tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35483082011-11-21T07:03:47.061-08:00<strong>"...All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us..." <br>~J.R.R. Tolkien<br></strong>Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.comBlogger16381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-32148197148256562092011-11-21T06:58:00.000-08:002011-11-21T07:03:47.163-08:00

It's dark.I've been up early this week, but up so long before sunrise that it had already risen by the time I stopped working. Today I seem to be up just at the nick of time. Usually the shorter days just take a toll on me, but this year I'm doing pretty well.This morning I'm up to do alterations for Banana Republic, then finish the show alterations for Farnsdale Christmas Carol, and then with

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Oliver PhotosStudio East: Training for the Performing ArtsCopyright 2011, Lachellybelly Designs. All Rights Reserved.

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And....we're moving!!!!Alan and I have been looking for a new place to live for a very long time. One place we actually put in an application, but she went with the couple that saw the place 10 minutes before us. Now it's official. Saturday we went to look at a lovely 2 bedroom split level house in Allentown (south of downtown Seattle), and fell in love with it. We asked her to move in hours

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My computer is working again! Thank you honey, for staying on the phone with India for 2 1/2 hours!Tonight is the first night since Brigadoon ended (the last Brigadoon, not my current production) that I've dyed my hair. I may get ambitious and paint my toenails and pluck my eyebrows. Alan's off opening Irma Vep tonight (preview). I'll get all dressed up tomorrow for the actual opening.It's

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Another day of waiting tables. I'm so glad I'm almost done.

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I'm here again. Sitting in my office. Off the clock, of course, and thinking how nice it is to be done with a project.Alan and I did the math this week, trying to figure out why we've been so tired. The answer? Between us we've opened 21 shows since January. That's a lot! No wonder.Brigadoon opened last weekend. It's a lovely show. I love the costumes and the set. My wig is fantastic,

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It's been a rotten day. That's all. Alan came home last night and brought me flowers, Ben and Jerry, Wine, and Pepsi. What a combination of comfort food, and how lovely of him to be so wonderful!!! LOVE!!! We're also have car issues. Go figure.

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Day Off!Last night Alan opened his new show at Renton Civic. It was WONDERFUL! I'd read the script early on, and thought it was a charming play, but they exceeded my expectations. What a darling play! I was so proud of him!Today I got up and did some shopping. I have to get packets of orphan costume materials together for my parent volunteers, and had two sets of coupons to use up to

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Rain, Rain, go away.It's now officially April. It's been raining since the beginning of November. It rained on our Wedding. It rained on our honeymoon. It rains buckets every time I need to haul costumes to my car. Our rivers are all flooded from runoff from the mountains. I'm tired of rain. Even for Seattle, this is excessive.On a plus side, I'm in the middle of a very busy period. I have

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Another lovely sunny day! Baxter and I are still hanging out. His owners should be home in a few hours. I'm mustering the brainpower to make coffee.I dreamed about working last night. I hate those dreams! Just when you get away from it all, suddenly you fall asleep and you're back at it again. This time I was in my costume shop sewing on the costume set that I'm refurbishing. Arabian

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Back again.My home computer no longer let's me log into blogger, so I apologize to my family who calls and tells me to update my blog.I'm on a break for two weeks. I opened the three shows I costumed in January, then I've been running Jack and the Beanstock. Schools are on break for the next two weeks, so we don't have performances gain until March. I still have alterations to do, and office

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Honeymoon Day 10:Our last day in California began cloudy and dripping. Alan and I were unable to connect to the internet at the hotel, so we begged the front desk clerk to tell us where the nearest Starbucks was. We found one, and discovered that the park had moved to post-holiday hours and wasn't open yet. Alan wanted to go storm the gates, but I vetoed - reminding him of how much fun we'd

