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The sporadic ramblings of Emily C. A. Snyder - devoted to God, theatre, writing, and much randominity.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.comBlogger7871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-16383962335956530282011-09-03T17:25:00.003-05:002011-09-03T17:26:19.797-05:00This Blog Has Moved!In case it were not supremely evident, this blog has now moved to emilycasnyder.blogspot.com.
Hope to see you there!
- EmilyEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-56754255701301229862011-07-25T02:33:00.000-05:002011-07-25T02:33:13.932-05:00Looking for a good beach read?
Look no further than the novels below! Whether you're in the mood for in-depth fantasy like Tolkein, a quick fairy tale, or a tongue-in-cheek romp through the Alps, you're in luck!
Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-73578826036207659882011-07-06T00:50:00.000-05:002011-07-06T00:50:54.694-05:00Poster for As You Like It
Despite feeling behind on the times, voila the first template for the As You Like It poster! Hurrah!
Music: "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" as covered by Rufus Wainwright
Mood: Struggling against ridiculous feelings of unaccomplishment. Silly brain.
Thought: "Keep calm and kiss a friend." Ah, rehearsals!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-77037710477257065152011-05-27T11:11:00.005-05:002011-05-27T11:26:33.686-05:00 How do you solve a problem like Orlando?
I apologize for some of the funky formatting. Blogger doesn't like me today.
One of the most common critiques I hear of As You Like It is typically lobbed at its putative hero, Orlando. "As You Like It!" They scoff. "That's the one where you've got some lovesick jerk running around the forest sticking bad poetry up." Then they go on to extol the Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-15242888883457609722011-05-27T08:35:00.002-05:002011-05-27T08:38:17.865-05:00AYLI Script Changes...the easy version
So, Jeremy brought it to my attention that what was meant to be just a description of the plot for As You Like It is waaaaaaaaaaaay too convoluted to make notes in your script by. Here's an easier version. And you can all hug Jeremy at read-through later.
Pre-Show
Pre-Intermission
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.3
Transition to the forest
2.1
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2.4 through Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-26961525637020211782011-05-26T12:37:00.002-05:002011-05-26T12:46:39.536-05:00
Plot forAs You Like It
The plot for As You Like It starts out strong and then seemingly fizzles. Also, some of the scene arrangements don't really flow from one to the other. Sooooo, here's the crazy new arrangement of the plot. Feel free to make notes in your scripts NOW!
Pre-Show· Jacques recites “All the World’s a Stage” while Duke Senior, Rosalind and everyone of his court Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-9440316738132279322011-05-22T15:22:00.000-05:002011-05-22T15:22:07.402-05:00Inspirations for As You Like It
So, I thought I'd put in a few things which are inspiring me at the moment. Visually, I'm thinking of frames and boxes. In the beginning, Duke Senior, Rosalind and Orlando will be boxed in separately, to "Que Sera Sera" by Pink Martini. I love that the music is haunting (I first heard this rendition on Dead Like Me, which pilot a friend showed me), and just a Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-81293941149524365702011-05-22T14:36:00.000-05:002011-05-22T14:36:27.389-05:00As You Like It: Characters
Who knows how accurate my ideas of the characters will be by the time we get to August! But this is what I'm thinking of re: each of the characters in As You Like It.
Rosalind
Rosalind is hyper-intelligent, but shy and very skittish when she is usurped by her uncle, Duke Frederick. When she first sees Orlando, she is immediately smitten by him, perhaps seeing in Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-2528792641053663842011-05-19T17:14:00.001-05:002011-05-19T17:24:14.308-05:00As You Like It: Why I Love It
As many know, I had the opportunity to play Rosalind (in part) when I was in England in August of 2000. It was a heady experience, even with just a taste of what it means to play this character. Every night I read all of her scenes to better understand her. Various other folks on the tour with us, old stage folk, lent me books by the great British actresses Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-67321985173078730892011-05-06T00:13:00.000-05:002011-05-06T00:13:37.366-05:00As You Like It: RSC Performance Tips
Again, when I was in England, I got to perform as Rosalind in 3.2 - her first scene as the boy Ganymede having a very strange conversation with Orlando. I'd like to share some of the notes my teachers, Vivien Heilbron and Bernard Lloyd gave to me.
Rosalind is an enchantress. She controls a situation and takes over it. She gives commands. There's Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-19664096985452561762011-05-05T13:05:00.000-05:002011-05-05T13:05:45.728-05:00As You Like It: RSC Hints
When I was in England, the show my teachers (former RSC actors) kept circling around to was As You Like It. Some of their wisdom here:
Tony Church said that when he played Duke Frederick all those years ago, they took intermission in a very strange place. They ended just after his final scene - when he's throwing about Oliver and demanding he go in search of Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-14444853333970756502011-05-05T00:47:00.000-05:002011-05-05T00:47:51.371-05:00As You Like It
Preliminary Thoughts: Performances
It's that time of year again to look towards the Summer Shakespeare show...this year, As You Like It. In this post, I'm going to talk about a few performance thoughts, from seeing various versions of the show to being in it myself.
A Disclaimer: All the recorded versions are really awful and I don't particularly recommend any of them. However.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-9737641498338726692011-04-15T21:31:00.001-05:002011-04-16T12:00:03.432-05:00It's gonna be a long long time...
So, since January, I had four world premieres, two readings, and begun work on a fifth world premiere - all of original plays. Since February, I've either been in the week before tech or tech/performance. And frankly...I'm kaput! But here's the most recent work: A Comedy of Murders.
