Saturday, December 30, 2006

This Is Heaven To Me

THIS IS HEAVEN TO ME

By: Michelina, Grade Four


When you go to heaven the first thing you will do is go to the Gates of Heaven. You will then go into a palace and see God. Heaven looks like the sky on Earth but mostly it is white clouds. The gates are golden and have a sign on them that reads HEAVEN. At night time in Heaven it’s never dark. When you feel tired you put your hands in a machine next to your cloud and your hands tingle. You get recharged and you’re not tired anymore.

God is very big and he is waiting for you inside the Gates of Heaven with the Head Angel. God has brown hair and blue eyes. He has a very, very deep voice! He says to you, “Hello! I’ve been expecting you. You will be here forever. You have earned yourself the right to live here. You will be able to earn your wings by being sent to Earth. You will be a guide there. After you have taken care of this person for a long time you will be able to earn your wings! Here we go!”

God takes you down to Earth and makes you go into someone so you can watch the person. After five years of watching this person you get your wings so you can jump out of the person. Then you go up to Heaven.

When you live in Heaven you live on fluffy white clouds. When you want something all you have to do is snap your fingers around and you get it. The best thing about Heaven is that you get to eat whatever you want.

The person that you most want to meet in Heaven is God because you’ve been waiting your whole life to meet him. In Heaven you can do anything you want (except something bad). If you want to see your dead pet then all you do is spread your wings and go down through the universe and then through your galaxy and you will find your pet in the stars!

If I could talk to someone who is in Heaven now I would want to talk to my great-grandmother Michelina. I would like to meet the person I was named after. I would like to know what she looks like, what her voice sounds like and what her personality is. I think she was a nice person on Earth. I think she can see me now in Heaven.

As long as you are a good person you can go to heaven and have eternal life forever. It is so simple, don’t you think so? I do.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Theatre Survey

Theatre Survey

LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME:
Carnival - Princess Olga

LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR:
A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeare

DID YOU GET IN:
Yes! :-D

LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION:
Vanilla Ice Cream, from the show She Loves Me

FAVORITE THEATRE (VENUE):
I really like IUP's theatre.

FAVORITE MUSICAL:
I have to pick one?

FAVORITE PLAY:
This week? Hmmm...

FAVORITE ROLE YOU'VE PLAYED, AND FROM WHAT SHOW?
I really liked Annie in Over the Tavern.

FAVORITE ROLE OVERALL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY:
Christine - Phantom of the Opera
Kathy -The Last 5 Years
Eliza - My Fair Lady
Laura - The Glass Menagerie
Connie - Barefoot in the Park
Harper - Angels in America
Hermia - Midsummer Nights Dream
Maria - Sound of Music

SUPERSTITION:
I pray before I go on stage or I can't do it. Also, shaking my hands out like crazy, hair spraying my hair, touching up make-up last minute, asking someone if I look okay...etc.

YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS:
Get paid and be part of something excellent, not just passable. To do an amazing job. To change lives through theatre. To succeed in the art of being an actress, not just a performer.

FAVORITE DIRECTOR:
That I've worked with? Biff Barron and Dave Newhart


WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW?:
Alice in Wonderland

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO?:
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...if you count the hip wiggle thing I did in Carnival or that bed swaying in Lucky Stiff 'dancing'.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO?
Mmmhmm

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW?
Indeed.

NAME A SHOW YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN ONCE:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK?
Twice.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA?
Nopers.

WHAT'S THE SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION?:
Waiting to go in and audition, or waiting for the cast to be announced.

WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF AN AUDITION?:
All of it. It's exhilarating.

NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN:
I'd do any show again for the experience, even if I couldn't stand the show itself. Why miss an opportunity to gain a new insight of the theatre?

NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS:
Again, I'd do any show for years if I had the opportunity. But probably Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge or Lucky Stiff.

NAME A PERSON YOU'D LIKE TO WORK WITH AGAIN:
There are way too many people to list here.

WHAT ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR NEXT?
Golgonooza.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PERFORMING?:
Since I was 10 years old.

DO YOU CARRY YOUR HEADSHOTS AROUND WITH YOU?
No, I need to get some professionally done.

DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS?:
Only ones I like.

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID?:
1. I don't care. It's what I love, it's my passion, it's what I was made to do. If I happen to get paid for it, that's awesome.

SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE?:
Once, I spilled soda EVERYWHERE. Another time, I had water spit out onto me. Another time, I had to drink something quickly on stage and it was some sugary sweet stuff - something we never used before and it coated my throat so by the end of the song I couldn't get the last notes out and the other actor on stage with me had to cover my butt. Oh! And, I had a snake trying to choke me. That was neat.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE?
I don't know that I could narrow it down to just one performance.

WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH?:
Like I'm gonna say here...haha. Nice try.

EVER BEEN NAKED ON STAGE?:
No way. No one would pay to see that.

WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST INSPIRATION OR INFLUENCE?:
Oh, I love Audrey Hepburn. And Kathrine Hepburn. And Deborah Karr. And Idina Menzel.

BEST PROFESSIONAL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN?
Hairspray, original cast, NYC April 2005

BEST COLLEGE SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN:
Like I can answer that in an unbiased way.

BEST COMMUNITY SHOW(S):
Gosh. Not sure...

BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN?
Not to be partial, but North Allegheny does a really good job with their shows.

ON STAGE, HAVE YOU EVER...

BEEN KILLED?:
No

BEEN DRUNK?:
Yup yup!

PLAYED SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE?
Mmm...no.

PLAYED SOMEONE TWICE YOUR AGE?:
Not yet.

CRIED?:
Yes, oh heavens yes.

FIRED A GUN?
No

DRIVEN A CAR?
On stage?? Say what!?

BEEN IN A DREAM SEQUENCE?:
Yuppers. 'Woof woof!'

BEEN KISSED?:
Once.