Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera....

I guess I can say I've always wanted to be a Prather girl. When I moved back into town having sworn off theater, at least for the meantime, someone said to me "Hey, jenn, did you hear they built a new theater right next to you house?" At first I couldn't be bothered with a theater in east mesa. I mean, come on now. But, one day, I took the five block drive and checked it out for myself- and what d'ya know? It was actually a classy joint. They were doing Evita at the time, as I recall. I didn't see the inside of the house for a few years- but I did audition for the Prath' two weeks after my initial sighting. I guess I did alright- who knows? But I didn't get a job....

For the next few years, I did what every scorned actor does, I set out to find out every horrible peice of publicity on that theater that did the said scorning. And yeah, I added my own two cents in. Okay, there. I said it. I saw a couple shows- look, alright, i was seething with jealousy everytime someone I knew was in a show there regardless of what the show was or what I thought of it. Then, a good friend of mine got a tour with the Prather's and I knew that I had to get a job there, somehow. Left and right I saw friends of mine picking up contracts there. Not me- not once. And it didn't help matters that they never did any shows appropriate for me (read: no black people).

So I started working for THE THEATER. Once again I am bombarded with people having worked for the Prather's. I knew I had to work for them if I was going to have any street cred! So I went to Tennesee, auditioned for like 80 different theaters and guess what- I got a job with the Prather's. Cute little classy joint five blocks away from my house in east mesa.

So excited! Phew! That only took five years!

Here I was thinking I was just going to have to suffer through another workless summer in AZ. Good Lord. The tragedy. But no! Not only do I get to work, but I get to work for a company I've been striving to work for for a very long time. Oh- and here's the best part. I'm going to be in The King and I. This, my friends, was the first musical I was ever in. And in May 2007, it will be a literal 20 years to the date I starred in it.. Well, not exactly starred- exsisted in was more like it. Anyway- I will be playing a role my mother played- 20 YEARS AGO!!! can you believe it? I'm sure she can't either! Anyway- I just had get that out.

YAY!