Mood: Chill and chilly
Music: Mental "French Riviera" playlist...Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-16496915872584344922011-02-01T00:06:00.001-05:002011-02-01T00:06:59.889-05:00With Pandora playing the theme from ET
And myself in need of sleep for the fourteen-hour day before me, and the thirteen-hour day after that, I present the official poster for Curses! Yaaaaaaaaaay!
Mood: Concerned that I won't finish all the things I need to finish, but fairly optimistic about life as it's progressing.
Thought: I should probably make/have made that sandwich for myself for theEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-4643419329342656892011-01-09T00:51:00.000-05:002011-01-09T00:51:15.547-05:00When Chesterton was down on his money
He would sigh, pick up his pen and say, "I had better write some more Fr. Brown mysteries." Then he would march them down to the publisher and be able to pay his creditors.
I needs the money.
Today, I went to PAC (incorrectly as it turned out) for the first class of my Advanced Musical Theatre class that I teach (it starts next week - oops!) - and as I Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-40133855564525270872010-12-31T17:37:00.001-05:002010-12-31T17:38:50.667-05:00Joyeux Nouvelle Annee!
Or howsomever one says that in French. Yes, folks, it's time for Emily's Year End review (aka the Look At Your Good Year, you Dumkoff! Laundry List). And everything is made even more beautiful by two instances:
The other day, I was at Borders (natch) and since I was having difficulty writing a play longhand, I bought Writer's Digest magazine's year end tips to Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-22683228113837319072010-11-25T20:04:00.002-05:002010-11-25T20:07:23.891-05:00Things I am thankful for
...despite my blue car, Belle, being certified near-death (exhaust gone after a major gas leak - carbon monoxide, how I loathe thee!), my computer continuing to be oddly on the fritz, and finances always in flux, there are many things that I am thankful for at present:
Tartuffe. Even though I'm a little panicked over costumes and other production-y things, and we'reEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-44256612919740485532010-09-15T00:30:00.001-05:002010-09-15T00:31:08.099-05:00Theatrical Musings
So, we just started ATTWN - very exciting, first play in the round! - and I just finalized the calendar for Tartuffe - which play I've been waiting fourteen years to put on. Longer than the eleven years I waited to put on Hamlet, or the twenty-three years I waited to put on Romeo and Juliet (still waiting on Les Mis, twenty-two years and counting, as well as Man of La Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-41667608802543314262010-08-22T21:54:00.005-05:002010-08-22T22:08:24.428-05:00The Lull BetweenSo...I realized today that I'm a little more than a week away from directing And Then There Were None with the Framingham Community Theatre adult group. Terribly exciting, a little bit daunting - directing a mystery requires more than just straight-forward plot...it requires directed red herrings. Especially for something so well known. But I'm looking forward to the challengeEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-5576551137858858412010-06-28T12:05:00.003-05:002010-06-28T12:17:42.880-05:00Publication NewsIt should probably also be noted that my book, Nachtstürm Castle will be available IN PRINT! from Librifiles, the hard-copy publishing arm of Girlebooks.What this all means is that I've set up a new blog, devoted just to my work as an author. Personal and play stuff, I'll keep here...including the fact that The French Butler is now available from Playscripts! We'll see how it Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-91490840069223456232010-06-28T11:59:00.003-05:002010-06-28T12:05:29.641-05:00Little Joys from Little BoysMy nephew, Jamie, is ten and a half months and at the age where he's using basic sign language, "dancing" (which means bopping his head and body, sometimes together), and trying desperately to say the word "tree." What joy! There was a TV program on with very slight music behind people speaking and he started dancing - I hope he never loses that awe and that I do notEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-71660474028493600402010-05-20T20:02:00.004-05:002010-05-20T20:07:23.096-05:00First Thoughts on ShrewSome character descriptions - at least as they stand at the moment, before we cast the show!~*~Basic note for everyone: Everyone in this play has several faces, different masks that they wear. Find what the mask is and what the true face is, and we have a character!PetruchioWears the mask of being a sort of loud, larger-than-life madman – like a man who believes he’s Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-25285155716115877872010-04-04T17:57:00.001-05:002010-04-04T17:59:45.249-05:00It's niceTo do up posters for plays I'm going to/am directing. The lastest two below.I'm also working on the brochure and should, at some point, update the Gaudete Academy website...!Going to NYC on Tuesday. It can't come soon enough!Mood: IndustriousMusic: Nada at the momentThought: I really really missed directing....Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-60509769118518813062010-04-03T16:39:00.001-05:002010-04-03T16:40:43.105-05:00Another publication!So, landmark (school) year...Playscripts just accepted a fourth play, Charming Princes about what happens after the ball. A photo for fun...!Mood: Easter Vigil!Music: Pretty Women from Sweeney ToddThought: Christos Anesti!