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Honeymoon Day 9:Disneyland!!!We got up with the sun, grabbed our free coffees at the terrible little hotel breakfast nook, and walked to the main gate with a few minutes to spare. All things considered, the crowds weren't that big. We knew there was a good chance of rain, but I layered quite a bit, and we weren't giving up that easily.The first part of the day was wonderful. We dashed to

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Honeymoon Day 8Well everyone, rehearsal was delayed today due to snow, so I have a moment or two!Day 8 was our last morning in Palm Springs. We woke up early (for us) and tidied up, then dropped by Grandma and Ken's place to give them the keys and garage door opener. We had a lovely time!We stopped by the Brighton Outlet one more time on our way out of town. I bought a lovey pendant necklace

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Honeymoon Day 7:Today started low key. I turned on the hot tub first thing and spent the morning reading while drinking coffee. I woke Alan up at 10.We decided on a plan of action for New Years. We'd eaten at every place that had been recommended to us, plus a few more that we found on our own. We picked our favorite pizza for lunch, and while we were there, made reservations for a late dinner at

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Honeymoon Day 6:After such a busy day in LA, today was a low key one. I warmed up the hot tub first thing in the morning and spent the day getting in and out of it, reading. Alan went for an adventure to check out Indio - the last town we hadn't been in. He ate lunch at an In-N-Out Burger, and found a Barnes and Noble to buy a book. I napped a bit.At 3:30 we went over the Grandma and Ken's and

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Honeymoon Day 5:Today we got up at 7, and left at 8 for our Warner Brothers Backlot tour in Burbank, California. It was raining the whole drive, but let up once we got into L.A.The studio tour was great! The most raw entertainment for our buck was watching a very snooty, entitled woman raise hell at the manager's desk because part of her large party had shown up late, and their spaces had been

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Honeymoon Day 4:At Cafe des Beaux-ArtsToday was was restaurant heavy. We woke up rather early (for us) and drove back to El Paseo to eat brunch at a lovely French Bistro. I knew I was in heaven when I walked in an the waitstaff were all speaking French. I had a really real Croque Monsieur, and Alan had the ham and cheese crepes. It was the perfect beginning to the day.Next we popped down the

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Honeymoon Day 3:Without meaning to, day 3 became a shopping day. On the way into town, I noticed a Brighton Outlet at the side of the road. Alan thought that we might be able to stop there sometime during our week. Yesterday the sun came out, and since my old pair of sunglasses (also Brighton) had died, and the Brighton Retail Store in El Paseo had discontinued my favorite pair, we decided that

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Honeymoon Day 2:Amazingly, after the exhausting day of travel, we woke and were moving at 10. By 11 we'd checked emails and called Grandma and Ken to have them show us how to work the speaker system, pool and hot tub. Ken offered to take us on a 45 minute tour of the area, and we accepted. They drove us to their other house (#3) then out and around La Quinta, CA - the town our house is in.

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Honeymoon Day 1:Hello all from lovely Palm Springs, California!Yesterday was our travel day, and a very busy one at that! Alan and I started the morning in Vancouver, having Christmas with his family. We woke, had breakfast and opened presents with his Sister and Brother-in Law. Then we packed and shuffled off to his parents' house to say goodbye. Alan took his mom on a quick trip to find an open

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Here's the link to our wedding registry, for those who were confused by our invitation!Visit our honeyfund at Honeyfund.com, the free honeymoon registry

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Sorry guys. I'm working on getting moved, I have another show to open two days after Thanksgiving, and we have wedding stuff to do, so we've been packing our days with sorting and shopping.Alan and I made some more mutual household purchases. We were advised by Miles that we could ease the stress of merging stuff by going out and doing some shopping where we both agreed on new items. So we

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Alan and I purchased a printer together on Sunday. It's our second "we" purchase. The first was a clock with an art deco opera ad on it.I think we've decided to stay in Alan's apartment for a while after we get married. Paying for a wedding plus paying for a new place doesn't seem feasible. We're both on month to month leases - but my roommate wants to stay at my place. So I think I've

