Old Fool

I know I have said this before and I even think I have promised on this blog not to say it again. But here I go. I am too old for this!!!!!

Today we had to do a group project which really got me stressed and I performed horribly. I got totally lost trying to read the script and I was not comfortable with the whole thing. Then I went to my voice lesson and my teacher made me do something I always hate to do- look in the mirror as I sang.  I just saw an old woman that I try to forget is there. But I can’t forget, I am constantly reminded. It is what it is and I am having one of those days when all I can see is the folly of trying to do this. I don’t see anything on the “pro” side of the list right now, just the “con” side.

In the next two and a half weeks I have finals, juries, a workshop and and audition. I have to dance for a grade and sing for a grade. I have to try to do a monologue in a British dialect. We are all also still waiting to hear about our BFA auditions. And all I feel is foolish. I will never, ever get through this if my mood does not change! But foolish is all I see- and there is no fool like an old fool.

 

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Marietta is a graduate of the University of Montevallo with a BFA in musical theater. She has been performing for over 50 years on the stage and continues to perform, direct and teach. Marietta is married to Tim, has a son named Jon, and a cat named Penny.