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-4531318767025886722010-01-27T00:07:00.005-05:002010-01-27T00:27:50.449-05:00Math for ActorsMath for Actors just came in paperback form yesterday from Playscripts, which is tres exciting. And it's got book orders already!View Math for Actors in a larger mapAnd Wallace's Will continues to do well, too. Going up for another performance February 2, 2010.View Wallace's Will in a larger mapAll of which conspires to put me back into a playwriting mood. We shall see what we Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-81043613873282974152009-12-31T20:47:00.006-05:002009-12-31T22:01:35.792-05:00Oh, what a circus! Oh, what a show!What a year it has been. Good.golly. Breaking things down thematically this year:Family: Gained a brother-in-law and a nephew in one swell fwoop. Am entirely enamoured of the pumpkin pie (aka Jamie) and plan to Auntie Mame him mercilessly. It's so fascinating to watch a baby examine the world: everything is a surprise...because it remains the same. I have very Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-68563846905161227592009-10-12T11:17:00.005-05:002009-10-12T11:37:48.929-05:00Veni, vidi, videoAnother introductory video, this time for playwriting.Sample clips from some of Emily Snyder's plays to date:From Playscripts, Inc. Wallace's Will Math for ActorsOriginal Musicals King of Fools (Musical) Pink Noir (Musical) Bearskin (Opera-Ballet) Nutcracker (Story-in-Dance)Original Plays Cupid and Psyche A Christmas CarolNot shown (no video) The French Butler ~ An Evening's Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-1444084103455114392009-09-27T23:15:00.009-05:002009-09-28T01:18:38.792-05:00Updating I shall goUpdating I shall goHigh-ho the coding-O!Updating I shall go!A bit of introductory fun for the updated director page.I'm also searchable on Amazon! Check it out!Emily C. A. Snyder on Amazon.comAnd on Open Library! Check it out as well!Emily C. A. Snyder on OpenLibrary.orgAnd apparently, I have a page on Smash Swords - voila!Emily C. A. Snyder on SmashSwords.comMood: Better andEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-6774033202088761702009-09-27T02:44:00.002-05:002009-09-27T03:02:06.846-05:00At last I can start suffering......and write that symphony! ~ Cosmo from Singing in the Rain So, because Nachtsturm Castle is now available from Girlebooks.com, I decided it was long overdue for me to update my personal page which you can find here.And as I was doing so, I was struck with "Wowzers! I guess I've written and published a good bit. Quite a bit of it not by me!" (Although it was Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-86600778574259332572009-08-21T09:03:00.002-05:002009-08-21T11:23:45.581-05:00The World According to WallaceBelow, is a map of where Wallace's Will has been ordered. Thus far, it's only perusal copies of the book...but terribly cool, nonetheless. (One of the groups considering the play is from Dublin!!!) View Wallace's Will in a larger mapWe also got a write-up in the Portsmouth, NH paper, Foster's Daily Democrat. Also, tres cool.I guess this is just the year of Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-87168141456081411382009-06-27T00:33:00.002-05:002009-06-27T00:45:16.016-05:00Scripts Falling from my FingertipsSo, as one can see from the side, it's just been a play-heavy year so far! Which is fabuloso. This past week I had Peter run Coraggio, five short plays over five short days chronicalling the Life of Saint Peter for Immaculate Conception Vacation Bible School, which according to all accounts ran very well! It was Theatre for Young Audiences, full of badgers, Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-52907525182471602532009-06-12T16:43:00.003-05:002009-06-12T16:47:33.989-05:00More PlaysThan you can shake a stick at! Playscripts, Inc. has just published Wallace's Will!!! Buy your copy today! And voila, two little snippets from Pink Noir Working as well on a short piece, Math for Actors, and on developing two possible prequels to Cupid and Psyche. Need to revise the latter, as well as revise and expand Pink Noir (see above) into a full-blown musical (with music Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-64542189396566135962009-05-14T11:33:00.002-05:002009-05-14T11:36:53.636-05:00Some more snippetsAnd random factoids: Pink Noir goes up today. Whoa. I graduate Monday. Jules will be married a week from Saturday. I will have a new brother that day. Life? Plans? I'd love to have 'em!Mood: Getting pre-show anxiousMusic: None. Ambience.Thought: I've written/adapted 19 theatrical things that have had 22 performances, and have two more completed shows that have not yet been Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-82597953951482127022009-04-20T10:45:00.004-05:002009-04-20T22:52:57.589-05:00Some Video FunTwo snippets from Cupid and Psyche - from Act II and Act IV.Mood: I've got nothing to do! Yay!Music: Sean Fournier - very upbeat and funThought: It's so wonderful to have no obligations for a day! Praise God!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-4605943347896602612009-04-19T13:05:00.004-05:002009-04-19T14:26:55.313-05:00RuminationsSo, as one can imagine by the (this time unapologized for?) radio silence since January life has become very busy and very...private. Lots happening: prepping for Jules getting married, Jules carrying little Jaimie (yay!), welcoming in Jay (double yay!). All of which, unfortunately, it's taken me a bit to adjust to. But things are well, and very well now. Thank God! And Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-87637204821497915502009-04-12T22:36:00.002-05:002009-04-12T22:38:51.481-05:00Come see Cupid & Psyche!Come see Cupid and Psyche, a new play in iambic pentameter!Mood: Terrified but listening toMusic: Apparently 6 day's worth of iTunes...tunes...becauseThought: My thesis is due tomorrow and is really a dissertation in disguise.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-86480749802357952632009-01-20T01:02:00.006-05:002009-01-20T01:21:32.476-05:00Pemberley, O PemberleySooooo, between talking bad Pride and Prejudice sequels with Laura and Kristen and half-watching while baking cookies a filmed MINISERIES of a *timetravelling* P&P (called Lost in Austen), and being rather strapped for cash, without a play to direct, and terrified about stepping into a world beyond Academia (considering the last time resulted in corporate padded cells), I Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-27219813851582322632009-01-01T01:35:00.002-05:002009-01-01T02:00:52.790-05:00Auld Lang SyneFor the sake of tradition...It seems incumbent upon me to write something in this particular blog (good grief, did it really begin all those years ago?) to ring in the New Year. I listed in my own journal (for there is, mais naturallement, many real journals, a succession of scrawled bits of time and thought) the blessings of this past year and was somewhat dismayed