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Tonight we received the largest audience for a play in Huntley High School history. All of the cat members, including myself, thought that the turnout for the show would be either the same size or smaller than Wednesday night's. We were all dead wrong, and got in over double the amount of people, and not only did we have a large audience, but they were energetic and alive as well. After nearly every scene people would scream out and applaud, which made the actors feel fantastic and perform to their full extent. I could tell that every person in that audience wanted to be there and they absolutely ate up the show. After the curtains closed, and the cast members went out to greet family, random audience members were still hanging around just waiting to say hi and talk to some of their favorite performers from the show. The witches actually turned out to be a huge hit, and many of the people who approached me told me that we were their favorite part of the show which made me feel great that we could be a reason for why peopled loved Mac. The entire show was just phenomenal tonight, everybody in the cast was on, and there were no serious mistakes made. This was probably the best night of performances so far.

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Today we had our second show. It went a billion times better than last nights show in my opinion. I felt confident about everything that I did and felt great about all of the witches scenes. I truly embodied my witch tonight and immersed myself within the play. I also decided to stand backstage and watch all of the second act for the first time ever. I had only seen about six of the scenes in the second act, so I finally decided to watch the entire act, and it was amazing. Kaylee did an amazing job in the murder scene, Ben was manic, and Brandon stunned me by his strength in his voice and his heartbreak and emotions when he found out the fate of his family. From my perspective, the show was absolutely amazing. There was also a fantastic turnout tonight as well! I was shocked...the past two nights, which are school nights, we've had huge audiences. The advertising for this show was apparently very good, and I also believe that the student body is embracing and supporting the fine arts more. All in all, the show went great. My dad said it was his favorite show out of all my shows over the past four years, and he LOVED Ben. Without Ben, I honestly do not believe we could have put on the show we have right now. Yes, all actors are replaceable, but had Ben not been Mac for some unknown reason, I can say for a fact that this show would not be as powerful and spectacular as it is now. I am so proud of our entire cast. I am proud of Leslie, Jacob, Josh, everyone. We all have created an amazing, professional production that I never thought Huntley High School would be capable of producing.

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I am writing this on the 27th, so that means that last night was opening night. We actually got a much bigger crowd than everyone expected, about 225 to be exact. In my opinion, the audience was very weird and talkative, but they were also very supportive. So far today, everyone who I have talked to who came to see the show absolutely loved it. Even with the technical errors that occurred during the show, the audience still raved about it. The only thing that bummed me out last night was that we had sound errors before the first witch scene and before tessellate which messed up timing a little bit. I am also a little upset about the fact that my mic was half unscrewed so I was very quite for the first act. my friends who came to see it said that they could not hear me for tessellate, and that made me sad, but I know that tonight show will run so much smoother  now that we have gotten all of the technical errors out of the way and over with. Other than the sound and minor lighting issues, the show went great! I think everyone did an amazing job, and the audience thought that as well.

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Today at rehearsal, we polished up the lighting and sounds. Since we had an all day rehearsal and no school, we were given plenty of time to perfect certain scenes and their lighting and sound. The songs for the witches all ran perfectly and the mic distortion sounds so creepy and awesome. The hazers also make the scene ten times better because I'm sure they help the audience sense the scene shift and the vibe that spooky stuff is going down. There are still a few small bumps in the show, including some scenes that apparently drag, but none of those issues seem to be coming from the witches scenes. I am feeling extremely confident about my role and opening night tomorrow.

And D I just wanted to let you know, the reason why I started crying when you said the witches need to remove makeup before going out to greet family and friends after the show is because my skin is horrible. Removing makeup will expose my cystic acne and I am extremely self conscious about that and I just got scared about embarrassing myself by taking off my makeup. I took off my makeup after a rehearsal last week one, which was my first time in years not wearing makeup in front of people, and instantly regretted it because I had two people within the first ten minutes comment about how bad it was. My self esteem has been especially low lately because my acne has gotten two times as bad these past few days because of the heavy makeup I have to wear for the show. I will be fine though, and I'm sorry if you thought I was being bratty to you, and just being difficult because I just wanted to look like a witch, that's not what I intended. I just am very embarrassed by my skin.

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Today at rehearsal we ran nearly the entire show. Sophie and I filled Dani in on what she had missed while she was at home sick on Friday, which was basically just some Everybody Wants to Rule The World blocking. Today we were also able to run the charm scene with the cauldron as well as new hazers that we are using for all the witches scenes. Overall, all of the scenes ran very smoothly. The rehearsal for the witches consisted of mostly just sitting in the hot room because all of our scenes are in great condition. The only other thing we could think to do to keep ourselves occupied and being productive was dividing the ingredients for the cauldron charm scene amongst each other. I am feeling very good about the witches scenes in the show, and other than running through nearly the entire show, we did not do much. There was nothing new to learn, just the same old same old, which is good because by this point everything SHOULD be learned.

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Today at rehearsal we finally got mic packs!!! I was so incredibly pumped because we were finally able to practice our songs fully and hear our voices distorted. Today we ended up running nearly all of the show, and all of the witches scenes. Since Dani was out sick today it was basically up to Sophie and I to be the three witches. I filled in for Dani's dancing in Mad World, as well as said majority of her lines while on stage, which was confusing for me because I had to bounce back and forth between her and my lines. The witches were also finally plugged into the last fight scene between Mac and Duff, and we are sitting up in the booths watching over the fight the entire time. We also got to see the fully completed cauldron at the end of rehearsal today! It. is. huge. AND I'M SO STOKED. But overall, I believe that the witches scenes are going very well and running smoothly. The only other thing I really want to work on is the Mad World dance because Ben is getting thrown off at weird places and Sophie and I are struggling with how we get him to center from those transfer spots.

