Sorry for the absence. We've been devising a piece for the past three days that goes up tomorrow. I've just finished writing a monologue today that I have to do tomorrow to close the show, so I've been a bit pressed. I'm loving it though. The theatre company we've been working with has really impressed me. I have so much respect for the woman whose been directing us and were doing such interesting work. I'm really pleased with the piece and that I will have some of my own work in it. It's about identity, conformity, and individualism. Fairly trodden ground I know but I think we do some interesting things with it. We've got some dance, some scenes with symbolic balloons, a great scene reminiscent of Orwell's 1984, and a few monologues. I'm excited.
Wednesday was just another day of working in this piece, but in the evening we went to a BBQ at one of the Scottish girls(Sophie) house. Everyone had a good time and the food was good. I'm not much of a party animal but good food is good food.
Thursday was more devising followed by some shopping and then a deliciousness company meal at a pizza restaurant that did gluten free crust on any pizza! I'm finding more gluten free options in Scotland than America. Along with the accent, people, multitude of theatre, and beauitful scenery I'm tempted to break up with America and move in with Scotland.
Today we had to get up an hour early to meet with Domenique and discuss the script and it's rewrites. I'm too tired to go into script details now but it's the story of a small island that has no government representation and is attempting to rebel. I couldn't belive it when Domenique asked me to play Cromarty, one of the mains characters and the island representative. I was beaming inside all morning. Then we set to work, pulling tight on the ropes of our piece and finally pulling the pieces together. This evening we saw a fantastic show by a youth theatre company called Our Scotland. A somewhat musical comedy dedicated to their love of their homeland. We were in stitches for most of it.
Well I was up late last night writing my monologue and tonight memorizing it so I must go. Included are some photos of the park right next to the theatre where we had a picnic.
Sincerely,
Drama Queen
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