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Post by Mfitz804 on Sept 19, 2021 19:43:04 GMT -5
As I have discussed, my daughter just started high school and was accepted into the school’s Performing Arts Academy.
They held auditions on the SECOND DAY of school for both a fall play (The Man Who Came To Dinner) and the Spring musical (Shrek).
The Spring musical will not be cast until later, but the cast list came out and she landed a lead part. A part played by Bette Davis in the 1942 movie version. I don’t know the movie (or the play) and I don’t know how big a part it is, but getting a part like that as a freshman is very cool for her, especially since she is usually more musical theater inclined rather than acting.
As I have mentioned, she has been singing and acting since age 4 and she just keeps getting better. Proud of her.
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Post by Leftee on Sept 19, 2021 19:48:53 GMT -5
😎♥️
These are the parenting rewards.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Sept 19, 2021 20:07:26 GMT -5
😎♥️ These are the parenting rewards. I suppose so. I take credit for her love of music, I played guitar with her in the room from the time she was a baby, and we have always listened to music together. But the acting bug, neither my wife or I ever had that, she’s more outgoing than either of us ever was. My stock abswer when people ask “where did she come from” is “I don’t know, probably the mailman”, to my wife’s eye rolling dismay. |
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Post by rickyguitar on Sept 19, 2021 20:47:57 GMT -5
Yay.
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Post by Taildragger on Sept 19, 2021 21:50:27 GMT -5
Parenting well involves hard work and subordinating your personal priorities to do for another: you've earned the right to brag
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Post by gato on Sept 20, 2021 6:23:31 GMT -5
😎♥️ These are the parenting rewards. I suppose so. I take credit for her love of music, I played guitar with her in the room from the time she was a baby, and we have always listened to music together. But the acting bug, neither my wife or I ever had that, she’s more outgoing than either of us ever was. My stock abswer when people ask “where did she come from” is “I don’t know, probably the mailman”, to my wife’s eye rolling dismay. I would have said, "probably the milkman," but that would give away my age. |
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Post by Davywhizz on Sept 20, 2021 9:07:03 GMT -5
My son is a gifted mathematician, with a Master's degree and a very well-paid job in London as a modeller. But, as his father, I'm allowed to point out that I still doubt if he could find his backside with both hands in the dark.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Sept 20, 2021 11:50:55 GMT -5
Congrats to your daughter and to her parents who seem to be doing a fine job.
The Bette Davis part is "The Man's" personal assistant. It's an important part.
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Post by HenryJ on Sept 20, 2021 15:39:44 GMT -5
Congrats on having an intelligent, accomplished child.
And good on you for loving her mother and being a dad to her.
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Post by Ricketi on Sept 20, 2021 17:26:30 GMT -5
Nothing wrong about being proud of your child's accomplishments and voicing it. Nice to read about positive news. Congrats!
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Post by LTB on Sept 25, 2021 5:30:38 GMT -5
That is really Great Mike. Congratulations to your daughter!
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Post by Mfitz804 on Sept 25, 2021 11:39:56 GMT -5
Thanks guys. We’re definitely worried about her attending a new school. Her junior high was located right behind her elementary school. So it’s the first time she has gone to a new school with kids she doesn’t know since kindergarten. She is fitting in fine, found both theater friends (which we knew would happen) and also some non-theater ones pretty early in the process.
Good to see that she hit the ground running.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 24, 2021 20:57:36 GMT -5
Love posting about this stuff.
The play was this weekend, and she killed her part, which was pretty big all things considered. Only 17 kids got roles, and only 3 freshmen. The other two played much smaller, less interesting parts.
It was her first time in a non-musical play, and she remembered all of her lines, and she was funny. During one scene, “ The Man” removes his tie and gifts it to someone. Well, on the second night, it got stuck on his microphone wire and he couldn’t get it off. So, he improvised “I suppose I’ll just give it to you later”, which got good laughs. The tie was left draped over one of his shoulders. My daughter finished her lines, and as she was exiting, says “Oh, and by the way, you should fix your tie, it’s a little crooked”, and walked off to huge laughs. Someone else made a reference to her line later on, and more laughs. She was definitely able to hold her own, for the most part with kids older than she.
Her next assignment in class is to create her own character. She picked my very Brooklyn Italian mother in law as her inspiration. We told her to practice it, but she quite correctly pointed out, she has been preparing that role her whole life, as doing imitations of my mother in law is something we all do all the time.
One of her friends in the class has chosen HER as the inspiration for her character study. So clearly, based on all of the above, she’s making an impact!
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Post by Ricketi on Oct 24, 2021 21:57:22 GMT -5
That's cool, sounds like she is having fun and enjoying it. Are you allowed to record her plays or is it restricted?
