You know, I’ve almost posted about a dozen times in past two months (even written a few posts out, but by the time I finished, they were irrelevant) – but it just never happened. I’m not even sure as I’m writing this that it’ll ever be read by anyone. I can use the general excuses: senior year, the musical that just wrapped up yesterday (Anything Goes), or even just 17-year-old laziness. But the truth is, I just never bothered.

So I figured I’d do a post on that musical:

Yesterday night, all the seniors involved in Charlottesville High School’s Theatre Department were sobbing on stage after their last main-stage show in high school. Surprisingly enough, I was the only senior not creating huge streaks in their stage makeup (which, given my reputation for sobbing at terribly cliché moments in every movie imaginable, was odd). That last show was probably the most depressing of my life, though. All the seniors were miserable for most of it – I spent the entire time consciously trying not to think about how this would be the last big show I ever did at CHS. Furthermore, since I won’t be doing theatre in college (and I somehow don’t think I’d be that competitive in New York anyway), last night was essentially the last show I’d be doing in years.

All of that hasn’t sunk in yet, or I probably wouldn’t able to type all that out with a straight head. As far as last shows go, however, I couldn’t have asked for it to have gone better. I had a lead role that was incredibly fun (British accent the entire time), a solo (which Allyson and I nailed for the last performance), and left much closer to everyone in the show.

I’ll link to the pictures that were taken as soon as I put them on the Theatre CHS website (my costumes included yellow running shorts a la Michael Cera in Juno, and a silk bath robe…).