During the great waste in the wilderness that we call "at-home learning," aka school in 2021, East High's production of Take-5 tried to happen. It really did. But it so didn't. Another victim sucked into the covid trash heap. The kids did write plays and monologues - Romney even wrote one of them. They picked directors and cast the shows. And then they the kids all had to record their parts on camera and send them to their directors. Or I guess some of the shows were recorded together on zoom. And then someone was supposed to edit it and send it out or play it online or something, I'm not quite clear. All I'm clear on is that it didn't happen. And now that a year has gone by, I'm pretty sure it isn't going to. So Romney was pretty excited that Take-5 did happen in person this year. Now, it had some down-sides. For one thing, it was performed in the big auditorium upstairs at the high school instead of downstairs in the small black box theater. Student-written plays can sometimes be a little...um...unpolished and hard to understand anyway, but putting them on a really big stage far away from the audience makes it a little harder. Plus, the rehearsals got started just as the Omicron variant was blowing up and we had another week of this "at-home learning." (We were all traumatized and were terrified that the break would extend past the one week they started with. Luckily it was just the one week.) But that of course shut down rehearsals for a while. So it was a rush getting the shows ready to perform.
Romney was very happy to get a part she really enjoyed - she was in the final play of the evening, written by her good friend Anna. I really feel like it was the best-written play of the group, though we all also enjoyed the one about the tree in the park getting to know its neighboring shrubbery. Cute show. Romney's was a dating game show where none of the contestants knew they were in a contest. Romney played one of the show hosts and was really funny. I thought they did a great job. All the pictures of her with makeup streaming down her face are due to the fact that at one point in the show she flees from the stage in tears, and returns with mascara pouring down her face. She has great energy and comedic timing.
The show wrapped up on Monday the 7th, and it was only two days later that she was auditioning for the spring musical, Beauty and the Beast, as well as a one-act play meant for a spring competition. She got great parts in both. In Beauty and the Beast, she will be playing LeFou, another great comedic part. And so there was about one day to take a breath before leaping back into action. Ah, the theater life! I love how much she loves it, and worry about her stress level at the same time. I guess that's high school, though, right?
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