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10pm latte firmly in hand, I've got laundry about to head from washer to dryer, and am enjoying a few precious minutes of doing nothing in the midst of the month of 5 hell weeks. Waitressing is nearly over for the season, and I can tell I'm burning out. Today I wasn't prepared to apologize for my customer's idiocies. The man who ordered another coke, and then sent it back when I brought his

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Another wedding day. During the evenings, while Alan is in rehearsals and performances for the next few weeks, I'm running to the costume shop. But during the day, it's all wedding, all the time. At least until our invitations are out.My dress is nearly done. The beading of the bodice is finished, and now I'm layering tulle upon tulle upon tulle to get the skirt finished. I was amazed to walk

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Hello everyone! I'm taking a break from taking measurements for Willy Wonka. Another summer is over, and the fall schedule is picking back up. My costume shop is finally getting whipped back into shape after a summer of recovering from the move and minor costuming explosions (and one MAJOR costume explosion).Willy Wonka promises to be a huge endeavor, but a lot of fun. The studio decided to

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Today I spent more money in one transaction then I have ever before in my life. Alan and I had a meeting with our caterer, and it was time for the 55% deposit on the reception. $2,224.35. I was so glad I'd paid off my card. Now it's just about full again.We also went to the jewelers to have my wedding band cleaned and my solitaire resized. He got his finger sized and decided that we should

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Good morning, all!Alan and I are busy thinking wedding at the moment. I've just paid off my credit card again for the year, and now its time to make deposits and buy some centerpieces and food for 100.Alan and I are having our one-year anniversary today! We stayed up last night watching the 1st Nanny McPhee and reminiscing over our first date. It's been a lovely year, and I'm very happy!Cai is

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And here are photos of Seussical!Copyright 2010, Lachellybelly Designs. No part of this page may be reproduced without express written consent of the owner.

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Pam, here you are! Here are some pictures of Cinderella, the latest show I costumed. We were going for pastels and jewel tones. One of the most difficult parts was finding enough ballgowns for a chorus of 17 girls. The only men were the leads.Copyright 2010, Lachellybelly Designs. No part of this page may be reproduced without express written consent of the owner.

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It's official.Ok, not officially official. But I purchased a wedding band yesterday. It's so pretty! And celtic. 'Cause Alan's all Scottish and everything. Here's the picture!We're still waiting to see if the wedding can go ahead as planned in December, or if a possible job offer will force us to make other decisions. Alan's still holding out for our December wedding. I'm hoping I'll get to

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Another alterations morning. This time, though, I have my repaired Serger, Sewing Machine, and my new Blind Hemmer all at the same time. 390 pairs of pants later, I can finally hem them the way they're supposed to be hemmed!My Mom is in town. I invited her in to see my new Costume Shop, and she agreed to stay for a few days to help me with fittings and embellishing the ballgowns. I've got

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Alan and I are proud to welcome our first child into our as-yet un-mutual home!!Her name is Gem. She lives in the Philippines, and we've agreed to fund her education for the next few years so she can finish school (See Compassion sidebar below and to the right). Alan helped me go through the pages of older girls and find the perfect child for us...and her birthday is the day before mine!My last

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A peaceful morning at home. I'm trying to get the easy alterations started - since I have to drop off at closing time tomorrow night. Khakis take almost no time at all, so I'm doing them first.I spent a crazy number of hours this weekend costuming the biggest bulk of the SE Summer Camps. Alice in Wonderland, Grease, and Annie all have performances this Friday. I still haven't started on

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For those of you who won't get to see it, here's a few rehearsal photos from Annie!

