Trepidation

So it is 12:28pm, and I am sitting in the theatre building with time to kill until 2, since my morning rhr ended early. And it's this time, with 1 1/2 hrs to kill until our stage reading of Naomi Wallace's Slaughter City, that I start to fret about sitting on a stage, with more of my classmates than i can count on one hand, and and X-factor of a Y-quantity of unknowns for the audience. Given that I, 1) OUT of accordance with my *plan* I was sick and did not get the script read yesterday, and 2) am by no means an actor (outside of the roles I play in everyday life), I am somewhat nervous. Go figure.

In an attempt to talk myself out of being nervous and back into looking forward to this, I looked around online for anything I could find to help put myself back in the right mindset -- reviews of performances of this show, videos, etc. So, just to share, like a nice kid, here is a blip on youtube, a page on the production of Slaughter City done at Univ. of Texas, Austin, a review of a production of it, and if I can figure out a way to put it on here, a song from "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" called "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues," performed Chris Thomas King, which I seem to find appropriate mood music for a lot of things.

youtube clip

UTA production

Premiere production review

Scratch posting the song -- I always forget this blog doesn't allow uploads of music. But if you are even the least bit curious about it, check it on youtube.

So there's that, and I'm sure I'll have an actual post after the reading, instead of this little blurb. Until them, I think I'd better skim the script a few times.