It's my Spring-Aversary!

Hi All!

Since my blog has been pretty serious, I thought I would lighten it up a bit, and tell y'all about a show I love...Spring Awakening.

So as most of you know, I have been quite enamored of the musical "Spring Awakening". It was one year ago today, 9/13/08 that I first saw this incredibly beautiful show. In honor of my "spring-aversary" I am going to share my history with the show.
My journey with the show actually started in May of 2007. My mother went to New York for her NYU reunion. While she was there, she was able to see the show, and instantly knew I would love it. However there was no hope of me getting to New York anytime soon. So for a year and a half, I had to be content with the soundtrack. 
The we discovered that the tour was coming to San Francisco. And we immediately bought tickets. I was floored. It was so brilliant and I could connect on it on so many levels. In this show you are able to buy onstage seats. I was determined to get an onstage seat. The last weekend the tour was in SF, I decided that I would try and get onstage tickets at the box office. I saw that the box office opened at noon, so i figured I would get there early, wait in line, get my ticket go home and come back. I got there at 9:15, and was told that the onstage tickets for that night's show didn't go on sale until six that night. So I waited the eight hours in line. The person in front of me got the last ticket. Eventually I was able to get an onstage ticket for the tour in L.A. 
Between the time that the tour was in SF and the time I went down to L.A, I was feeling upset about my abilities as a performer. I had a teacher/director who put a huge damper in my confidence and I was ready to never sing or act again. However, seeing this show onstage really saved me. It really is an incredible experience to sit with the actors as they are performing. I was able to see the pure joy that the actors got out of performing in the show. It helped me realize and remember how much I loved the joy of being onstage and performing. It may seems like I am a crazy fangirl, and that would be an accurate statement. But Spring Awakening truly...and this is kind of cliche...touched me. I really connected with the show on an emotional level, and the music is so incredibly beautiful. I am so in love with the show, that I plan to see it in San Jose and Sacramento this fall! I also plan to send in a video audition for the show. I would be so blessed to be a part of this show, and get to work with such talented actors! So I am celebrating with so peach ice cream (another favorite) and blasting the sound track. And...end fangirl gushing!

BTW, if you are interested, go to springawakening.com

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