The Play is Cast

I have been taking part in my Co-op’s drama class this year.  It is a lot of fun and our director is amazing.  Up till a few weeks ago, we were reading our play aloud in class.  The play is called I Remember Mamma, and it is based on the book ‘Mamma’s Bank Account’.

Last Friday, we had auditions.  It was followed by a long week of mentally bighting my fingers, my fingernails having already been chewed off the previous week.  I was far more nervous to find out if I had been given a part than I had been when I auditioned.

The week before, I could always bury my nose in the lines, memorizing them to (hopefully) perfection.  This past week however, there was nothing I could do to alleviate my nerves.  I was left with the feeling of a person waiting helplessly to hear the jury’s verdict.

After all that nervous tention, the day finally came, and with it, a sence of calmness.  I was fairly certaint that I had done well, but I was not jumping to conclusions.  I did not want to be dissapointed if I didn’t get the role I had tried out for.

Once class started, it seemed like Mr. Deen took forever to get to the cast list.  I clapped loudly for each of my friends as they were given their role.  Then, he came to the part that I had tried out for, the aunt, Trina.  I tried to keep my breathing steady, as I hoped, yet prepared myself to clap for another.  He said that he had been impressed by this girl’s projection, and that although she was new to the group, he thought she whould do well with Trina.  This didn’t hearten me at all, since only first year drama girls had tried out for Trina, except I hoped that the projection part had been true of me.  And then he said her name.  Kathryn Brauer.  I could not keep the gigantic smile from my face as I rose and went to recieve my cast list paper.  I continued to beem as my classmates clapped for me.

This moment, was truly one of the pest in my life.  I hope that I will be able to do Trina’s part justice in our preformances this March.