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Today at rehearsal Dani was dying. She believes that she caught the same bug that I had a few days ago, so therefore the witches could not work on anything too extreme. As a cast, we worked on the entire show and really fixing all the blocking, lighting, and sound issues. The witches went backstage and rehearsed our songs a few times, especially Everybody Wants to Rule the World, but other than that, we could not get much done because of Dani's health. I mainly focused on my makeup and hair and playing around with it to see what would look the coolest. We also finally completed our costumes and got our jackets in! I am so beyond excited. I will be wearing navy pants with a khaki jacket, Dani is wearing olive pants with a black jacket, and Sophie is wearing grey pants with a maroon jackets. The only other thing left to do involving our looks is shredding the jacket and pants, then we're all set!

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Today at rehearsal, we ran the first act. The first 30 minutes of rehearsal were spent putting on makeup and costumes for everyone. We the started working on act one and running through scenes and re-blocking them to fit the stage. We definitely need to work on the blockin for both tessellate/mac and banquo scene, as well as everybody wants to rule the world. Those were extremely sloppy, but will easily be worked out once blocking is corrected. Dani and I both agreed that we need to find an instrumental backing track for everybody wants to rule the world, because when we ran it on stage, it was painful. No one knew when to come in, Sophie started off key, and the entire thing was just a hot mess. Again, it could be easily fixed though so long as we just use a backing track, and I have found one so now I just need to send the link to Ava. Sophie did not like the idea of using the background track to the song though and got very upset when we told her that we needed it. This is the moment when the night started to crumble. First off, Dani and I have been working with Sophie on all of our songs for months now, attempting to teach her how to sing them correctly, and that has not worked. Dani and I then agreed that we needed to sit down and really thoroughly go through and analyze each song with Sophie working out the kinks. After hours of that, we thought that we had finally gotten to a good place. Sophie finally sounded great, she was staying on pitch for the most part, she was in the right key and following rhythm, but when we took it to the stage, all of that progress disappeared. Dani and I were frustrated when as soon as we stepped on stage, Sophie reverted right back to where she had been last week, before we put in the hours of practice, and disregarded everything we had worked on up to that point. Scars flown proud sounded off pitch and screamy from Sophie's end, but Dani and I decided to let it go because maybe the others would be good. Tessellate and everybody wants to rule the world came along though, and were just as bad as scars, and that's when Dani and I made the decision to sit Sophie down and talk to her. Dani and I were terrified to do this because we know how sensitive Sophie is and how she shuts down if she hears something she doesn't like, and she ended up doing just that. Dani and I talked to Sophie about how she needs to focus on the notes more in the songs because she is getting herself off pitch because she gets too into the acting, which is great that she is so immersed, but then it ruin the song as well as the impact. I literally had to talk to Sophie as if she were a child of Bella's age because otherwise she would shut down. Dani and I constantly kept telling her how amazing and beautiful she sounded when we were practicing the songs in the hot room, but as soon as we started telling her that she needs to remember what we had been working on for days practicing the song, she shut down and started crying. She has done this so many times, and I honestly do not know what to do anymore. I know she went home and ranted very negatively too Jason and Kaylee about Dani and I, but she has no right too. She cannot handle constructive criticism, and truly, I know FOR A FACT that Dani and I were not attacking or being mean to her at any point in the discussion. I am mostly upset about this because Dani and I truly want the witch part to be the best that it can be, and Sophie is not even putting in the tiniest effort to make that happen. Not only is she taking herself down, but she's taking Dani and I with her, because even with two decent voices who know what they're doing, having just one person unsure and slightly off pitch can ruin a song. And Dani and I both know what Sophie is capable of. She can be amazing! We are just upset that she is not even trying at this point, she kept saying she cant do it and that she didnt sign up for a musical, but at this point that's not an excuse anymore and honey YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS SO YOU BETTER FRICKEN GIVE YOUR 1,000,000% JUST LIKE DANI AND I.

And D, I know Dani already said this in her padlet, but I feel the need to do so in mine as well. I am well aware of how stressed you are, so unless you feel the need to get involved in this situation, then do not worry about it. Dani and I are smart cookie's, we will find a way to deal with Sophia.

Also last fun fact of the day, Josh smoked pot during rehearsal lmao he dead...sorry you have to deal with that though D, that boy is so damn ignorant and cocky.

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Today at rehearsal the witches started off by figuring out and then finding the props for the charm scene. We found a decent amount of the props just by venturing up into the prop room, which makes things easier on not only us, but also the budget. After we found the props, we all decided to finish recording and working out the kinks to our songs. A lot of the issues involved people being off pitch or not following the rhythm, but I think we worked it all out for the most part! The songs are sounding really really good and once we sing them with the backing track or distorted voices, it all should sound truly b.a...After we finished up with that we migrated out of the hot room and back into the PAC again where I was able to watch the construction of the set, which was really very interesting. I find it absolutely amazing how the scene of an amazing play can come to life so quickly. Even if it is taking a long time to get this set up, not only is it a great team bonding activity, but it will look stunning once it is complete. I already see the immense potential in it and it is not even done being put together.

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Today at rehearsal we finally moved into the PAC. It was great until I found out that the set builder broke his right hand today, which means the set building is gonna be all up to us. DFC had about 3/4ths of the cast working on actually building the set, while others, like myself, worked on costumes and makeup. We pretty much got all of the costumes nailed up, which is fantastic, and josh got most of Jacob's special effect makeup done. The other witches and I were given multiple tasks such as setting up the display case in the cafeteria, hanging up posters all around the school, working out what we can use to make the props for the charm scene, and working on our makeup. We spent the majority of the first half of rehearsal setting up the case, which we had to redo unfortunately because DFC did not like the first set up, but luckily taking the posters down and hanging them back up again did not take very long at all. We then were sent to go experiment and work on our makeup. Each of the girls and I did very different yet very similar makeup, and DFC really liked all of them. so we will most likely do the same exact music for the show. Other than that, the witches did not really do anything else since our tats were so time consuming.

