I am officially back at home from GSW.
Yesterday was heart wrenching... But it still hasn't hit me - the true realization that Governor's School is over.
In our 6th week, we didn't end up working on fairy tales. We were actually given a 'neutral scene', that ran as follows:
A. Well
B. Well. What
A. Nothing
B. Okay. Please-
A. Excuse me
B. Yeah
A. So
B. So
A. So
B. Come on
A. What?
B. Quit it
A. Quit what?
B. That
A. Better?
B. Yeah
So yeah... pretty neutral. Then we got partners and read it with them and ended up creating scenes based around that text. We had sibling fights, a 'silent film' type thing, romance... and for mine, I was a heroine addict and my sister was trying to get me to stop doing drugs. Yeah. Intense!
We worked on those for a day and a half and performed them informally the next night.
Anyways... back to home. Gov School is over! I can barely believe it. I will surely believe tomorrow though, when I'm unpacking all of my stuff. Oi vey.
On a similar note- I've been in 'freak out about college' mode since I got back home.
I just want to get it 'out of the way' before heading to NCSA in about 3 weeks. I'd rather do this process with Nonnie now instead of by myself later. But man... there are so many colleges! And it doesn't help that I don't really know what I want to go for. haha. Theatre seems like the 'duh' answer, but... I'm just scared of the possibility of turning into a starved artist.
I've got a list of potentials as of now, ranging from safety schools to reaching for the stars:
NYU, Emerson College, UVA, Chapel Hill, Penn State, Elon University, SUNY Purchase, Yale, UNC Greensboro
My goal is to get an educated list of about ten schools, then mark down all of the requirements and application dates. And... work from there.
This is so excruciating!
Well, I'm exhausted. Time for sleep.
much love,
~britt~
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Home Stretch
Well, I'll recap a little of the past few weeks. The 4th of July visit home was pretty nice- Got to chill with the fam and friends. But it was strange to not be in the world of Governor's School... It felt like home was out of place. I longed for my life in Winston Salem.
Returning to GSW was awesome. It was like we had all been apart for an extended period of time. Our fourth week was Bryan's last week as our teacher, so we were working like mad on Shakespeare pieces and starting our new project with Rosalie.
One weekend we had a Masquerade ball, and that was soooo much fun! I went with my friend Eric (he was James Bond) and I was the 'sexy arm candy' in my black and red salsa/flamenco-esque dress.
Bryan left, and Rosalie took charge. We started our major group production. Our task was to adapt the best-selling book "Life of Pi" into a play.... If you know anything about it, you'll know about India, the zoo, the shipwreck, and all of the strange things that happened on that trip.
It was horribly chaotic at first and my anxiety was at an all time GSW high. Everyone is so... eager. But all of that energy 'attacks' at once and it was just too much for me. Anyways, this week (week five) was our last to work on this crazy project. Yesterday was dress rehearsal AND opening night. We were all struggling to remember lines and scene transitions. We had actually just gotten the 'final' script on Tuesday.
Sidebar- My mommy and Greta visited on their way home from Virginia! Hooray. It was very nice.
But- it was successful! We got through it all without any major catastrophes. We'll have a total of five shows- One last night, two today (Saturday) and two tomorrow.
Once this production is over, we'll be working on fairy tales. I'm not quite sure what that entails, but I'm thinking it will be good.
I'm missing home a lot. It's not that I'm not having fun here, I just really miss my bed and family and Madeline. And being off of this campus. haha. Salem College is beautiful, but it's turning into a slight prison.
And I know I'll be missing this place desperately... This is our last week. I'm terrified that I won't be able to make the best of it. I don't want to leave these people... The atmosphere... Oi vey.
Three more shows to go.
Hope everyone is doing well! I'll be home in a week.
Much love,
~Britt~
Returning to GSW was awesome. It was like we had all been apart for an extended period of time. Our fourth week was Bryan's last week as our teacher, so we were working like mad on Shakespeare pieces and starting our new project with Rosalie.
One weekend we had a Masquerade ball, and that was soooo much fun! I went with my friend Eric (he was James Bond) and I was the 'sexy arm candy' in my black and red salsa/flamenco-esque dress.
Bryan left, and Rosalie took charge. We started our major group production. Our task was to adapt the best-selling book "Life of Pi" into a play.... If you know anything about it, you'll know about India, the zoo, the shipwreck, and all of the strange things that happened on that trip.
It was horribly chaotic at first and my anxiety was at an all time GSW high. Everyone is so... eager. But all of that energy 'attacks' at once and it was just too much for me. Anyways, this week (week five) was our last to work on this crazy project. Yesterday was dress rehearsal AND opening night. We were all struggling to remember lines and scene transitions. We had actually just gotten the 'final' script on Tuesday.
Sidebar- My mommy and Greta visited on their way home from Virginia! Hooray. It was very nice.
But- it was successful! We got through it all without any major catastrophes. We'll have a total of five shows- One last night, two today (Saturday) and two tomorrow.
Once this production is over, we'll be working on fairy tales. I'm not quite sure what that entails, but I'm thinking it will be good.
I'm missing home a lot. It's not that I'm not having fun here, I just really miss my bed and family and Madeline. And being off of this campus. haha. Salem College is beautiful, but it's turning into a slight prison.
And I know I'll be missing this place desperately... This is our last week. I'm terrified that I won't be able to make the best of it. I don't want to leave these people... The atmosphere... Oi vey.
Three more shows to go.
Hope everyone is doing well! I'll be home in a week.
Much love,
~Britt~
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