17.09.2002 | 11:43 a.m.
all the world's a stage.

I want so badly for this to work out. If this works out, I will be the happiest girl alive. And that is saying a lot. No,it's not a boy. It's a play. Monica, Jenny and I are writing a play and hoping to get our act together before next February. Now that might sound like a long time away,but it isn't. We hope to be accepted for the National Student Drama Festival at Scarborough. The deadline for the script submission is end February. Before then, we have to have our final script, auditions, cast and rehearsals. Sadly, our school's theatre department is miniscule. It's going to be so hard to cast. So fucking hard. What I'm most worried about,though,is the direction. We have to find a good director. I'd rather have a student director,but I think all the theatre majors are actors. Production is not a problem though. If I'm not in it, I can probably handle stage management all by myself.

Another problem is funding. Since we're not doing this in collaboration with the theatre department, I doubt the school will give us money. Dr. Barclay said it might be worth asking, but chances are, it'll be futile. The sets are going to be extremely simple since we're setting it entirely in a dorm room. The money we need is for booking the Diorama Arts Center (60 quid a day) for rehearsals and at least two shows. If we do do get into NSDF,we need to pay them 95 quid,plus travel and accomodation. We could live in university accomodation which is pretty cheap,but it would actually be cheaper to rent a holiday flat since we'll have a cast of about 10 and a small production team (that could double up as some of the cast,hopefully). Everything is up in the air right now...but God..I'm so excited about this. THIS is where I belong. This is what I always want to do...

Once we have a more solid idea of the plot, I'll probably post the character list and the tentative storyline and whoever's reading can give me an honest opinion, ideas, criticisms whatever. 11:43. I have to run to class now.

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