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Today at rehearsal the witches did not really do all that much acting. In theatre workshop earlier that day, we did though. We solely focused on the charm and waltz scene, which we discovered needs quite a bit of work. We have a list of a ton of ingredients that we need to throw into the cauldron in order to make the spell work, and during rehearsal we worked out how we can actuallymake those ingredients for the show. The charm scene is running a little bit smoother than it was the other day, but we need to work on the apparitions. We all decided that it would be cool if each of the apparitions was related to a witch, and that witch was controlling Mac at that time forcing him to see it. In this scene I also find it very cool because the witches are very forceful and violent with Mac, and I love this because up until this point we were very passive and non threatening with him, and now that all has changed. The other thing we really need to work on, especially me, if the waltzing with Ben. The other witches do their dances with him perfectly, but when it comes to me I'm still uncomfortable with having to lead the dance and rotate in the opposite direction. I really have to think about the dancing now, compared to before the dancing just came to me effortlessly and then I could focus on what was happening between me and Mac. I took Jacob into the hallway to work on the dance, and it felt a little better. This is just a thing that will come with practice and I'm. Sure within the next week I will have it down. I am going to try and get it down as quickly as possible because as of right now I can't seem to get Ben to the point of where I can throw him into the middle of the stage without it looking awkward. The only other memorable thing about rehearsal was that at actual rehearsal Sophie, Dani and I all had to go and run an errand to Menards to pick up treads. And let me tell you, when I heard the way that DFC was talking on the phone with them, I thought she was being rude. Then the three of us got to Mendards AND THE PEOPLE THERE WERE FRICKEN HORRIBLE. WERE THEY FRICKEN RAISED IN A BARN. They didn't offer to help us carry out the heavy item, and they just looked at us like idiots as we struggled to push the cart throughout the store. The only halfway decent person there was this guys named Kurt who helped us load everything into the car. We had a nice discussion about how his coworkers suck. But anyways, that was basically all we did today!

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Today at rehearsal we were able to be in the PAC finally. It is nice to finally be able to adjust to the space we will be performing in and get comfortable with the new blocking. We started off rehearsal running the fight call as we do everyday. After this we ran the scene where Duncan's body for a while then we moved on to the coronation. I know myself as well as the other witches are really comfortable with that scene and even the new spacing does not seem to be all that much of an issue for anyone. They then practiced the scene after the coronation for the next hour or so after that, and the other witches and I watched and did homework. Today in theatre workshop though we ran the charm scene for the first time in a long long long time. It actually went pretty well surprisingly. We decided that we will rotate around the cauldron  while saying the charm and also be throwing in the items listed in the charm as we go. I am really excited for that scene, I have a feeling that it will be the witches biggest scene of the show.

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Today at rehearsal we practiced the waltz scene. We had not run it for about a week so I was quite rusty. I screwed up on the steps while Ben and I were dancing, and I accidentally threw him to the ground instead of it being graceful. I need to work on making it smoother as well as figure out how I am going to get Ben through that transition of dancing to being alone in the center. We then ran through all of act one and it was not so bueno for me. I went too fast in the first scene and could not project with my voice the way I wanted too not only in the song but i my dialogue too. I think that my drinking coffee before rehearsal was not such a good idea, and I also am very tired so that didn't help. The scene with Mac and Banquo was not so good either because I did not get a into the scene as I normally too which I believe takes away from the scene. I also am not a fan of when the witches have to turn and walk a few feet after sophie's line about "though shalt be king hereafter". I do not understand the point behind why we are walking, because it is only a few feet and there is no purpose. If we all rotated actual spots, like I went to Dani's spot, Dani went to Sophie's spot etc, that would be smoother and make more sense I believe.

We just ran Everybody Wants to Rule The World, which we have not rehearsed with Ben in three weeks, and it did not go over well. I am very upset because I asked Ava earlier after we ran act one where we appeared in act two and she brushed through the script and told me that she did not know. I do not blame her though because that was entirely my fault because I have a script and I should have found it myself, but when DFC asked whether we had asked anyone she lied and said we never asked. Also another thing that makes me pretty frustrated is the fact that whenever Jacob misses an entrance, like he did today, DFC brushes it off and normally laughs at whatever excuse he has to offer. We were out practicing the song, then we heard the music inside and ran in, and we got in trouble for it. We missed the entrance because we were running the scene, not because we were goofing off. I also just tried to find the spot in the script where it says Mac enters and kills Duncan or something along the lines of it, and it's not in there. We had never discussed after what scene we would be singing, and I am furious that all the witches had to be embarrassed in-front of the entire cast and made out to be slackers for not knowing our entrance. We were never told when and where to enter, we had never been given a verbal cue or a scene to come in after. We were all well aware that we were in act two, hence the reason why I asked Ava, but there was no discussion prior to this about where exactly we would be coming in. It is still unclear because no one told us even after we missed it. I am sorry that we all missed it, but we had never been told. We will never miss the entrance again though. Promise.

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Today at rehearsal the witches did not do all that much besides run through act one at the end. We pretty much nailed up all of our songs and scene so there isn't all that much to work on now. I felt as though act one was very good, at least the witches scenes were, and I am extremely excited for where we will be three weeks from now. We have no completed learning and blocking all of our scenes and songs so we are basically done. During the entire rehearsal, Dani, Sophie and I all just did homework. We ran tesselate once before we performed it infront of D, and it was perfect. We picked up on the blocking very quickly and I am very happy with that scene. Not all that much was done at rehearsal regarding the witches, but DFC is just working on really working and perfecting other scenes so I completely understand. Oddly enough, one thing Dani and I both thought about today for some reason were the line distributions and how they were never changed. I am upset about that, but I understand that there's nothin to that can be done about that now.

