Heading To San Angelo For Regionals This Thursday

My One-act play made it to the Regional Championships again this year and will compete on Friday April 23. This is the 5th time we have made it to Regionals and this has by far been the toughest year to get there. I wasn't too happy with the play choice at the beginning. I had a hard time cutting The Good Woman of Szechwan script and almost gave up a couple of times. The cast was huge and getting them to practice all at the same time was a challenge like always. Lots of new kids in this cast as well as a few returning veterans. We faced stiff competition from Del Valle this year with their production of The House of Bernada Alba. The female who played Bernarda was very good. She won best actress at zone and gave us a run for our money. Ysleta did a strange but entertaining Steve Martin play called WASP. I was impressed with Chapin's production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly at Area. I liked some of the directing choices and stage pictures in the show. The acting was also very strong. Burges was very good and ran away with most of the acting awards at Area. I respect their director for always putting together solid shows. Our show has had its ups and downs throughout the run. We lost one of or lead actors after the Canutillo workshop and had to scramble to reshuffle parts and characters. Most of my kids are involved in a thousand different activities so rehearsal time was hard to put together. I am impressed with the lead of my show and her dedication to the role. She has blossomed as the character and has become a leader among the other cast members. David has been great as well. I have had him in my shows since his freshman year and he pushes me to stay on top of things to make sure we advance. We perform second on Friday and will try to make it out of Regionals for the first time in school history. I am not really stressing or pushing the cast very hard this year because I don't necessarily thin that is the best approach. I guess i am trying to do something different to see if we get a better result. Know matter what happens I am proud of my cast and crew and of my co-director and buddy Mr. B.