to see the Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-49480521266531619782008-12-18T03:51:00.003-05:002008-12-18T03:56:42.581-05:00OthelloBecause what's Christmas without a little...murder? And for the record, I just said I wanted to direct - they chose the play! Boy, am I ever in the mood to direct a comedy....We only had four hours of rehearsal total - one night at two hours, another at one, and a one hour "dress." Then performance - woot! It was really incredible to work with such skilled and agile actors. But at theEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-70473728528573187592008-11-27T03:53:00.002-05:002008-11-27T04:07:25.037-05:00Fights! Death! Freaking out the audience!So, in editing Romeo and Juliet, I've realized that I use quite a few more "Theatre of Creulty" techniques on a regular basis than I had ever thought. I lurve me sitting on the audience, going through it, over it, under it, making them cheer, making them boo, giving them stuff, taking it away, asking their opinion, talking right at them, making them Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-91286672401815684282008-11-25T12:21:00.002-05:002008-11-25T12:21:57.933-05:00In Editing the Balcony SceneI came across this jewel:Mood: Back hurts. Stupid weather.Music: Sadly, none.Thought: Not a big fan of YouTubes letterboxing everything....Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-56911267935993279722008-11-20T11:31:00.002-05:002008-11-20T11:35:03.788-05:00Queen MabLast R&J for a little while. But too good a bon mot to pass up. The Queen Mab speech with magic, glowing thumbs!Mood: Sleepy, Dopey, DocMusic: The lingering remains of a ringtoneThought: I hate it when complete strangers get all contentious about stuff they've seen on YouTube. That, and I'm still not wholly convinced about the "my" argument currently going on in theatre between actorsEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-46603589098682383302008-11-19T03:29:00.008-05:002008-11-19T03:35:05.968-05:00Romeo and Juliet goodnessAt the risk of cheating on my last play with my ex-play...some Romeo and Juliet Act I goodness. A reminder: this is cut together from only the close-up tapes because the other tapes weren't salvageable. Given the lighting at the found space, the video is what it is. But enjoy!Mood: I wish I were sleepy!Music: Mental David CookThought: So much to do, so little time, Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-30787881575302692822008-11-15T04:55:00.001-05:002008-11-15T04:57:28.763-05:00Why You Should Not Change the Fight ChoreographyBecause you break your nose. Footage from the last night of Gaudete Academy's 2008 production of Romeo and Juliet - where, on gag night, despite the fact that they had been told not to, Romeo and Paris added in a headbutt. And broke Romeo's nose.Never, ever, EVER change the fight choreography! Mood: RestlessMusic: AmbienceThought: One more Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-29573247743761979832008-11-02T23:17:00.002-05:002008-11-02T23:21:55.764-05:00In MemoriamHow fitting that I finished - for all intents and purposes (minor revisions notwithstanding) - In Memoriam on this feast of All Souls! The last time I finished a play - oh, back in March or April of this year, wasn't it? Wallace's Will, I found myself hollow, eyes staring, still within that world, utterly spent. But with this play, I feel myself at peace, breathing again - good, Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-13139416487568878932008-10-23T21:26:00.002-05:002008-10-23T21:31:16.137-05:00Happiness is a HabeneraMood: Bork borkMusic: Voila borkThought: I think I've got the end of Act II In Memoriam on the run! Huzzah! Bork!And just for kicks: Furry happy monsters!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-48141798827366019172008-10-17T19:01:00.005-05:002008-10-18T00:03:35.794-05:00Old Shows, New FacesWell, technically, old faces, too...buuut I'm uploading the complete versions of Matchmaker and Midsummer's Night Dream to the Gaudete website. It joins other full productions of plays, including: The Nutcracker, The Passion Play (2006), English Made Simple, Salome, and for a limited time the soon-to-be-published Wallace's Will. Enjoy!The MatchmakerA Midsummer Night's Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-24363827734274084902008-10-05T00:51:00.002-05:002008-10-05T00:54:05.801-05:00My Father, Being FunnyIn further news, I edited about seven minutes of Romeo and Juliet and the stupid computer won't let me make it into one file! Booo. I've upgraded my software, I've upgraded my antivirus, and am now about to run the latter. Stupid technologie. Am finally getting into the "good stuff" of Our Town - it's beginning to feel like a play; I can see the edges of its shape. ManyEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-55629971979841131582008-09-27T13:50:00.001-05:002008-09-27T13:51:40.873-05:00Just a whole lotta cuteYeah, so I'm still stuck on Act II of In Memoriam - although I think I wrote about a page that'll actually stay last night...so that's good. But in lieu of that, here's a whole lotta cuteness!Mood: Trying not to be grumpyMusic: Acqualung's "Something to Believe in"Because: iTunes is dangerous to a music junkie....Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-4212142538955028072008-09-17T23:28:00.002-05:002008-09-17T23:32:47.204-05:00I AM A PUBLISHED PLAYWRIGHT!So, bonjour bonjour!I was in my looong class today when we were delightfully given an hour free with a partner to do this acting exercise. My friend asked if it was alright if we checked our e-mails since she had a piece of business to resolve and that was fine by me so I checked mine as well......only to find in my mailbox this e-mail from Playscripts, Inc., to whom Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-42036585318305548842008-09-13T22:41:00.002-05:002008-09-13T23:04:27.384-05:00UnpackingA few thoughts - semi-cryptically, mais naturallement. Casted Our Town. Think we've got a good ensemble on our hands. Need to look for the two sides to each character. Can't wait to really sit down with my Emily - I think we got the right one. Did ensemble building, though, first few days. My Simon Stimpson, too, is...going to have a wonderful experience. V. excited