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Post by rickyguitar on Oct 24, 2021 22:19:20 GMT -5
Very cool dad.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 25, 2021 5:49:19 GMT -5
That's cool, sounds like she is having fun and enjoying it. Are you allowed to record her plays or is it restricted? We are not allowed to record. We did get a brief clip. Often the organization hosting it (in this case, the school) has it recorded and makes it available for sale. We usually buy it if it’s made available since it’s to raise funds for the program. I did not notice if these shows were being recorded. |
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Oct 25, 2021 12:39:55 GMT -5
Sounds like fun. I have great kids that are all productive members of society. My youngest is graduating with an engineering degree in December and already has 5 job offers which is a highlight for us.
That being said, none of my kids have done the stereotypical brag-worthy stuff. No starring roles in the plays, no starter on for a varsity sport much less the star of the team. No valedictorian, etc.
I consider them successful, but none have provided that "That's my kid" brag worthy moment (and I'm OK with that).
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Oct 25, 2021 13:11:15 GMT -5
We knew she'd nail it.
She can think of all of us as her wacky uncles -- we can brag on her too.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 25, 2021 15:06:10 GMT -5
Sounds like fun. I have great kids that are all productive members of society. My youngest is graduating with an engineering degree in December and already has 5 job offers which is a highlight for us. That being said, none of my kids have done the stereotypical brag-worthy stuff. No starring roles in the plays, no starter on for a varsity sport much less the star of the team. No valedictorian, etc. I consider them successful, but none have provided that "That's my kid" brag worthy moment (and I'm OK with that). I mean, would it be great if she was this good at math or science? Sure. But that's a whole other issue lol. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 25, 2021 15:08:27 GMT -5
We knew she'd nail it. She can think of all of us as her wacky uncles -- we can brag on her too. Thank you! Truthfully, I did know she would nail it, she's been doing that pretty consistently since age 4. I don't know how she does it, nor where it came from. I was in a band and played on stages to crowds equal to or bigger than she does, but I don't feel like that takes the same putting yourself "out there" as theater does. Next comes a small part in Into The Woods, then two separate Christmas shows, followed by Shrek the Musical in the Spring. |
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Post by Ricketi on Oct 25, 2021 20:05:37 GMT -5
followed by Shrek the Musical in the Spring A friend of ours son who was in high school was in Shrek the Musical a couple years back He played the part of Lord Farquaad. He did a great job. A very entertaining play. I have enjoyed watching high school plays. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 25, 2021 20:27:26 GMT -5
followed by Shrek the Musical in the Spring A friend of ours son who was in high school was in Shrek the Musical a couple years back He played the part of Lord Farquaad. He did a great job. A very entertaining play. I have enjoyed watching high school plays. A very fun show. She actually did it over the summer, she was in the ensemble but also played the Dragon one night. It’s a small part but comes with a solo song, which she was very excited about. They made the Dragon appear bigger by seating her on the shoulders of one of the directors, dressed in all black. The other girl who played the role was nearly a foot shorter and significantly lighter than my daughter, but he did it anyway. Don’t tell her I posted this, but if anyone is curious: flic.kr/p/2mEnqy4The part she really wanted (knowing the older kids would get all of the big parts, per usual) was Pinocchio. She auditioned for it on the second day of school, one of the songs you could choose to audition with was her solo from the summer, so she did. She was cast as Pinocchio. Also a smaller part, only in the beginning and end, but has a good singing part and a fair amount of dialogue in the beginning. |
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Post by Ricketi on Oct 25, 2021 21:02:55 GMT -5
^ if it was a video I couldn't get it to work.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 25, 2021 21:38:33 GMT -5
^ if it was a video I couldn't get it to work. Hmm, I’ll have to see about that. It works on my end. |
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Post by roly on Oct 26, 2021 0:13:31 GMT -5
Most admirable.
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Post by rickyguitar on Oct 26, 2021 1:21:01 GMT -5
One of my elder brothers got into theater in high school. The theater arts teacher was a renowned Broadway producer who regularly turned down offers to return. He liked teaching. The plays were great.
In fact my brother has been a union stage hand most of his working life. Over 30 years on Broadway. So in answer to a previous thread teaching is a big deal career.
All my kids completed degrees, all with honors. All are productive self-supporting citizens. Make and old dog proud. Ain't it great?!
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Post by Ricketi on Oct 26, 2021 9:06:56 GMT -5
Mfitz, Got it to work. Great job! School plays are fun to watch.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 26, 2021 9:58:21 GMT -5
They are, and it happens that her school has an excellent drama teacher, from whom she has been taking a class on Saturdays for years. So that makes them an even better caliber.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Oct 26, 2021 12:36:19 GMT -5
Today, one of the kids from her Saturday theater program ("kid" being a relative term, he's a sophomore at Fordham University) let them all know that a musical he wrote has been picked to play in a theater festival in Manhattan for five nights in the Spring.
It was shortly followed with a text message to my daughter asking if she would be willing to play the lead role in it.
I don't know what the commitment is or how it will match up with her school obligations, but I can guarantee she's willing.
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Post by LTB on Nov 15, 2021 11:29:32 GMT -5
My son is a gifted mathematician, with a Master's degree and a very well-paid job in London as a modeller. But, as his father, I'm allowed to point out that I still doubt if he could find his backside with both hands in the dark. Smart people typically have no common sense |
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