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Whew!I made it. After switching six jobs in five weeks, and opening Annie, I finally have time to sleep. And breathe. And eat!So, now I'm waitressing a few days a week, working as a resident designer ten hours a week - getting the studio ready for the summer day camps, altering around twenty-five pairs of pants, and doing Annie for the next two weekends. It's the time of year again to pay off

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It's my second day back at Pike's Place for the summer, and it's raining cats and dogs. I heard someone on the radio refer to the weather as "Junuary" and I can see why. Wednesday I worked a few hours to get back in the swing of things. Then I walked to the market and bought a packet of crumpets from a tea shoppe, and a $5 bouquet of Market flowers from a vendor. I'm ready for summer!

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Summer is upon us!Annie opens in a few weeks, Seussical closes in a few weeks, and I start waitressing this week. My first alterations check (43.80) dropped into my bank account, so there's hope the rest of the money will show up soon.Next week is my first week as Resident designer at the performance training program on the East Side. I've also been offered two shows next season at a theater

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I'm busy. I'm tired. I'm stressed out to the max. Just one more week of this, and Seussical will open, Princess and the Pea will close, and I can breathe again.

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A much needed day off.All week I've been working hard to get things done so that yesterday I could take the day off and get somewhere without a Goodwill in sight.Yesterday morning I woke up early to Alan calling, asking where I'd like to go. We decided to meet at the Ferry Terminal and run away to Bainbridge Island for the day. It was lovely; the first sunny day Seattle has seen in weeks. (

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Princess and the Pea got a good review by the Seattle's Child Magazine!

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A mini-update:Princess and the Pea is officially open, and in the midst of our first week of the run. It's fun watching a show with limited rehearsal time pull together the first week as characters are solidified, cues are picked up, and choreography becomes so engrained that character bits can be added. I was given the note that my character is still too "arch" - so I've concentrated hard at

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Well, it's official!I've been cast as Lily St. Regis in Northwest Savoyards production of Annie!I'm very excited to get my first part in a mainstage show in the area, very excited to get a dance and character number, and very excited to get to use a funny voice. And breast-acting. And I get to dye my hair brunette for the show, as Annie, Hannigan, and the Starlet-to-be are already redheads, and

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Yay! I found "The Enchanted April" on Project Gutenburg. I've seen the play twice this year: once at Taproot Theater, and once at Centerstage. Both had beautiful moments. At Centerstage the audience actually ooohed when they revealed the Italian Villa set.It's the first plot since "The Blue Castle" that has been just chock full of the Numinous...

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Auditions Season is upon usTonight I had my Village Theater audition. I'd missed the initial sign up, having decided to opt out of joining the professional theatrical society this year. But Zandi clued me in that it was that time of year again, and I called and begged for any open spot. I also checked my other main hopeful - the Children's Theater, and sent them a hard copy of my headshot

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-14739911411819280852010-03-23T12:01:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:13:35.176-07:00

My baby at the batting cages. Apparently it's a real trick to be able as a right-handed batter to drop one into right field.Not the real one, but it'll do for now.Miniature Golfing on Seattle's first sunny day of spring! I would have kicked his butt, too, but I got 6 on the second to last stupid hole.Fore!Trying to add...Out with Eric and the actor friend of Alan's who played Phil Davis.My 29th

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!Last night was full of Black-and-Tan's, Corned Beef, Cabbage, Turnips-n-Carrots, and Soda Bread. Eric and John came over for an evening of Irish Drinking Songs.Today I'm sitting in my bathrobe eating Lucky Charms.Tonight I get to go with Miles and Becky to see Alice in Wonderland in 3-D. Tomorrow, more work, then to Taproot to see Brooklyn Boys with Faith, after a quick

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Another week-end review.I went to see Alan's show, Footlight Frenzy, again this weekend. Its tightened up a lot since the opening, which was very good - but the cast didn't have a large audience for the preview, so they were tentative on where the laughs would be. By the next week, it was crisp. The writer of the show came and loved it.I've been offered the resident costume design job for the

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Another manic week.Alan's been out of town for three days, so I've been dutifully sewing away on some more "Lachellybelly" items to put on sale at Emma Jeans. I finished (or refurbished) ten items. Three dresses, two skirts, two blouses, one hat, one purse, and one belt. I'm just waiting for my labels to come in the mail from Canada, and I'll run them over. I'll try to post pictures before I

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FINALLY!Here's the organization I was looking for when I found KIVA!A microfinance organization that allows you to invest in microfinance while getting a return! I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to soon!

