Since I have been in the United States for 8 months, I thought that I should write a post in English.
In January, Muscial rehearsals started at my school. We did ‚The Wizard of Oz‘. To be honest, I have never seen the movie before, but even the girl that played the main charcter, Dorothy, had never seen it before, which made me feel a little bit better.
I have just been a Munchkin and didn’t have huge parts, which I am really happy about. I just got to sing and act a little bit.
The whole thing started in December with the tryouts. I didn’t have to do it, because I was in the Chorus. In January the rehearsals for the main characters started and since the end of February I had to go practice to. Pracitce was every Monday through Thursday 1 1/2 to 2 hours. I was really fun and I got to know a lot of new people, I had never talked to before.
Last week, starting April 8th, we had dress rehearsals. The past week was really stressful. I had to be at the stage at 6pm everyday, doing makeup, hair and put on my dress. At 7:30, actual practice started. Then again changing between outfits, makeup and hair within 5 minutes, going on stage again and falling into bed at night realizing how stressful everything was.
The three shows were April 12th through 14th. It was so much fun and the shows were almost completely sold out! It was an amazing show and everyone who came to see it said the same.
On Sunday, I also went to the Cast Party after the last show. We ate a lot (!), watched the show, which a mother recorded, and played games. In the end everyone was crying, because we all were sad that it was over.
I am really sad that this time went by so fast. It feels like I just started practicing. I have less than 2 months left here and I am getting more sad everyday. I really don’t want to leave all of this. I built a completely new life and now, where everything is perfect, I have to leave my life here, to go back to my ‚old‘ life. Of course, I am really happy to see everyone in Germany again, but it is not easy to leave everything here! I am just trying to enjoy the time that I have left and make the best out of it!
Here are some additional pictures from the musical!