It's such an excellent song! I've been playing it on repeat ever since we got our parts for the musical.
The main male roles were Tony, Riff, and Bernardo, with some small parts to Chino, Officer Krupke, Doc, and the Party Planner. The two main female roles were Maria and Anita, with a small part for Anybodys. It turned out like this:
Tony (main guy)- Gordy
Maria (main girl)- Myself
Riff (leader of the Jets) - Chase
Bernardo (leader of the Sharks)- Chris
Anita (Bernardo's gf/Maria's best friend)- Grace
Chino (Bernardo's best friend)- Coalton
Officer Krupke/Doc/Party Planner- Will (hahaha)
Anybodys (tomboyish girl of the Jets)- Jamie
Gordy wanted to be Bernardo so he wouldn't have to remember as many lines, and Chris wanted to be Tony because he wanted the lead, but Gordy's such a good singer that Deb (the teacher) wouldn't let him have a role with no solos. Jamie really wanted to be Anybodys [a tomboy who wants to be part of the Jets (the white gang), but is picked on because she acts like a man], and Grace wanted to be either Anybodys or Anita, so that left Maria for lil' ole me.
From what I've heard Will is a talented actor, but he claims he can't sing, and we know he can't dance because of his foot surgery. So even though he deserves a big role, he got the extras that don't have to sing and dance. Coalton just wanted to kill someone, so he got Chino, which is funny because Bernardo and Chino are best friends and so are Chris and Coalton. Chase is a pretty good singer, and I'm not sure about his acting abilities, but from what I know I think he'll do well as Riff.
Gordy wants to switch with Chris, but also doesn't want Chris kissing me. Chris doesn't really want to have to kiss Grace, so he wants to switch with Gordy. Boys! haha :) I've never seen Chris act, but he said at one of his old schools he was Romeo, which most likely means he could pull off Tony...if he got over his singing stage fright.
I'm so pumped!! Deb's going to be in Newfoundland next week, and then we have vacation, so we're not going to get our scripts for a while. I can hardly contain myself, and I don't know why. Musical Theater's become my favorite class, mostly because Chris and Coalton are absolutely hilarious. I love Coalton's ADHD, it makes life ten times more wonderful. He's always jumping, running around, doing cartwheels, pretending to have epic sword fights with the coat hanger, and bringing up random topics of conversation that pop into his head at the strangest of times. We could be talking about the tension between the Sharks and the Jets, and he'll ask "Do you think Poseidon ever got raped by a water animal? 'Cause I've seen that on youtube before, those dolphins are horny little mackerels." ("Mackerel", "Riggin'/Rallyin' ", and "Eeeeoooh!" are his most used words, and we hear them about 1234567890 times a day.)
Too bad Musical Theater is the only class that doesn't happen everyday. Oh well, at least it's happening. At first I thought we wouldn't have enough people to do anything, but since Roland's numbers were down ASL wasn't going to be offered, and the majority of the ASL class switched into Musical Theater. I hope Roland's feeling better...
The sunlight's really pretty. On windy days like this I'm reminded of Winnie the Pooh, which makes everything better. :) My Sundays usually consist of rejuvenating my mental health by being by myself. Sometimes I wonder if this is the right thing to do, and other times I thank myself for how little stress I put myself under.
And sometimes, I just need some advice from Winnie the Pooh.
"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."