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Today at rehearsal we were told that we need to come in at 9am on Friday so that we can film the Mac trailer for the Huntley News Cast. Later we are going to come back for rehearsal at 3 and have a normal rehearsal day. Today though the cast worked on the fight scenes. Josh experimented on Sophie with the witches eye makeup while the guys were inside of the study hall room fighting, and Dani and I were both very scared and worried about our makeup after we saw the end result. Josh decided that he wanted to give all of us colorful eye shadow. He gave Sophie bright red shadow, Dani blue eye shadow, and myself green eye shadow. I absolutely hated this idea because the witches and I all decided a very long time ago that we wanted to look natural or at least include elements of nature into our makeup, such as roots, earth toned colors, etc. While Dani and I were sweating it out over the fact that we might have to wear the bright makeup, Kaylee went inside and asked D about the witches makeup and D told her that we would be incorporating roots and darker colors into our makeup, not bright and distracting colors. I am so relieved. Another thing that happened was that I was finally able to see part of the witches costume today and I think its very cool. Brooke came out and showed the witches a jacket that we would all be wearing. I believe that this jacket is incredibly cute, but the only problem is that it is meant to be fitted. The witches are crawling around and moving a lot during the show, and if we were to get fitted jackets that would be extremely difficult. One solution to being able to move with more ease is that we just buy the jackets up a size. The only problem with that is that the jacket was created to be fitted and show the form of the person who's wearing it's body. I feel like the jackets will look either goofy or be very difficult to work in, and I just feel like there are better options out there for clothing for the witches.

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Today at rehearsal we started off with the waltz scene. DFC toyed with the idea of the witches and Mac not touching while they dance, as well as the witches spinning Mac out of the duet rather than the other way around. We tried running the waltz about five times, and eventually the rehearsal shifted focus to the fight scenes. I just so happened to walk back into the study hall room at the perfect time because DFC decided to redo the scene where Banquo is murdered, and it is a billion times better than before. The scene is so much more intense and personal because we get to see Mac's inner conflict with whether he should kill Banquo or not. I really love the new fight for it, and I think it will actually make it better. The rest of rehearsal was spent doing homework and looking over lines which was pretty uneventful.

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Today at rehearsal, the other witches and I ran through all of our songs and scenes at least three times. We wanted to make sure we were all memorized, and except for Sophie's little monologue in the charm scene, we were all memorized. The songs are sounding absolutely amazing, and I even feel confident about Tesselate which we only learned last week. I still believe that if we were to put up this show tomorrow we would be amazing and I would still feel incredibly confident. We also ran the coronation and waltz scene while at rehearsal which went swimmingly. Jacob is really doing amazing with his solo in the song as well, and I can tell that he is feeling great about the show too. One thing that I wish we could run as an entire group though is that charm scene, because we have only practiced that once and it is one of the witches biggest, if not the biggest, witch scene. The witches all feel comfortable on it, it's just the chorus for that scene that I'm worried about. I am hoping that they do not forget what they are supposed to do.

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Because I had to go home early with a migraine, I love being a lady, I will be talking about what I did today during theatre workshop. I spent today being an extra for Nadia's scene, and though I was only supposed to work with her for about 5 minutes, it lasted about half the class hour. When she finally finished explaining to me and running through the scene with me in it, I got to work on my scene. Leslie got upset at me because she wanted to work on here scene though, even though we had done that the past 2 days in class already and I had only met with my group for about 5 minutes on Wednesday. When I met with my group, I scrounged up some extras and we got about halfway through the blocking and the bell rang. Also, a few of the extras I had brought in were not taking me seriously when I was giving direction and that really ticked me off. Anyways, I am going to type up my scene and figure out what my theatrical moment is this weekend. I am really feeling flustered because Leslie says she wants to rehearse her scene the entire time on Monday, and I only got about 15 minutes today to work on mine. I feel like I need a few more days and then I will feel comfortable.

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Today at rehearsal, Dani and I could not get much done because Sophie was out sick. The day was basically spent with DFC going over Ben's scenes and Johnathon's scenes because they had been out and needed to be caught up. We had a lot of people out absent so we could not even do all that much with the show. Dani and I just basically worked on homework the entire rehearsal because we could not work on songs without Sophie there with us. In theatre workshop though, Leslie and I worked on her scene the entire time, and I absolutely love it. It's is so twisted and I could not be more excited to be apart of it. What we decided was that Leslie, who is playing the child in the scene, and I, who is playing the mother, are both sexually abused by my husband, her father. We discuss God in this scene and how he always looks out for his children, but Leslie's character is questioning why he turns his back on her when her father does bad things. This scene will be extremely intense and deep and I'm so excited for it.

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Today instead of having rehearsal, we went to the parade. We held a thespian meeting straight after school discussing what we would be doing for the tailgate on Friday. After that most people left to go get food because they didn't have to be back until 4pm. About 4:30 we all went downstairs to the green room and grabbed our costumes for the parade. I was the female version of Indians Jones and Jacob was a dog, which he very quickly regretted choosing to be. At first I was really nervous about going to the parade because normally the theatre kids get a lot of crap for being as vibrant and expressive as we are. That wasn't the case though, myself as well as many other theatre kids received multiple compliments from the other groups and clubs. I actually really enjoyed the parade, the only thing that upset me was the fact that we never truly stopped the parade to do the fight scenes. I think that the parade watchers would've really enjoyed that.

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Today at rehearsal we really didn't do all that much. We were in the PAC again today for rehearsal which makes me extremely happy. Literally anytime I am within in the PAC, I can be doing absolutely anything and time will fly within the blink of an eye. The guys ran fight call as they do everyday, and took time to space their blocking out to fit the stage. Next we were all called into the green room to figure out our costumes for the parade tomorrow, and Dani decided to be a police officer and I am going to be Indiana Jones. I literally just spent the entire rehearsal observing people. Jacob found a spider. Leslie did her essay. Jason and Kaylee snuggled. Bijan took photos. Ben died at home. DFC made everyone drink ginger soda. Brandon swung a sword. Dylan claimed the spider that Jacob found as his own. The spider's name is Rupert just for future references. Rehearsal was very chill and everyone basically just relaxed and had fun the entire time.

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Today at rehearsal we were given the opportunity to rehearse within the PAC since no one was using the theatre that day. It was such refreshing change, and in my opinion, rehearsal went by ten times quicker just because we were within the theatre. The boys were also given their kilts yesterday, and they looked awesome. The way the guys were interacting and very proud of how they looked in, essentially, a skirt, was also hilarious. The males in our cast are all such goofs, and you can just feel the bond between all of them and tell just how comfortable they are with this cast. The witches all went off to the hot room to learn the first part o the song Tessellate, which we will be using for the time right before the scene with the three of us, Banquo, and Mac. We already learned the words for the song and even completed making the harmonies in just over and hour, and I think it sounds great. I think that this song may be my favorite of the show. Dani did a great job choosing it and I am glad that there was no complaining about having to learn a new song on anyone's part. It was a very mellow, productive and cooperative day for the witches. I am feeling great and confident about all of our scenes, to the point where I feel like we could have the show next week and we'd be ready. We are in a great spot right now.