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Happy Valentines Day, Alan!I managed by some alignment of the stars to get three days off in a row from work over Valentines weekend. I spent all day Thursday running around getting costumes for the dress rehearsal. Friday I woke up, went to yoga, met with Meredith to borrow costumes from Greenstage, then ran some errands and home to hem pants and make armbands for my two men.That evening I got

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Dress rehearsal tonight. The person who is renting me the Victorian Mourning dress is a no-show today. Now I've got to find a plan B, and I'm working until 5:30.Oy.

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Life is Hellish...but only in a good way.I'm working retail. I'm understudying The Emperor's New Clothes of which I'm doing all the Saturday performances, and days when the Empress has weekday matinees of her other show. I've just been hired to costume design Fiddler on the Roof and Seussical for the student training part of my Children's Theater. I was called in with 8 days notice to costume

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Birthday Mishaps.Last Sunday Alan, my sister, her boyfriend and myself toodled back to my hometown for my Dad's birthday. I loaded up the car with his birthday and the family's Christmas presents. Alan drove while I memorized lines in the passenger seat. It was a great day. Opening presents. The semi-annual purging of my mother's closet. The presentation of my Manolo Blahniks my mother

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-72570249861520643132010-01-14T07:54:00.000-08:002010-01-14T08:01:27.609-08:00

Yoga, 10,000 IUDs of Vitamin D and a rather expensive sunlamp. That's how to beat Seasonal Affective Disorder, I'm finding. It took my third winter in Seattle to figure it out, but now we know! Finally I can walk outside on a cloudy day and NOT feel the grey seeping into my pores! Still retailing. In rehearsals for Emperor's New Clothes. Yesterday we learned a cha-cha. It's my favorite song

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Emperor's New Clothes has started rehearsing. I'm very excited to be back with another show, though sad not to be doing all the performances (I'm swinging two roles)Still retail whoring for the time being, though working on getting a waitressing job. Tips make it so much faster to save money.I'm down in Renton most of the time, which explains the lengthy absences. His birthday was last week,

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-11611897961084267052009-12-26T07:58:00.000-08:002009-12-26T08:02:15.435-08:00

My year-end review of status updates from my facebook page. All in all, a pretty good summary of my year. Relationship excepting. Because it's kind of cheesy to talk incessantly about your boyfriend online. Even if he's the best ever. Even if you're madly head over heels, rainbows and bunnies smitten. See? Cheesy. But other than that, here's the year...

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A Three Show Week...Wednesday, for my birthday, Alan managed to get us balcony seats to 5th Avenue's production of White Christmas. It was a lovely show - quite different from the film, but still retaining the same feel. What it lost of the main four characters was gained by the secondary roles. Luckily the choreography number that I've never liked didn't make it into the live show. At the

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So, the event of the week....an emergency room visit!Yesterday, when I was getting just getting ready to leave for my show, I hit my head on a bookcase and had to go to the emergency room instead. It didn't seem too bad at first. My head didn't hurt, and it stopped bleeding quickly. I kept asking Alan if it was possible to do the shows first, then take care of it. He convinced me (only after

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-27984606660791615742009-11-28T22:56:00.000-08:002009-11-28T23:03:46.449-08:00

ThanksgivingThis year was a low key Thanksgiving. Dinner with the Logsdon's, Allie, Alan, and my parents in Seattle. We had several non-turkey meats and all the standard fare. Then Becky, Mom and I hit the Thanksgiving night pre-black Friday sale at Michael's. I spent that night at the homeless shelter - my second time that week, as I was called in to cover someone Else's shift on Tuesday as

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-87885173559594454772009-11-22T21:23:00.000-08:002009-11-22T21:25:56.632-08:00

Oedipal Duplex ReviewIn the only review I've found so far of the play I costumed (which closed this afternoon), my costumes were mentioned in passing as follows:Tyler Perry's Othello was Oedipus' next door neighbor/good buddy much like how Cosmo Kramer was to Jerry Seinfeld. He was cool, sly and at the end wore roller skates and serenaded himself in a corner. And he was a snappy dresser.

