yuh so we're doing romeo and juliet at our school bc we're basic and all pretty much new to theatre rip i-i
in the spring we're doing aladdin tho
i cant sing for my life
callbacks for r&j are on friday BUT HERES THE THING i got called back for juliet and now i gotta memorise the balcony scene (act II scene 2) BUT ITS SO LONG LIKE WTF ROMEO I DONT NEED YOU WRITING A WHOLE SPEECH WHILE HIDING IN JULIET'S GARDEN STALKING HER AND THEN TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO TOUCH HER CHEEK
oh ye i memorised the whole romeo speech for auditions but THE TEACHER DIDNT EVEN MAKE ME READ THE WHOLE THING LIKE I MEMORISED THAT WHOLE THING FOR NOTHING ðŸ˜
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ALL THAT FOR NOTHING
i should be doing math hw rn and memorising lines and practicing piano and doing productive shit but here i am
for the juliet part i only have up until 'take all of myself' 😠and it's already been three dayslkdjflkjalkgjljwgrjlaweijg and there's still like 5 pagessssss
You got this!!! I believe in you!!!
Also, know when Iambic Pentameter is being used vs when it's regular speech, when using Iambic Pentameter there's a specific rhythm and flow that Shakespeare used! Sorry I'll stop before I nerd out on you lmao
Break a leg!!! Let us know how it goes!!!
at least u HAVE plays and stuff
that sucks
my ballet teacher once paired me with my other friend to do a choreography by ourselves for the next day, we did this 4 minute thing AND THEN SHE ONLY LET US DO LIKE 30 SECONDS
we worked hard man
so i feel u
why he wanna touch her cheek tho
anyway good luck with the whole thing