Up here in Washington State, Auburn Riverside High School in Auburn, Washington was the only High School in the state of Washington to put on Beauty and the Beast, (the musical.)
OUR HIGH SCHOOL'S DOING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TOO!!!
Only I don't think we're very good. You see, I hail from MPHS, the once-mighty Tomahawks when it came to acting prowess. I am proud to say that I was there to experience its glory days. However, our old director had to leave, our new director was the director at our local junior high and, well, you know how that goes...losing a director is a tough blow. Our talent level really took a hit when a lot of our amazing actors left the program due to the change. I mean, he casts FRESHMEN and EIGHTH GRADERS, for crying out loud. That rarely ever happens in traditional high school drama.
Sorry...pent-up frustration there, as you could probably tell. Ha, where better to vent frustrations with the real world than on an anime convention forum? I'm sure we'd all agree that conventions are a very effective escape from the hassles of fitting into societal norms.
Yet, that doesn't mean we can't try to pull our play together somehow. We've got two weeks, and if attitudes change, then we can hopefully put on a great show.
We're borrowing our costumes from your school, as a matter of fact! Thanks for those; they helped out a lot. Our Beast is a wonderful actor, and we're all very proud of him. Our pit orchestra is great too; if I weren't in the production, I'd totally be right in there, playing flute.
Oh, and we've got a lot of Rentheads in our cast, too. They play it quite often over the speakers in our drama room.
Personally, the most touching moment for me was last year, during Les Miserables, when all us students were sleeping onstage and Jean Valjean sings 'Bring Him Home'. Ooh, talk about chills.
Man, am I curious about who else out there has acted in any productions before. I've had drama fever for the past couple days now due to all the rehearsal we've got in preparation for opening, and I'm dying to find someone to share it with!