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Today at rehearsal, we continued working on masks for the homecoming parade. Sophie has been doing a great job and really done well with creating tons of beautiful and unique masks. The witches all ran through all of our songs a few times in the commons area near the upstairs circle. Sophie was really struggling with the song Scars Flown Proud, so we ran through that about fifteen times in order to get her to a point where she was comfortable in what she was doing for that song. Mr. Farlik walked by and told ll of us that our voices and song were beautiful lol. That was interesting... after we ran our songs, the witches all decided that we should really discuss our characters and give them more depth and meaning. We talked about where we came from (the forest is what we decided), what each of our names were (still tbd), what each of our individual powers were (still tbd), how we came to be (we are fallen angles and can be classified as demons), and how old we are (we decided that we have no age). I really love the fact that we are making our characters more than just witches. This makes me feel more of connection with my witch and also more of a bond between the others.

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Today at rehearsal everyone was in charge of making masks for the homecoming parade, and that was all I did for the entirety of rehearsal. During theatre workshop we had a very nice class breakfast and were also given our cast lists for our 365 plays. I have Sophie, Dani, and Megan in my play and I am very excited to get to work with all of them. I will also be in Leslie's play and it will be just she and I for that. I am very excited to start working and developing these pieces and giving them meaning. It should be a major challenge and I am extremely psyched for it. Sorry this padlet is so short, but we had a pretty laid back day today so there's not much for me to talk about!

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Today at rehearsal, Dani and I went off to D's room almost instantly to practice our songs a few times. About an hour later Sophie and Ben came to join us because they wanted to practice the waltz scene a couple of times. Ben eventually got called down to the study hall room again to run some fight scenes and then about fifteen minutes later the witches got called down as well. We ran all the witches scenes from the top of the show to as far aw we could, and though some of them were rusty because we hadn't practiced it with Ben in some time, it was pretty darn good. We also were about to show the entire cast the stairwell scene for the first time today. Personally in my opinion, I did not think the other witches and I did very well with that scene because we had no run the blocking in weeks. I know that we are capable of making the scene much more than it was yesterday, we just need to practice the scene much more frequently. Everyone absolutely loved the scene though and that made me feel really good about it, because if that's the worst we've ever done with it and people still loved it, then we're gonna blow everyone away come show time.

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Today at rehearsal we went over the final witch scene. This is the scene where the witches cast a spell/charm, and in order to make this scene the very best that it can be, she decided to put the entire cast in charge of creating the scene and throwing out ideas for it. While DFC worked with Ben, the entire cast sat around and was given the task of forming seven ideas for this scene. We ended up with about twenty. Some of the highlights from yesterday were the ideas of having zombies wander onto the stage, doing the whispers we did from Hamlet, and also the witches walking around in a cirlce with some soldiers. What we ended up doing for this scene is having some people offstage during this time, who are keeping the rhythm by pounding on either the ground or wall, and then the witches walk around the cauldron the way we do during Mad World. We will continuously keep the beat by having the pounding occur throughout the entire song while we also add on things(such as singing, whispers, etc) to each different witches monologue. We crescendo during the third monologue until it reaches a power climax. This scene is so powerful already and it's only the first day we've worked on it. Dani and I already have our lines memorized because we basically sang the witches monologues last year during treble choir. I think this scene may be a highlight from the shows.

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So today during rehearsal, DFC called another cast meeting and told everyone that the suspension of shows for Sophie would be listed, so now she can partake in all the shows again. It was bittersweet because it was great that Sophie was getting her role back, but also very sad because Bijan was getting taken out. The night before, Bijan had memorized nearly all her lines, and had dedicated all of her rehearsal time to learning the witches songs. Later on in rehearsal, the witches plus Ethan practiced scars flown proud in order to show D what movements we had added to the song. I think the song now looks completely bad a**. I fricken love it, and Ethan is doing a great job of being our body risen from the grave. After DFC approved of the new movements, the witches all went of to D's room for the majority of rehearsals. We ran through all of our songs, and I am feeling SO good about them. We're all going to look so amazing come the show. The final thing we did at rehearsal was run the waltz, which is running quite smoothly, and then we went home.

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Today's rehearsal was very much needed. Instead of rehearsing in the normal space, the study hall room, DFC decided to change things up and take us all to dieke park. The reason behind why she made us all go to the park was so that we could all bond and become closer as a cast, and I can very confidently say that that goal was accomplished. While at the park, the witches did not have anywhere or any time to practice our songs, so we were allowed to hang out with the entire cast for the day. Normally the four of us witches go off to D's room and seclude ourselves and practice our songs over and pover again, but we did not have the opportunity to do that today, and I am thankful for that. there were so many people who I had been dying to talk to, such as Riley, Josh, Sam, etc. and I finally really got to goof around with them. While we played games, I found time to joke around with and get to know all of those people. I drove Sam over to the park with about four other people and was able to talk with him more in those twenty minutes than I had been able to in the past year. I even bought him ice cream at dairy mart because he was so sweet. I got to know Riley and she is absolutely adorable. She is honestly just like I was my freshman year except ten times prettier. Josh is also just like Riley and I can tell that he is going to be well loved by everyone in the theatre community. Anyways, at the park we played games such as capture the flag, murder, and we had a relay race. I could not have had more fun. Jacob even had fun, and that's saying a lot. I love that I was finally able to have fun with my cast, and I feel as though we have a much better vibe and bond now that we have done this. Thank you DFC for taking us all out, this day was very much needed.

