Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Let's Stay Together

I wanted to write something last week talking all about how great the week before THAT week was, and never got around to it, shocker. So real real real real quick, let me breeze through 2 weeks ago and end with the present.

I could never in a my wildest imagination, and I've imagined A LOT in my time, foresee what was to come in the month of April. It opened with tragedy when I found out my dance coach from high school passed away suddenly. Sue Hubbard was quite possibly the most demanding woman I've ever worked with, but it showed in performance. At times she made you love what you did and want to quit at the same time. I was someone who fought her creatively on almost everything, whether it was dance, musical theatre, or what have you. What I appreciated about her teaching was that she saw me and any other  opposing force as a challenge worth accepting. "Oh, Gina, you can't do a back roll into the splits? Well let's see it anyway." Don't ask me to do that now, I've been out of commission for too long. But she never doubted that you couldn't do something, and sometimes that made the world of difference in choreography or blocking, because if you fought her enough, you would still lose and eventually be able to do a back roll in the splits. Worked like a charm.

On a much lighter and brighter note, Northlight is continuing to be full of surprises. Our last and final show of the season has been well underway and our staff is beyond excited to see it come to life on May 10th. Stella and Lou features one of theatre's finest and most comedic actresses of all time, Rhea Perlman. My generation would know her best for her work in Matilda  but she's also a 4 time Emmy-winner for her work on Cheers, what an accomplishment! Oh, and I met her. We ate bagels together, so now we're besties.

Aside from all our show hubbub, I was offered (and accepted) a paying summer internship with Northlight's Performing Arts Camp. I cannot tell you how fun it is to watch kids practice and perform theatre, they are by far the most creative and uninhibited actors of them all. I'm really happy to be sticking around Northlight a little longer than originally expected, it's going to be a great summer. 

You know what's really cool? Social media. I will never be sick of the Facebooks and Twitters of our generation because it is a fascinating concept. Just last Friday, I won tickets to see Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers via Twitter just for simply retweeting a Tweet of theirs. That's literally all I did- a mindless act that I was drawn to and BAM- free tickets. I can do anything now.

Recently, I reconnected with a close friend of mine from high school. For two years, we were truly inseparable and have tried to stay close while we went our own ways in life. We had one of those conversations that lasted for 4 hours where we could pick back off where we left off time ago and still recall inside jokes and comments about things from years past. Made my life, man. Wouldn't trade it for anything. 


I was able to see my friends from school over the weekend at Sunday's Cubs Vs. Giants game and although we lost, the time spent with them was much needed. My usual crew was fun as always, AND I ran into some of Tib18ers, also a plus. 

I hate feeling that I have to cram in all this last-minute excitement before moving back to the burbs, because if it were up to me, I'd stay here for at least another 2 years. I am in no way ready to give it up yet. Oooof. This is crushing. 


In unrelated news, I hope we're all still praying for Boston. I never use the acronym 'smh,' but that's all I can think of doing- shake my head. Ask why. Who. C'mon world, we're better than this. Do we need a time-out? No phone for a week? Seriously. We keep on waitin, waaii-tee-ee-en, waitin' on the world to change. 

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