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-11813555322116054012009-11-20T11:00:00.000-08:002009-11-20T11:35:18.670-08:00

Time for the list:(I keep updating this list as I think of things...)My birthday and Christmas are coming, and since, as everyone knows, I love receiving presents that I have use for, here's some suggestions for you all:1. Sephora Vanilla Cupcake Bath Bubbles.2. Scholarships for my next round of dance classes.3. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.4. Grow Lamp (for me - in the grey Seattle

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Operation Christmas Child Day !!!!Today was Operation Christmas Child day. Every year since high school Teri and I have made a tradition of assembling shoeboxes full of presents to be send abroad to developing countries. While I lived in Cambodia I had the priviledge to see a group of children receive their presents, and it was a very cool experience. I know, logically, that for the amount of

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Oedipal duplex is open! The show looks good, and everything got finished in time - barely.Alan came to see opening night with me. Afterwards we were going to the cast party, but Hedda Gabler ripped out a sleeve and someone pulled out her train during a scene change, so I ran home, put in two new sleeves that were better reinforced, and took the dress back to the cast party.I spent yesterday

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-21037970970202999802009-11-06T11:33:00.001-08:002009-11-06T11:34:01.718-08:00

The Oedipal Duplex opens tonight. I've been sewing round the clock for days, and I'll be glad to have this one up and running.

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Snow White is open!Another great show has survived our first week. Snow White opened this week at Carco in Renton. Now we have a light week and onto our next venue. So many little girls arriving in their Disney dresses for the shows. One lovely audience member today asked if I had played Laurie in Oklahoma this summer. She recognized my headshot. (No way she could recognize me underneath my

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Lilith: Frasier, come in.Frasier: I must be early, I see you haven't had a chance to put up your hair yet. Lilith: Oh, I thought I'd leave it down tonight.Frasier: [surprised] Really? Lilith: Yes, after several hours of careful deliberation, and weighing all the consequences, I decided to be playful.

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Another Openin'I've been to see so many plays in the past few weeks. This last Friday I saw Enchanted April at Taproot. It was excellent. I loved almost every bit of it! (It was "My Kind" of play.)Tomorrow I'm going to go see Zandi in Titus Andronicus. It's supposed to up the gore of Shakespeare's bloodiest play, so I'm a little wary, but it's always great to see a friend. Especially one

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-4522647588356428012009-09-28T09:20:00.000-07:002009-09-28T09:30:10.899-07:00

Nausiating but TrueYesterday at work, a couple came in and asked if they needed to order at the counter. We told them to have a seat. They went outside and walked right past the big "section closed" sign to sit on the patio. I went out to take their order and asked them if they wouldn't be more comfortable inside. Most of the people who started outside moved indoors because the breeze in the

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-20554199293895504572009-09-25T18:41:00.000-07:002009-09-25T18:47:57.409-07:00

Getting back into the swing of thingsMy mini-break is winding down. Oklahoma! and Snow White left me with four weeks off, with only production meetings for the Oedipus Duplex that I'm costume designing to fill the month. Mostly I've been filling the time going out a lot and enjoying having a life for a change.Now, however, it's back to the grindstone. Storybook starts rehearsals on Tuesday,

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-74410476371615025112009-09-25T00:01:00.000-07:002009-09-25T00:01:01.631-07:00

Happy one month anniversary, Alan!

