Beauty And The Beast

"Beast Week" as my mom called it was two weeks ago. I'm kind of behind.
It started out on Saturday with cast pictures and a loooong dress rehearsal. Monday; more rehearsal. All the way to opening night. We had four performances and each one got better as we went. It turned out to be a truly amazing show and I'm thankful for all the work that went into it. The directors giving countless hours to rehearse, costume people driving hours and hours to pick up rentals, dads who moved sets around, etc, etc, etc.
Lexie, Rubes and Ari and I were in it which made it fun.
I was the Enchantress, a Tavern dancer, a wolf, a napkin and a singer in a few other scenes. With the Enchantress, I came in behind a sheet Ruby and Jessica carried, covered by a big black cloak. There was gross gray hair attached to the hood, so I couldn't see much. But then after offering the rose to Dan twice, I take it off and dance in the flowing green dress. I was so glad that each performance went off without a hitch. I was scared that the cloak would catch on something, I'd trip on it, or the rose would be missing from the prop table or something like that! Luckily, everything turned out great! (Even the green glove with fake extended fingers)
The blind wolves somehow never fell off the stage. The masks sometimes fell over our eyes, so that was interesting. We just used our smell and instinct (aka adapting and quick thinking :) )
The friendships and memories made it all worth it! It went from being a beastly, chaotic show into a truly beautiful experience!

Doing Ari's hair

 

 

In the tavern, admiring Gaston.

SWS' dad's funeral also was apart of the week. It was a great funeral, I mean...if a funeral can be great. He was an amazing man and lived a full life! All the talks were so heartfelt and inspiring. Some beautiful memories were shared. Here's my mom's friends (since High School!!!!) Tiffany Hess, Michelle Fitzgerald and Leslie Bates. They're hilarious.

 

 Another batch of fans, Coco and Bill.  They sure get a kick out of these things!  The Beast, Dan Harvey, is the grandson of Bill's best friend, Malcolm.  I bet Bill and Malcolm never dreamed, as young boys on the farm, that they would someday have grandchildren in the same musical!

Love her villager costume! Ellison is so cute, talented, and polite 

Thanks Sarah!!!!