open | what misadventure is so early up

[catsudon]

WHO: ANY & ALL
WHERE: Recollé Community Center
WHEN: March 15th, Afternoon/Evening
WHAT: Auditions and sign ups for the Community Production of Romeo & Juliet.
WARNINGS: N/A, perhaps for language, will update as necessary.

Sign-ins for auditions and sign-ups for production crew in all aspects are at the table in front of the stage; the director and another community arts program associate can be found there. After signing in, those auditioning for parts are invited to pick up and share one of pamphlets with selected scenes from the play itself:

Act I, Scene I: Where Gregory and Sampson fight with Abraham and Balthazar.

Act II, Scene II: The infamous balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet, from Romeo's "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?" to Juliet's "How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?"

Act III, Scene I: Where Mercutio and Tybalt fight, only for Romeo to interrupt and Tybalt to stab Mercutio under Romeo's arm. From Tybalt's, "Follow me close, for I will speak to them." to Mercutio's "Come, sir, your passado."

And a fourth, randomized scene that doesn't appear to be the same amoung all the pamphlets. The director will be keeping things rolling by tossing auditioners on stage and ushering seconds to read parts if people aren't presenting in pairs; the monologues he waves off, saying he's more interested in the dramatics of people's on stage chemistry than their ability to drone on to the audience alone.

Details and scheduling on props, costumes, setting pieces, and the rest are all a mess of discussions throughout the night; the director takes a few breaks for refreshments, leaving the auditorium and falls and the rest of the community center proper (along with the grounds around the community center) for people to practice before their time comes to be up on stage.

Comments

[strongestheart]

[Just don't mention that here, at least this is respectable, and Maya still has respect for you, Rachel.]

Oh, yeah! Absolutely. It's pretty crazy to think about, I mean. If you saw someone do something like that in real life you'd wanna slap them upside the head!

[clear_eyes]

[Let her cling to that, then.]

And hopefully stop them before they went too far!

[strongestheart]

Mm! Well, that's why people need sensible friends, I guess.

[She laughs, a bit.] At the very least, I've gotten that much with you guys, so I'd probably be safe.

[clear_eyes]

[Rachel laughed a little.]

I promise that if you ever fall head over heels for someone, I'll pull you back if I need to.

[strongestheart]

Ah, my hero.

[It tumbles out a bit sardonically, with a little mock bow to go with it.] It's good to know I'm safe from that, if not giant balls of yarn and reporters.

[clear_eyes]

[Rachel smiles nervously, mock bowing in return.]

... Well, no. There are some things love and friendship can't overcome. The media especially.

[strongestheart]

Ehhhhhhh, yeah, I remember.

[She shudders at the memory.]

I'm just glad Melody was able to save my hide.

[clear_eyes]

Ehhh? Melody helped you? Against the media? Was this back when all those rumors were getting out?

[Rachel immediately looked concerned. Maya had reacted badly just from her phone proclaiming her secret. She could only imagine how much worse a reporter hounding her could be.]

[strongestheart]

Oh, yeah! Sorry, I hadn't mentioned it, it just freaked me out so much when it happened I didn't want to think about it...

[She sighs and nods.] I ran into Melody and she helped me hide until they were gone.

[clear_eyes]

... I see. Well, I'm definitely glad for that. After seeing how upset you got, the idea of someone coming after you over that...

[She sighs.] It just makes me angry, I guess.

[strongestheart]

Eh-heh...

[She shuffles her feet.] No need for it, now! It's all in the past!

[She should probably not mention then that she got caught in the blackout that night.]

[clear_eyes]

... You're right, I suppose.

[Though a thought occurs to me.] Wait, what about the blackout? Were you okay during all of that?

[She's kicking herself for not thinking about that at the time. It was kind of obvious, in retrospect.]

[strongestheart]

[Maya almost freezes in place, and chuckles a bit. It's an embarrassing memory for a number of reasons, her cheeks reddening a bit.]

Um, y- yeah. I kinda got caught out in the city but... I was fine! Eventually. Alicia found me...

[She blinks.] B- boy, you three really did keep me on track that day, heh...!

[clear_eyes]

... A-Ah. I see. Well, that's good right? You had someone there for you, I mean.

[She sighs and looks down.] I should have tried to check up on you that night. I'm sorry, Maya.

[strongestheart]

Huh? Oh! No!

[She waves a hand.] Don't apologize! It's fine! I'm just lucky to have so many people backing me up! Right?

[clear_eyes]

I guess. It's just you're my friend... I can't help but worry, you know?

[She sighed.] I guess I didn't have enough opportunities to call that night myself, anyway.