearsals?
That's right! It never stops. I am now in rehearsals for Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. I am acting as the Assistant Stage Manager, with my focus on costumes. So for this production I must schedule all costume fittings, follow up and be sure the actors attended and arrived on time, track costume pieces, and all quick changes, etc. etc. etc. With a cast of almost twenty, it's going to be a fun challenge! I'm really excited for this project because this production is going to be "the maiden voyage" of UCI's New Swan theatre space. The best way to describe The New Swan is as a Globe-esque theatre, including a two-story seating area in the round for audience and no standing "groundling" area. This space will be built on our Claire Trevor Theater stage and is designed to dismantle in pieces so that it can be resembled in Aldrich Park for a summer Shakespeare Festival. . . . Now. . . if you are thoroughly confused, never fear! Just imagine a theater within in a theater and you're on your way. It's pretty much gonna be epic! So if you're a fan of good theatre, anticipate coming out to support all the cast and crew's hard work in early February.
Rehearsals for MoV (Merchant of Venice) run eight hour days Monday through Saturday of next week, but despite that I have still been blessed with hours at work. So this next week is gonna be quite the marathon.
As far as my pursuing a job at ICT in Long Beach... well I'm still waiting, BUT I did receive an email saying I will be contacted in late December. So still... fingers crossed!!!
Other than that, I've nothing to report, so I'll leave you with a nice song lyric...
[singing] "I'll be home for Christmas, you can count on me..."