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The LookAusten: "Your scowl could kill a full grown moose." (Said while on tour with Wycliffe)Alan: "Nice glare. Now if only I was a charging rhinocerous."

Rachel LeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668883012643371426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548308.post-77663817513528472702009-09-19T18:06:00.000-07:002009-09-19T18:07:35.263-07:00

I put my phone through the washing machine, and finally declared it dead today. My old phone still works, so my number is up and working, but I've lost all my contacts out of the old phone.Could you all please send me a text message with your name on it so I can update my phone again?

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We apologize for the inconvenience:Rachel is calling in dead on account of a personal life, and will emerge once the rainbows and bunnies go away.

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My first weekend with a NEW and IMPROVED wig!!!!!!!!! I feel like a girl again! And a pretty one at that. My Laurey was much vainer today since she had such a pretty head of long yeller hair.On the negative side, I got through the lines and the prologue to People Will Say We're In Love, sang my first "don't" - and my brain said ".....................s...s...sssssigh and gaze at me!" Then my

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I've had a particularly social week this week. After an entire summer of everyone I know being out of town doing summerstock, it's been lovely.Monday I got off work early (after pouring coffee of a film director up from LA working on postproduction of a film that's made it into the Toronto Film Festival, and is using the composer from Little Miss Sunshine) and decided to spend the afternoon

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After all the debating, I'm glad I went to my ten year reunion. I met some people I hadn't seen in a long time, and got reaquainted with some people I barely knew a decade ago.I found several people that live right near me in Seattle, and several of whom I'll be meeting up with later this summer.Funny thing though. In the inevitable "what do you do" conversations, I was surprised to find that

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Well, casting has changed again, and I'm back to the Witch in Snow White, instead of one of the Dwarves.

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There is more to life than theatrical projects, but not much these days. Which is good. The goal of building up the resume continues. Both resumes. I'm on now officially as a dwarf and the huntsman in Snow White for the fall, and I've taken on Ghostlight's fall show to costume. I'm still hoping for another evening play in there somewhere. Two shows and one costuming would fill out my fall

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Oklahoma! is open. Outdoor theater is blazing hot, but throwing myself into the river between shows helps.This week I'm just trying to stay cool as Seattle hit's an all-time high.Work has slowed down since I'm not available for weekends anymore, but Banana wants me back, so all is well. Working on a few Lachellybelly items while I have free time.Snow White rehearsals will start three weeks

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I've survived hell week, and have a day off. Hooray! We did three solid shows opening weekend. I know every cast member had a moment they didn't like, and I was late for an entrance, but overall three very good shows at the end of our 10 show hell week. Everyone kept their voices, and now we have a chance to rest up for the next weekend. Curly and I are coming early for an al italiano

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Hell week has commenced.First dress for the ladies tonight. My wig should finally make an appearance. Rehearsal ended at midnight last night, and I was up at 6 after going to bed at quarter to 1.This is the toughest venue I've ever had to sing in. Outdoor theater sans mics is essentially like singing into a vacuum. In this theater, the rake is so dramatic that in order to play to the back of

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Hell week starts Sunday. All week I'll be working days, then commuting to the mountains at night. Once we open, my schedule should be fairly easy-ish.I remembered last night why I have a general policy not to spend a lot of time killing time with groups of performers. (After show hangouts being the exception) Inevitably the conversations start about who's amazing, and who's not, who is up for

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My main feeling these days is...exhausted, but happy. I'm working full time, but right now with two consecutive days off. The first of those I usually spent taking several hour naps inbetween reading a chapter or two, then waking up to discover I've drooled all over whatever I'm laying on. Carpet, pillows...my cat. I'm not normally a drooler...it's just a sign of extreme fatigue.My work