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Today at the rehearsal, me and the other witches all went off to practice our songs again. We rehearsed for about an hour and then came back to the main rehearsal. I very quickly vented to all the witches about how I absolutely hate the energy and vibe of this show. This show has such a negative aura around it because not only is the shows just dark in itself, but there are to many cliques in the cast, to many trash talkers, there's to much drama, there's no family amongst the cast. I really feel no connection with this cast and that makes me so incredibly sad. When I showed up to Mid Summer or Daniel Hand rehearsal I would always feel the love and the strong bond between everyone in the cast. I felt comfortable, accepted, and as if I could tell anyone in the cast anything and I would not be judged. In this cast I feel none of that. I feel hostility, and anger, and judgement and I hate it. I don't know what can be done to fix this, but I just want a happy and connected cast and a show with a good vibe emanating from itself. Can I please suggest a team bonding weekend activity of some sort? We desperately need it. I feel so uncomfortable at these rehearsals.Anyways, we also practiced the Mad World dance, and I can now confidently sing my solo and also look into Ben's eyes at the same time.

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Today was really hard. It was an extremely emotional, fast paced, heart breaking day. Sophie was called into Duncan's office, and whole there, she had a meeting with a few of the staff and was told that she is not allowed to perform in one of the Macbeth shows. Of course after hearing this news Sophie broke down, and a few hours later at rehearsal, DFC announced that Sophie would be stepping down as a witch for two shows and instead Bijan would fill in for those two. This was an extremely bittersweet moment, because not only was my good friend in pain about having to go through this, but I also got to see Bijan fill with joy and excitement when she heard she would be a witch. I feel horrible for Sophie, but also very happy for Bijan. I can see the different perspectives of everyone who was involved in this whole ordeal. After the announcement was made, Dani and I spent the rest of rehearsal teaching Bijan Everybody Wants to Rule The World, and also ran through Mad World a few times and even managed to work out a few harmonies into the song that we created ourselves. Bijan is going to be a great witch, I have no doubt about that. Sophie will eventually come to terms with what has happened, and hopefully help to teach Bijan with Dani and I. I can understand the pain that Sophie is experiencing right now. This happened with me during Hamlet last year, and it was awful. I cried and cried at home about it, but eventually I got to the point where I knew that there was no use dwelling on what happened and the choices that had been made. Sophie will still get to perform luckily, just as I was still able to perform in the end at state. All will eventually revert back to, basically, normal. The final thing that happened during the day was that I had a conversation about the witches with DFC. She was already flipping out and beyond stressed by everything that had gone on that day, but I felt that there was no better time to talk to her than today. Since Bijan was put in to be witch three because of Sophie's situation, I was upset by the fact that she would then have more lines than me even though I was the one who auditioned and earned my role as a witch. This is not even in the slightest Bijan's fault either, that's just how the cards were dealt. But i asked D if instead of Bijan playing witch Three, I play witch three because she has quite a few more lines than witch two. I was fine when Sophie had witch three because she auditioned and earned the role of one of the witches, but I also did, not Bijan. And DFC, I am so sorry that I just added onto your day of misery, that is not at all what I wanted to do. I would have waited a week to bring it up to you, but I did not want Bijan to learn all the lines for witch three only to have to forget them and learn a new witch's lines. I am truly sorry for adding onto your stress, I felt horrible for doing it but I have learned over the past year or so that you have to fight for what you want. I wanted that witch, and I am willing to fight for it. I have worked so hard in theatre over the past few years and if I can't have the witch one, who by far and away has the most lines and interaction with Macbeth, then I want the next best thing because I think I have earned it. I was praying that I would get witch one and working my butt off everyday to prove that I was the very best witch, but it didn't work out in my favor. I even learned nearly all the lines, but the spell, for witch one. That's okay though, that's Dani's role now, she rocks it everyday, and I know that what's done is done. But I put my all into rehearsals and endure vicious fights with my mother about this show and shows in the past just because I am so passionate about what I do in theatre. Someone having more lines makes a difference, because that's more time that they have to captivate the audience with their voice and convey their personality. Being witch three makes a huge difference for me. I want more time to show who my witch is and truly add onto the story of Macbeth. Anyways, my only setback is Sophie now. I have to somehow tell her, or not, that I am witch three. I am thinking currently that I will just learn both witches lines just so Sophie can still be witch three in her shows. I'm really conflicted right now, but I have to find a way to get around this because I r.e.a.l.l.y. want witch three.

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Today at rehearsal we were kicked out of the study hall room. It's just oh so nice to know that the school supports the fine arts so much that they decide to let us fend for ourselves and find our own random spot in the school to rehearse. I am so upset because not only did we have to walk all the way across the school to find a tiny, compact spot where people continue to walk in and disturb us, but I am also upset about the fact tat literally every other club or sport has a set meeting spot, and we do not. This is so unbelievably unfair, and as much as the school says that they support the fine arts just as much as sports, I don't believe it. Anyways, today during theatre workshop, I performed my personal monologue. I will willingly admit that I could have done a billion times better than what I did. I was extremely conscious of the fact that I kept using my hands in an awkward manner, but I could not stop doing it. I also wish I had made more of my levels, but being nervous made me lose focus on what I was saying. I wish I could have gotten some more constructive criticism from DFC though because I was looking forward to seeing what my piece could be after some alterations. I kind of hoped that I would get to calm my nerves and perform again, but maybe my piece was to long to perform again? But then again Ben redid his. I just wish I could have gotten some help with my monologue, I felt as though it would have been much better with a little bit out guidance and direction. At rehearsal we are working on the fighting mostly and the rest of us are just watching for the most part, or doing homework.

