first read through!

So a couple of days ago I had my first read through with the Peter Pan cast and i must say it was awesome. Captain Hook is menacing, the lost boys are silly and light hearted, the Indians are fierce, and Liza is ,well...... Liza is Liza! Its absolutely an amazing cast! we went through the whole script which was such a delight but unfortunately i could not enjoy it as much as i wanted to. since it was finals week i had a good three all nighters before heading to the read through. i have also been running on coffee the whole week and that particular day i just happen to not have my morning cup of Joe, so when i finally got to the read through i was close to passing out with a massive headache and could barely keep my eyes open. Never-the-less it was very enjoyable. (i still have that headache now, three days later) we had many laughs and sang the songs as we read through the script and it was absolutely magical. we all wore name tags and introduced each other and met the two boys who will be playing Micheal who are absolutely adorable. one is eight and the other is 11 and they both play the part wonderfully. Tinkerbell is also fabulous. she plays a xylophone as her way of communication and the way she plays it is quite sassy like Tinkerbell should be! when we got to the part in the script where she died ,as the enthusiastic cast we are we all decided to clap, to revive her and when she woke up we all cheered and rejoiced. In that moment the child in all of us jumped out and we were all innocently content, at least i was. before we did the read through the costume designer explained what most of the costumes would look like. because i am Nana i wont be having anything amazing but i ensure you that my costume is the cutest and fluffiest! the other characters will be in steam punk clothing which is simply amazing!!!. there will be a bunch of clocks  and gears and i cant wait to see the costumes!! the director also explained that this version of peter pan is to portray Neverland as part Wendy's imagination. all the characters will represent things in her room . the lost boys are made of teddy bears, the Indians wear bed sheets, and the pirates costumes will be made out if gears from the Big Ben, and the crocodile.........is made out of clocks and gears. this is going to be so exciting especially since i love peter Pan!!!. im so incredibly honored to be in this production and i cannot wait to start rehearsal. The costume designer suggested that we read the original Peter Pan  book which i will definitely be doing. all in all, besides the massive headache it truly was a wonderful day and i am so blessed to be in this production. its a dream of mine and even in the read through it really felt like i traveled to Neverland hearing all the characters come to life. Peter Pan was my childhood and still a big part of my life and being in this show makes me so excited and humble because i really did not believe i would get in. im so happy and this production is my first real production of a show. im so incredibly honored.

stay youthful!
-Lisa

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