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A rehearsal free night tonight. Ahhhhh.....I love Oklahoma! I didn't expect to enjoy this role this much, especially since my heart was set on playing a different role this summer, but it's lovely to work with a costar again in a second show, even if it wasn't the costar I was expecting.We rehearse in a tiny church gym with acoustics that guarantee a headache after a few minutes. If someone

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In answer to Angie, about how many stage engagements I've had:Engaged (or 'pinned', I suppose, since that was the "thing" in Bye Bye Birdie) 5 times.Married 6 times. But Sound of Music was my first stage wedding, Oklahoma will be my second.In a relationship that presumably ended in marriage, 2 or 3, depending.Divorces - 2Flings - 1Relationships ending in the death of a partner, 1.Relationships

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A shortie.I'm working full time. I'm in rehearsals five nights a week. Last night we choreographed "Many a New Day." I'm so happy that Laurie gets to dance it, instead of just sing. Tonight Act 1 opening, and proposal scene at the auction. First day of blocking and we've jumped straight to the punch.This week is going to be very long. I have an audition this evening before rehearsal, and on

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Off work early. At the library waiting to use a practice room. Going to see Night Flight tonight at the Moore. Tomorrow I have a callback. And I caught myself today saying "We've got tables a-plenty" and realized I'm already taking on Laurie for the summer....ergh.

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A productive day, ending with an Oklahoma accent coaching. Trying to turn my second hand Texan into reasonable Oklahoma - without any of the R&H horrible transliterated New York Oakie is a challenge. And then, determining if I will stand out too much if I do a real accent and the rest of the cast does the musical theater one will be another thing. Fard. (Fired) Hard. (Hired) All (I'll - but

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Preparing for a role is my favorite part of a play. Except actually performing. That's saying a lot, too, because I even like tech rehearsals. (The only thing I don't like about performing is the initial meet and greet, where the very excited production team meets the actors and tells us what makes this experience unique. After signing a contract, getting measured, meeting the cast and

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I have news! I got a callback for Meet Me In St. Louis at Village Theatre! Next Saturday!

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I put on eyeliner today for the first time in ages. I wear makeup every day. The same makeup, with the same routine, at the same time each morning. Today everyone comments on how pretty and glamorous I look. Hmmmm.I got off work at 3, and had a rehearsal at TPS at 5. So I wandered through the streets of Seattle through the sunny day and 70 degree weather, talking on the phone to the oldest

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And here's my excerpt of the parody script of the filming of A Face For All Occasions:EXT. CRAFT SERVICES TABLE - DAYRachel, grumpy, tries to get a box of safety pins open while she waits in line for coffee. Staci approaches. STACI Rachel. There are ten more extras who don't have wardrobe. I need them on the set in 5

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Going out on a high noteWell, I did my last audition of the season today for Seattle Children's Theater. Everything I've heard about them convinces me that I'd love to work for them someday. And this season they're doing the Jerome Robbins Peter Pan, which I've always loved, plus more of their fantastic original shows.In the spirit of getting back on the horse, I decided to do the song I didn't

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It's international week at Pike's Place Market. Actually, every week is. For the past month, though, most of the tourists have been British or Canadian. Lately there have been fewer, but more Eastern Europeans, and French and Germans. Sunday morning I waited tables on a lovely French couple who spoke almost no English. So, gamely, I walked up to the table and asked "Qu'est-ce que vous voulez

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And here is the link to another film screening at the SIFF that I may have made a brief appearance in. Acting with my eyes.

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Here is the link to the short film I costumed when first I moved to Seattle. It won Best Actress at the 168 Film Festival in L.A., and is now screening at the Seattle International Film Festival. That cape was a character all by itself.

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So, in other news, I have accepted one more of the roles I was offered. I will be playing Judith Claudel in a live reading of a play about the life of Rodin. Judith was his assistant. It will be a project with minimal rehearsals, since there is no blocking, but I will have to work on a French accent of some sort. I'm quite excited to get a play and a musical on my resume in the same summer,

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