for her (yes, Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-80113065345927280222008-09-04T23:29:00.004-05:002008-09-05T00:06:57.260-05:00And now for somethingCompletely different. Or not. More of the same. A public life in bullets. (Huh - that'd be a great title to a book I would never write. Feel free to steal.) Regardless: The day after going to see David Cook (see below), I trundled myself off in my car all by my onesies to drive on down to see Kristen in Jersey. Of course, Rte. 90W knowing I was coming greeted me with Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-81257348694756068272008-08-11T00:07:00.003-05:002008-08-11T00:40:54.768-05:00A Momentary FandomBeyond really briefly....I saw the American Idol 2008 tour Saturday and Sunday in Worcester, MA and Manchester, NH respectively and would like to mention a few highlights: Go crew! Every time running crew brought on a mikestand or a guitar or a bottle of water I was cheering them on. Did a splendid job getting everyone from set to set. Particularly on Sunday, when...Timmy, I Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-66297097231279787392008-08-02T13:05:00.004-05:002008-08-02T13:20:21.908-05:00Dizzy with WorldbuildingSo, for whatever reason, after coming out of a rather disturbing dream this morning (the type that are real or convincing enough that although you're tossing and turning you can't wake up), and being gratefully sent on an errand and inheriting long-term loan furniture from Johnny (God bless Johnny), which I've no idea where I'll put but plan on finding a home for somewhereEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-59474904169272591642008-07-31T13:07:00.004-05:002008-08-01T10:37:26.394-05:00Two Great DancesNothing in particular to add. I like these. ETA!!! One of the prettiest waltzes ever.Mood: Sleepy, dopey, docMusic: The fabulous song from this: "The Garden"Thought: Doc said my wrist had good mobility for what it is, when it is, etc. That's good to know!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-72406056469259064562008-07-28T13:27:00.004-05:002008-07-28T13:37:28.318-05:00C'est finisEt je suis desole un petite. Hasn't quite hit me yet. Have a splitting headache, esp. behind my right eye. Thank God for tea, Kristen's book Birdwing which I just got to cracking open, family, showers, Borders' Cafe and The Dark Knight later to see, As You Like It on the Common on Wednesday, and other means by which time may be filled because it is no longer filled.I love my R&J Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-40509730991449197432008-07-16T11:24:00.001-05:002008-07-16T11:29:35.761-05:00You! Go see. NOW.Like, literally now. Because it all comes down on the 20th. Unless you buy it from iTunes. Which you should. Musicals are king.Mood: SuperlativeMusic: AmbientThought: Dream I had, actually, just this morning that I was in a play I was directing for a class for a grade at Emerson but we had never rehearsed it and I'd only memorized a few parts of it and I didn't even know Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-64374528146875994622008-07-12T11:13:00.002-05:002008-07-12T11:16:43.987-05:00Amazing!High School Tony Awards Honor Nation's Biggest Drama Club NerdsCheck it out!Mood: Great - just introduced Chrysos and Brontes in the play and intimated at Livia's attachment to Brontes. Now, if I can only figure out how Cupid and Psyche act when they meet...but I'm pretty sure that Cupid won't tell her who he is until the end of act one - because she must know by intermission? Arugh! Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-12165879048922982522008-07-08T01:12:00.002-05:002008-07-08T01:23:44.559-05:00Good night, good party, good dancesLet's just say that Jess and the R&J cast are super. My fav. dances from last week's show, in no particular order. The first is just great - one of the best of the season so far, the second is middling choreography made better by Mark-of-my-Heart, the third is one of the best Broadway routines (choreography-wise - they def. could have been softer in the middleEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-24256110386747881502008-07-02T13:13:00.002-05:002008-07-02T13:21:22.563-05:00My Cast is OFF!!!It's in a brace and it still hurts like the dickens...but...it is OFF! And that's what matters most to me at this time. I'm even typing (kinda) two-handed. My right arm is still as weak as a new hatched chick, but alles gut. And best of all I got to wash my poor, crusty hand. A lot of the yuck came off. Oh, happy day!Rehearsals coming along marvellously. Even better, had Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-81446627765760297842008-06-29T20:57:00.004-05:002008-06-29T21:24:13.750-05:00On deadlines, challenges, and confession Happy feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, everyone! Because Jules was away this weekend, I found myself cantoring for both the 9 and 11 - yikes. Both for the double-whammy and the earliness of the hour. Esp. for singing. Counteracted peanut-butter toast w/ a huge mug of tea. Huge.Mug. Fortunately, I actually ended up being in good voice - more for the Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-83852876900734961292008-06-26T14:25:00.007-05:002008-07-12T00:52:24.034-05:00Odds and Ends My actors need to stop injuring themselves outside of rehearsal. QED. Fav. routine of last night's SYTYCD. I'm just a sucker for a story.ETA: This one was the prettiest of last week's.AND also ETA: How we are NOT doing our death scene, courtesy of Jeremy. Cast comes off next week! My poor dehydrated fingers rejoice. I've been dreaming for the past few nights about calmly pickingEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-58508695066265822862008-06-25T05:16:00.007-05:002008-06-25T06:02:36.865-05:00Old GemsFound this when looking for the first time in nearly five (!) years at my earliest entries here:Neat Quote to be Put into a Screenplay Sometime: Julie: How horrible would it be if I were to fall over while standing up? Emily: Well, it depends. Is there a man nearby? Oh, we crack us up! Jules is safely away to the airport (hence I am awake). The sunrise was languid and lovely. The Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-10130153916634548322008-06-22T13:20:00.005-05:002008-06-22T13:27:40.380-05:00If you haven't alreadyCheck out the pictures at Jennie & Cass' blog!Mood: HungryMusic: "Across the Universe" as covered by Stephanie Rearick from the R&J soundtrackA good pic is: The ones on that site! Go go!