The Cult of Lincoln

Saturday, May 24, 2003



Bah. Just had the classic actor's dream of having to be onstage, but not knowing any lines. I was Marian in The Music Man, so I knew all her songs about 90%, but of course I hadn't rehearsed singing them, so they hadn't been fully worked into my range yet. Though it was being performed at Hockaday, the role was double-cast, and Harold Hill was played by Tom Tompkins, which was also weird. Tom could pull it off, but he doesn't really seem like the Harold type. I tried to sneak script onstage and read from them in a not-very-obvious fashion, but I failed miserably. Anyway, during intermission, I got a phone call from Mrs. Felice, who told me that Berne Klinke (Bud Frump in Jesuit's How To Succeed two years ago) would be at the show tomorrow and tried to reassure me as I panicked. I frantically tried to learn my lines. Then I heard music, and I ran to the stage, only to find my double already there, singing "Til There Was You". They had decided to put her onstage instead of me because I had been on the phone. Ugh.

Priscilla said at 9:47 AM

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