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Okay sorry that I'm using bad selfies that aren't in theatre workshop or rehearsal, I just truly forgot about the assignment and this is just a picture I took of myself on Friday. So during theatre workshop on Friday O was able to watch Alysa, and Josh(I think that was Friday). Those are the only two I remember vividly and therefore the only two that I feel comfortable writing about and commenting on. Alysa is so adorable and meek, and her monologue was that as well. She was very quiet and reserved from what I could tell. She has the potential to be a good actress, but she just needs to come out of her shell. I can't really make any comments other than that about her because everything that I did not like about her performance most likely revolves around her feeling embarrassed or shy about performing in front of so many people, which then made the performance not the best it could be. I am curious about how different she would be if she was just alone in her room running her monologue. That's what I truly want to see. Josh's performance was very...Josh. He was very out there and vibrant, and that can always be a good thing, but the thing is, he does it literally every single time her performs with every single character of his. He always seems to play the same person. Being truthful, his monologue did not amaze me or dazzle me just solely because it felt as though I had seen that monologue a billion different times just with different characters he has played in the past. I wish I could see him play a different character. I feel like he has the potential to, I have yet to see that though. I will be performing my monologue on either Monday or Tuesday and I am terrified. I just really want to be memorable and have people believe that I am a woman who never ages and is confessing my love to a man. I want to be believable. I don't want to be seen as an actor acting up on stage, I want to be seen as Hannah, the woman who never ages. I really hope I can fulfill that wish.

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Alright so to be completely honest, I forgot to do my padlet Thursday because we didn't have rehearsal and it just blanked my mind. I normally fill out my padlet while at practice so not having my normal routine made me lose track of what I had to do that day for homework. I'm gonna try my darndest to remember what happened during theatre workshop though. From what I recall, I believe that we were continuing to perform our personal monologues on Thursday and I know that Brandon went, and I remember that because he did so well. I absolutely loved his piece and I appreciated that it was a monologue so different from what I've ever seen him do before. He played a man who was confessing his love to a woman, and let me tell ya, it made my swoon. I got so sucked into his words and I truly believed that he was speaking to me. He pulled everybody into the audience, even the males I bet, into his confession and made them feel as though they were being spoken to. I noticed that he did not use a lot of hand motions, but I honestly really liked that about his piece. It was blunt and out there and he nailed it in my opinion. The second person I remember was miss Danielle Jean Bahn. We were all sitting up on stage for her performance and I was really proud of her by the end of it. She finally was able to show that she can be firm and somebody not to be toyed with her monologue. She played the roll of a girl who went through hardships when she was younger and has now made success for herself and is speaking of how only she gets credit for getting there. To be honest, I loved this piece and I myself would have personally loved to have performed something such as this one as well. The last performance of that day that I recall was Jason Trejo. I remember being extremely proud of Jason once his finished his performance because his monologue was angry and I have never seen Jason act angry or upset before and it was a refreshing change. I am glad that I now know that he can play this type of character, because before I would have never guessed in a million years he could scream up on stage and be convincing. Overall, I really enjoyed watching all of the performances from Thursday.

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Today at rehearsal Dani, sophie and I all helped to teach Bijan Scars Flown Proud and really nail up Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Mad World. In my opinion, I believe that Bijan is doing a great job so far of learning the songs and blocking. This is probably really hard for her just being thrust into this role and I have to commend her for doing such a great job with it so far. After we finished up practicing the songs, all of us went back to the study hall room and we ran the Waltz scene about 10 times to make sure everyone was getting use tot the movements and singing. Overall rehearsal was good, besides the fact that the witches part distribution is still really upsetting me. Not only is it my senior year, but I auditioned and earned my role as witch and I know that I deserve to have a bigger role than what I have currently.

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In rehearsal today, the witches and I all ran Scars Flown Proud and Everybody Wants to Rule The World in DFC's room to start off practice. Both the songs ran pretty well and I feel like we're really getting the nailed down. We finally have them memorized at this point which is good because that means that we can get more of the acting in, which is exactly what we did. We practiced crawling around on the ground for Scars Flown Proud as well as toyed with the idea of each of the witches representing a mother, virgin, and whore at different points of the song. After we finished running the songs a few times, D took us out into a FRICKEN TOASTY stairwell so that we could run Everybody Wants to Rule The World with Josh and Ben. DFC believes that as Ben walks up the stairs towards us we should each be exhausted by the time he moves on from one of us and onto the next witch. I really love how it is turning out. The scene is coming off as being so immensely powerful. After that we just came back to rehearsal and practiced the coronation scene and then ended rehearsal.

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I came late to rehearsal today because I have a sinus infection and could barely focus on school because I was feeling so bad. I'm going to talk about both theatre workshop as well as my half of rehearsal that I saw. During theatre workshop today, we started performing our monologues and I was able to watch Noah, Frank, and Sophie perform theirs. Noah's first run of his monologue lacked depth and true emotion, but after DFC gave some instruction he performed it for a second time and it was truly amazing. He is such a talented actor and he has so much potential in him. You could tell in the second run how he was really truly putting himself into his characters shoes and feeling how twisted and disgusted he felt. Sophie's monologue was very good and you could tell how passionate she was about her piece. It was a letter to future generations saying how sorry we she was that the generations before them didn't respect or admire the earth as much as we should have. Finally, I was able to watch Frank's monologue. His first few runs were not bad, but not necessarily the best he could be either. Ben told him to create a climax somewhere in the monologue and to remember that he should feel rushed for time, and after frank had been told that, as well as given a person (Kaylee) to act off of, he blew the monologue out of the park. There were cute times in it and more serious tones, which I did not see during the first performance. At rehearsal today, I came at about 3:30ish and was able to see the end of the coronation scene. There had been some changes in what the witches were supposed to be doing such as, we move out of our positions at a much later time and well as now we all roll off the stage at the end of the scene. The rest of rehearsal was spent on the scenes after the coronation scene, which the witches are not in. I began to overheat in rehearsal so I spent the majority of the practice sitting outside with Jason, Dani, and Jacob. Lol you can see just how dead inside I'm feeling in my picture.

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Rehearsal began today in DFC's room. We then all went to the study hall room to do stretches with Justin and Leslie leading them. After that we practiced the coronation scene, and I tried the whisper thing in Ben's ear but it was a no from DFC. Ben said he got chills and really liked it though so that made me happy! I really love the fact that instead of standing up on the platforms the entire time, the witches now get to interact with Mac and walk around on the floor during the coronation. I feel really involved and I feel like it adds a somewhat ominous touch to the already heavy scene by having the witches wander around down on the stage. After we ran that scene about 2 times we moved on to the banquet scene. Since I am not in that scene I again just sat and watched it, and it's really turning out great. I love the way the chorus is reacting when Ben tries to stab Johnathon, they all seem very into it an emotional. That was all I was able to see until I had to leave rehearsal because I had to go to target because no one could cover my shift.