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-42183895960687214852008-06-21T23:18:00.003-05:002008-06-21T23:22:57.093-05:00A Sonnet a DayAs the proverb does not go. Within the poet's arsenal of dotsAnd lines and dashes, none is so fine(At least to my mind) as the apost-rophe perchance is. What was once thineCan become mine with this humble markHung o'er. And what was base, or commonplace,Is much better than befo'ere. What is a larkBut something stark and easily erased -Unless fore'er in evenin' air he gainsAnothers' Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-29812499803246744472008-06-20T18:06:00.003-05:002008-06-20T18:22:26.663-05:00SalomeThe plays keep a-comin'! For those interested, Salome by Oscar Wilde. It's the first major play I ever directed and it taught me a LOT about everythig I know. Prior to this show I was very...careful with my acting, with my directing. Very proper. Too intellectual; not visceral enough. I never wanted to "go there" - wherever "there" may be. But I chose Salome - or it chose me - or Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-20360820219515951592008-06-18T10:52:00.002-05:002008-06-18T10:56:46.061-05:00English Made SimpleHere, the video of English Made Simple (Emerson show). And...I has a cast! Yay! Only my fingers and muscles don't work yet. Booo. Hopefully mobility will return soon! In the meantime, enjoy!Mood: A little achey, but optimisticMusic: "Creep" as covered by David CookBecause: It's just that sort of day.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-67674606959449687292008-06-18T02:39:00.006-05:002008-06-18T10:57:32.269-05:00Sonnet Challenge!On this other board, we're having a poetry challenge. This week it's sonnets. So, suffering from insomnia...like always...here's my first sonnet in nearly a decade! Yay!The Ides of InnocenceThe virgin moved the virgin lip to lipA simple touch, by simple breath connected,A moment less momentous than expected;A sigh, a brush, the first hesitant sip -Then gone, no more, when onceEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-17420744916203984952008-06-16T00:22:00.003-05:002008-06-16T00:34:10.201-05:00Crux (Bruised, Not Broken)OK, so it's been the spring/summer of trying out new musical styles, and here's a very very uber superdeduper rough to the point of earlier than draft version of a song that's been plaguing me to get out. I know you can hear some of the transitions that need smoothing, and the accompianment is unavoidably one-handed, but......there it is. And it's raw, and I almost Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-34286979485206461602008-06-13T17:14:00.003-05:002008-06-13T17:21:11.309-05:00New R&J Poster!There may be one or two tweaks...but voila! (Click here to see the informational version of the poster.)Mood: JoyeuxMusic: R&J soundtack...currently "Blind" by LifehouseGreatness is: Finishing blocking a kick-ass version of the balcony scene last night - conquering the hardest scene in Shakespeare - yeah, baby, yeah! I heart my cast! I heart Sarah & Keith! Woot!Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-83079177459742992722008-06-12T01:21:00.003-05:002008-06-14T03:19:16.124-05:00Falling in love all over again...with dearest, darlingest William of the Shaken Spear! Got an actual fanmail thing today on my Gaudete youtube account, which requested more KOF and more Hamlet, so rewatched bits of those and said "Hai. Not too bad." (I know, I know. Epiphany fish.)In further news, R&J is coming along dickety-doo, edited English Made Simple last night - yay for 15-minute playsEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-33399407977800005362008-06-02T01:57:00.003-05:002008-06-02T02:05:14.024-05:00Wallace's WillFor those who missed it - an uncut version of WW. Enjoy! (Edited version available soon.)Mood: Surprisingly lucidMusic: "The Windmills of Your Mind" as covered by Dust in a techno-lite fahbulous wayThought: OK. Today's lesson? Pain meds are our friends, esp. after days when we think we're strong enough to do w/o them. Thank God for Muppets (Season 2) who distract.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-27642152886558745212008-05-31T16:19:00.002-05:002008-05-31T16:34:39.282-05:00It's very strangeTo be so incapacitated. Am weening myself off the most sleep-inducing of the drugs. Am not a fan of being dependent. Am trying to get into the right headspace to..I don't know...work again? Pulled myself into an outfit a little more fashionable and a little less utilitarian today - baby steps, hurrah. Am still offering it up.In good, nay, great news - the show looks Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-82461313564304437462008-05-28T10:54:00.002-05:002008-05-28T11:09:28.198-05:00OuchI have broken my right wrist. And it hurts. Incommunicando from me for a while.Mood: BlarghMusic: Mental radio on scanWorst part is: Pain, medieval torture devices (that do work), having to admit helplessnessBest part is: Having my hair washed for me, awesome family, awesome cast and crew, awesome doctor and nuses, being a lefty, and offering it up for whatever/whomever He wants (lucky Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-2132339114625087212008-05-20T11:06:00.002-05:002008-05-20T11:08:55.274-05:00Auditions Today!Huzzah huzzah! Romeo and Juliet auditions are today (and tomorrow). Yippeeeeee! In other news, Wallace's Will swept the awards (so superproud of my kids), and someone needs to do something about the price of gas because I'm feeling a summer of driving aimlessly about coming upon me.Break legs to everyone auditioning! Can't wait!Mood: ElatedMusic: Veronica Mars soundtrackSorrowEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-19274190562364848272008-05-15T02:07:00.002-05:002008-05-15T02:13:13.089-05:00Weekday Update A year ago Friday. Exactly a year ago. Third period. Ignominity. Survived. Scarred. Perseverance. Oh, my. Wallace's Will judged tomorrow. Aie. I think it'll go well. The kids are marvellous. It's just volume and pacing I'm squinting at. C'est ca! Come on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. to Hudson High to see the play for reals! Come come! Back decided to give out for Mother's Day.