Musicals

This week, Dad and I started rehearsing for our very first show together!  I remember telling Mom once that I absolutely love Joseph and that one day, I'm going to play the Narrator.  She said, "You'd have to do a lot of memorizing!"  I responded, "No I wouldn't, I already know it all!"

It would be absolutely impossible to go through the audition process without thinking of Mom.  She always accompanied me and helped calm my nerves.  It will be even harder when the show starts and I don't see her face in the crowd.

Besides just helping me at auditions, Mom was always willing to do whatever needed to be done to get the show on the road.  She spent eons sewing costumes.  She also stuck with us through dress rehearsals so she would be on hand if anything needed fixing.  I remember her running to the store right before shows started to pick something up last minute.

She also spent hours and hours helping me with my hair.  When I was in Beauty and the Beast, she spent every night before a performance putting curlers in my hair.  With twenty six shows, that really adds up!  During Oklahoma! she came with me on my crazy pre-show errands, helping me pick out fake hair, eyelashes, and the right color of lipstick.  She never was a shopper, but she didn't seem to mind coming with me on these trips.  

Above all, she supported my crazy love for musical theater.  She always encouraged me to pursue my passion and to do it in a way that would make her proud.  Any time I was frustrated with a situation, she did everything in her power to make it easier for me.  This included offering to be a producer, helping me with dancing, and simply sitting down to talk with a director that needed some help.  I love her for all the hours I know she spent, and all the hours I don't know about.