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So today at rehearsal, it was actually pretty simple and easy for me. We did our first line run through of Act 1, and since the witches only have about 10 lines total for all three of us combined, we didn't have an issue with the memorization. We had our lines down, and had a lot of time to spare in rehearsal because of that. Most of the leads did not have the lines memorized so that's what the majority of rehearsal was spent perfecting while the rest of us just sat and did homework. People are slowly but surely getting their lines down, but for the most part I believe that we are right on track with the show. And as for the witches songs, we're good with the harmonies and tunes of the songs and only have a tiny bit more memorization to go before we are finished with that. Once that has happened, we will work on perfecting the pieces and getting them to the point where we will be able to climb or crawl around while singing them.

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Today at rehearsal I was it with yet ANOTHER migraine! The first hour of rehearsal was absolutely excruciating for me because not only was my head throbbing ceaselessly BUT I was not able to participate in the witches scene when we were asked to do it. Eventually after a little bit more of a rest though, my medication kicked in and I was able to be in the coronation scene which I can conclude is extremely, bad ass. The witches have now been directed to, rather than just stand overlooking the attendees of the event, move towards Mac and follow him during the duration of the scene. I got the urge to whisper in Ben's ear at some point while standing behind him, which even though I have yet to try it in reality, I believe will be a nice touch to the witches role in this scene. For the majority of rehearsal though I have just been sitting and watching the banquet scene and I am more than happy to just observe. The scene is turning out amazingly and is extremely dramatic which I love. Ben and Leslie's phenomenal acting is also most likely a reason for as to why the scene is as good as it is.

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I AM LIVID. Dani, Sophie and I were all outside looking over scene four to decide whether we wanted to sing The Witches Trio just as DFC asked us, and all was going well until Sophie got pissy and upset. Dani, Anna and I were all singing over the 10 minute long song, trying to decide what parts would be good to use in this scene, when Sophie had a melt down. She expressed to Dani and I, in a very whiny manner, that she is sick of how much singing we are doing in this show and how she just wants to say her lines for once. Dani and I are very upset because not only are she and I both more than willing to  sacrificing our lines to make this scene fantastic, just as she is complaining of doing, but we both thoroughly believe that if we were to perform sections of this song in place of our lines, it would have the most amazing effect and truly amaze the audience. This song has dissonance, and therefore would make the whole performance extremely creepy and chilling which is what I personally would love for the witches. Speaking these lines would have much less of an impact than if we were to sing this song. I believe that Sophie is just being selfish because she has the most lines in this scene and wants to have talk time on stage. Sophie signed up for this role, agreed to perform as a witch and do whatever is necessary to make the witches the best that they can possibly be.

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Today in theatre workshop, we worked on breathing exercises as well as had a talk from DFC about putting good into your body so you can get good out. Later on in class we discussed our personal contemporary monologues. We analyzed them and determined who our character was, what situation he/she was in, what time everything took place, etc. We were able to thoroughly elaborate on who we believe our character is, which will allow us to more realistically portray the character when we perform in a few weeks.

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So in Theatre Workshop today we worked on padlet. Apparently nobody has been doing it, so today should really be quite easy for me. Jacob is looking like a dope in the picture because he is having issues with the padlet and it's getting to him. He wants to do well but he just hasn't been able to get the app to function properly for him. At rehearsal today I'm going to be taught the blocking that I missed yesterday when I was sick at home with my migraine for the witches. I'm stoked. In theatre workshop though I know that we will be concentrating on our individual monologues today and really figuring out and divulging who the character we will be portraying, really is.

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So I went home today with an oncoming migraine, and basically chilled in my dark bedroom for about 4 hours. Good thing is that I took many a migraine pill and didn't end up getting a full blown migraine, bad news is the pills made me super drowsy and I still have a full headache. I don't know what's going on with my head, but I missed rehearsal for Mac today and couldn't take a picture there so here's one of me feeling bummed out after I woke up from my nap. I did get the chance to look at my monologue for theatre workshop though, so I kinda go to practice something I guess?

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Okey doke so we had the theatre kick off thing tonight and I forgot to take a picture so here's me all scrubbed and clean after a shower. Today was somewhat stressful and difficult because my migraine has been lurking in the shadows the entire day and I've had to take so many pills and it's just a pain in the butt. The theatre kick off was super fun because we played volleyball and Red Rover but WALLACE wasn't producing hot dogs fast enough so that upset me....but overall today was a pretty decent day. I have a ton of English homework I have to do because I couldn't complete any homework last night due to my migraine so now I suffer. I just want sleep. I miss sleep. Plus having less than 6 hours of sleep can't be good for my head and reducing the possibility of getting a migraine...

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So today at rehearsal I got a really fricken bad migraine that just murdered me so I napped through the pain in DFC's room on her big chair and Sophie and Dani watched over me. They're the best buddies I could ask for. But before I was struck with pain, we worked on the witches scene a little bit and I can feel myself getting more comfortable being a witch and I'm starting to understand how these witches should act around each other and Mac. By the way, the picture is me suffering from the migraine in D's room.

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Okay okay, so today at rehearsal Sophie, Dani and I all worked on Just for Now, the Inheritors song thingy and Everybody Wants to Rule the World and if I do say so myself, I think we're doing pretty darn well. No one is upset about how the songs are being divided, but we do really need to work on memorization, especially me...So anyways I was able to watch the guys run their fight call for a little bit and run the opening of the show which looks amazing and has great potential. My day was overall pretty decent, besides the fact that we started work on the witches scene today and the roles were randomly assigned and I got the witch with the least. Lines. I really had my heart set on witch number one but I'm not gonna sit here and pout. I'm going to work my tushey off and prove that I am meant to be witch number one because I want it dammit. I can do it, and I will get it.