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-76105740228313649712008-05-02T02:03:00.003-05:002008-05-02T02:16:06.697-05:00Musical Theatre Fangirl GleeSomeone's favorite performance was also Music of the Night!In other news, had my last class Wednesday, but don't feel in the least that I'm on break. Probably has something to do with rehearsing Wallace's Will and prepping Romeo and Juliet. I miss Julie. The end.Mood: Actually, surprisingly fahbulous.Music: "I'm Alive" by - do I really need to spell it out for you?Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-58997789915942366842008-04-26T02:11:00.002-05:002008-04-26T02:22:29.269-05:00In the interest of weeding outThis fandom which is causing me no little consternation, all further AI posts will be found here: http://www.americanidol.com/myidol/blogs/list/?un=EmilyCAS.In other news, I was called into sing a funeral this morning, which said funeral wanted (what else?) Schubert's "Ave Maria" for communion. I was a bit apprehensive since I'm rarely in my best voice at 9 in the Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-47066137951823265922008-04-22T21:39:00.003-05:002008-04-24T02:33:18.052-05:00THANK.YOU.Mood: I screamed. I screamed. I have voted for two freaking hours. I SCREAMED!!!Music: Are you seriously unsure?Thought: Holy.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-31456062994289195902008-04-18T23:45:00.002-05:002008-04-18T23:57:48.917-05:00Embracing my inner wordnerdFor those other fellow wordnerds - welcome! For those scratching your heads, I know nuzzing, I saw nuzzing!So we survived four nights in Boston watching/taping the directing projects. Nights one and four I didn't have the monopod and so had to make do with my hands and trying not to shake the camera too much. Fortunately, I'm not editing anything - woohoo! Just Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-71881232348033795412008-04-13T15:43:00.003-05:002008-04-13T15:44:55.115-05:00I was stressing about homeworkAnd then I found this:Mood: Still stressed but....Music: Mental Analog HeartThought: LURVE the lyrics for "Porcelain" from the above. Just as I LURVE the lyrics from "Porcelain Fists" by Ingrid Michaelson from her Slow the Rain album. And it strikes me that that is what the make-up should be like for Romeo and Juliet. Kewl.Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-54740030681603003942008-04-12T18:45:00.003-05:002008-04-12T19:20:35.720-05:00Singin' in the RainOr at least taking a walk around the block in it. And getting happily wet. And enjoying the diffused glow of spring sunset. Rainbow weather. Fat, jolly drops. Scenic thunder and lighting - less a threat and more a counterbeat. Nope. I don't know enough to come out of the rain. And I'm glad of it!I've realized that I really need to do homework after all, since it's only Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-75598502460587918602008-04-11T17:34:00.003-05:002008-04-11T21:31:10.538-05:00Give me an occupation, or I shall run madAs Colonel Brandon a la Alan Rickman a la Emma Thompson so achingly said. Very true, Pooh. I have decided that a) even if I am not OCD and only Type A that b) I am still much in need of occupation(s) or I shall run mad. Must come from my Germanic/Irish background - the need to occupy and be occupied? Ba doom doom CHING! OK, people - these are the Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-28664413096364243832008-04-04T14:28:00.004-05:002008-04-11T17:34:05.404-05:00David Cook, Summer Shows, Spring Dresses, and Allison PanettaOh my!Yes, yes, I've been a negligent fool. I refer you to why. I do not apologize, much like Simon Cowell. So, to work backwards from my title, as I've been told to blog: "I love Allison Panetta. She's the best. Hurrah hurrah!" *disengages from automatic systems to write remainder of blog* (J/K Allison - do love ya. ;P) For Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-55261241059545244412008-03-10T21:12:00.003-05:002008-03-10T21:23:39.700-05:00Go West, Young WomenHeading off for Steubie-U Wednesday at noon. Loooong 14-hourish trip out to Steubenville, OH, for three glorious days taking in theatre classes, meeting up with old professors, going to daily mass, and enjoying IrishFest (yay!). Best of all mit meine schweister! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! Soooooooooo looking forward to it.Anywho, Birdie went off great, was so glad to see old faces atEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-11245084407749348192008-02-26T23:33:00.002-05:002008-02-26T23:43:00.173-05:00Breathing AgainBy happy accident, ended up directing tonight and widening the pull of the swirling black vortex. It's like breathing again. I'm about to go into hyperdrive: Birdie goes up not this weekend but next English Made Simple starts rehearsals Wednesday of tech for Birdie Then I have a week off, where I'm going to Steubie-U for with Jules to clear the brain and reconnect (and hopefully Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-88786601013677697612008-02-24T12:43:00.002-05:002008-02-24T12:50:19.397-05:00Papers to write, a wedding to planMy wife to murder and Guilder to blame for it. I'm swamped.Hrm. Can we guess which of the above is real? ;P Papers, papers, everywhere, and not a sec to think. Actually, they're not so bad, but I'll be directing two shows at once again pretty soon so I need to parce out my time well NOW.Watched Freaks and Geeks Thursday-Friday, which I enjoyed verily yea - Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-39912281106633894752008-02-22T03:26:00.008-05:002008-02-22T15:47:35.999-05:00More housekeepingJust because it's loooooooooong overdue....A Midsummer Night's Dream page and A Christmas Carol page. Enjoy!Addendum: The Brigadoon page is available, as is Starry Night Talent Shows.Addendum Redux: The Twelfth Night page is available. AND...it includes an homage to THE WIG.And here's an oldie but a goodie video from the great fun fantastic time that was Christmas Carol.Mood: Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-34379999664923992932008-02-18T20:14:00.002-05:002008-02-18T20:17:53.173-05:00A little light housekeepingTook a break from intense reading for tomorrow's classes in order to do a little light housekeeping on the theatre pages. Most significantly, there is now a Much Ado page up and running - woot! Check it out!Now, once more unto the breach (or books) dear friends....Mood: Meh - comme si, comme ca - pas mal mais pas fantastique - bof.Music: 2006 Passion Play - v. Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-28213165792756814492008-02-17T13:23:00.002-05:002008-02-17T13:32:33.593-05:00JAM makes all wellSince I blog about it so rarely, I thought I'd make a quick note of something wonderful. This morning, I was having a dream that the one-act/scene I was doing for Emerson's directing class was actually a scene from The Office between Jim and Pam. In the dream, we were at some really confusing auditions - all sorts of messy - no order at all, tons of directors trying to grab Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-26920710668917454412008-02-17T00:33:00.002-05:002008-02-17T00:50:26.159-05:00In the words of Sarah: WORD*grin* But a sleepy grin.So, I put the final touches on the script this afternoon/evening and sent it off as it is. (There will always be more tweaks, but it is in a good place now.) And then I took me for a meandering drive around old haunts, which I haven't done in a while due to weather/work/etc. Which got me to thinking of:Post-play vs. Post-playwritingWell, to Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-60907577825480310332008-02-16T03:19:00.003-05:002008-02-16T03:22:21.514-05:00There's very little more satisfyingThan writing THE END at the end of a script. First draft of Wallace's Will complete. My bed calls to me. It ended slightly differently than I had anticipated. I feel it still needs tweaks. It's probably good enough to send. When I get it on its feet I'll probably make cuts and adjustments. Dunno. We'll see. Can't wait for the herd of wild women to go Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-5309066705198439772008-02-15T14:14:00.003-05:002008-02-15T14:41:39.015-05:00In the Interest of DoingRather than thinking about doing, which is the equivalent of never doing, another in the continuing series that is this terrible, horrible, very bad blog. ;P I got a callback for Twelfth Night but was very glad not to be cast. It was one of the best "rejections" (if it can be called that - I could tell when I walked in to call-backs and then got the sides for Maria - thatEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-54177308640461369312008-02-03T15:02:00.000-05:002008-02-03T15:49:34.619-05:00There he goes to write that hit song:"Alone in my principles."OK, well, I actually am not writing hit songs - at least not most of this week. But I am writing plays. Let me 'splain. No, there is to much. Let me sum up. Had to drop Puppetry (booo) because work/commute/learning to sew/plays/etc. were too much to handle all and Puppetry, too. Perhaps next year when I'm ostensibly taking fewer Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-49563480132900387632008-01-25T17:31:00.000-05:002008-01-26T12:33:41.373-05:00For the benefit of Mr. KiteOr at least Cass, who if nothing else, is the world's most polite stalker...;)Some interesting tidbits from the Life and Times of Emily. On January 10th, Jules and I got up at an obscenely absurd hour of the morning to drive down to New Jersey via Rte. 80 (mostly) in order to get my interior braces finally off. They'd snapped just before Christmas, which made ChristmasEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-78830669804189008292008-01-15T22:13:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:19:59.733-05:00This morningAs I trudged unwillingly upstairs to the kitchen at the ungodly hour of 8 a.m. in order, like a good child, to drive my brother to school and thinking about some order of business I had to resolve regarding the music for Bye, Bye Birdie and going through my week's schedule of voice lessons, music rehearsals and time to compose opera......I realized that I'm currently making my living Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-20096510806506368432008-01-14T00:20:00.000-05:002008-01-14T00:24:35.887-05:00I have found the missing link!Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I've been beating my brains (metaphorically, of course) against the piano of the mind to find out what happens next in Snow Queen after "In My Garden" (Gerta's Act I version). And tonight, after watching the meh-ish Persuasion, I doodle around on the piano and WHAM! 11 p.m. strikes an WHOOSH! Inspiration!Alleluia! And it is lush and it is Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-34313079401195458392008-01-07T05:09:00.001-05:002008-01-07T05:35:06.035-05:00Look at the time!Or rather, don't. So, yeah, I know it's the Lord's Day but I was feeling all unproductive and so I thought, "Well, I'll just edit the next scene (Sue Me) from G&D and then call it a night." Only, of course, it was so close to the end, that I kept saying, "Well, I can just do this scene (Sit Down) and this scene (Marry the Man Today) and well I'm already here (Finale) so I thinkEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-62811257118587878212008-01-02T17:11:00.000-05:002008-01-02T17:21:36.217-05:00What to get the girl who doesn't like coffeeBeing a silly dyfersion, wyth no particular meaning excypt mine own eddyficationI don't like coffee, Sam-I-AmI do not like it, like certain eggs-and-hamI do not like it plain and blackI do not like it with sugar packsI do not like it with milk or creamThe flavour's enough to make me screamExpresso makes me jitteryAnd lattes seem too fritteryEven a tasteEmily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589238.post-58136315192930259592008-01-01T20:44:00.000-05:002008-01-01T20:55:59.376-05:00New Year, New Not-Quite ResolutionsI won't say full resolutions, because like most everyone else in the world, I'm awful at them. But some possible goals: Get better at communicating. Esp. with friends not in MA! (If you are one of said friends, mea culpe!) Work more on Snow Queen. Actually write down the music. (If all goes well, I'd actually like to submit it Fall 2008 semester for this Emily C. A. Snydernoreply@blogger.com2