So here is A Year of Angela: 2012 edition --
January:
I started off the month recovering from the marathon that was "Scrooge: The Musical". I had every intention of taking a break from theater for a little while. However, that intent flew out the window when I went to an audition for a Loveland Community Theatre Readers Theatre production...and got a part! It was a small part, thankfully, so it still felt like I was on a break!
February:
"Ah, Yes, I Remember It Well" was the Readers Theatre production I was in. It was a series of scenes written by local writer Jim Willard. I had a lot of fun reading the part of Susan in "The War Years". We performed 3 shows right around Valentine's Day.
While still avoiding that whole "taking a break" thing, I auditioned for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Union Colony Dinner Theatre and was cast as Mrs. Sander. Rehearsals started right away, so I began making the 51 mile round trip drive to Greeley several days a week.
March:
Rehearsals were in full swing for Seven Brides, but since my part was a minor one, I didn't have to go all the time. That's a heavy dance show, and my character didn't dance! Huzzah!
I had a fun gig with LOT toward the end of the month. We sang songs from the opera "The Bohemian Girl" as part of a Willa Cather celebration at the museum. I sang the role of the Queen of the Gypsies. It was a lot of fun!
April:
Seven Brides opened and so I was driving to Greeley A LOT! Luckily, I can write the mileage off on my taxes. That helps a lot!
The tour of Wicked came back to Denver and I was able to see that incredible show for the FIFTH time! I will never, EVER tire of that show!
May:
Time for another audition! The next show at the UCDT was Titanic, one of my all time favorite shows. There was no way that I wouldn't audition! I was cast in the role of 1st Class Passenger Marian Thayer.
My beloved Grandpa, Cecil Milligan, passed away on May 28th. He was 97. He had been slowing down a lot over the past couple of years. It was only a short illness that took him. What a blessing that he didn't have to suffer for long. We miss him so much every day, but we know that he is no longer held back by his aged body. His spirit is free and he is looking over us from heaven. We know we will see him again! All of my cousins were at the funeral. We we only missing 2 spouses and 4 great-grandkids!
June:
While rehearsing for Titanic, I was also rehearsing for a LOT concert: Mamma Mia! I played the role of Rosie. We had a lot of fun putting this concert together. We ended up doing it 3 times, but I only performed in the 1st two. The 3rd one, I had a performance of Titanic the same night.
Titanic opened toward the end of the month and it was an emotional roller coaster over the next couple of months of performances. That show is emotionally draining, but so fulfilling! I loved singing my solo every night at the beginning of the lifeboat scene. "You and I are getting in the lifeboat. Father will be staying here awhile. It will be like rowing in the Serpentine. Come along now, let us have a smile!"
July:
This was just a busy month of work and Titanic performances.
August:
I got to be in a movie! I still haven't seen it yet, but I acted in a short film directed by my friend Scotty Shaffer. It was about a girl who wants to play baseball with the boys, but they make fun of her. The ghost of her grandmother shows up and encourages her to show up the boys. Very cute!
What's a break? I still didn't know. I auditioned for The Music Man with Up in Lights and was cast as Mrs. Paroo! Craig auditioned as well and was cast as Mayor Shinn.
Titanic closed and due to circumstances a few months later, I will never again be able to perform at the UCDT. They closed the doors for good in October. Sad day! I loved performing there!
September:
We took our annual short trip to a nearby destination we'd never been to. This year, Shauna, Mom, Dad, & I went to the 4 Corners! First, we stopped in Pagosa Springs. The hot springs are AMAZING!!! I want to go back there so bad! Next we went down to Mesa Verde. It was really cool to visit the ruins there! Then we went to the 4 Corners and then back up to Monticello, UT. We did a temple session there. Then we went to Arches National Park and came home on I-70 through Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs. We hiked up to Hanging Lake before coming home. All in 4 days! We had a lot of fun!
The rest of the month consisted of rehearsals for two shows at once: The Music Man and the LOT Gala! No rest for the weary!
October:
First up, the LOT Gala: Give Our Regards to Broadway. I was a featured soloist. I sang "Home" from Beauty and the Beast (and also performed in "Me") and "Defying Gravity" from Wicked! So much fun!!! Craig was a featured soloist in the Les Miserables section, as Marius. We both sang in the chorus, as well as Dad.
The Music Man performances were the last 2 weekends of the month. We had a great crowds! What fun to do this show again! It was kind of funny spending about half the year in the year 1912, though.
November:
BREAK TIME! FOR REALS THIS TIME!!!!! Seriously...no shows. Not at all! The only performing I did all month was playing for the Primary Program in my ward!
December:
I had a few performances this month. My Christmas song of the year was "Twas the Night Before Christmas". I performed it at an open house at the church, LOT's annual PEO concert, and the LOT Holiday Soiree. I was supposed to sing it at Juliana's Voice Studio recital, but I woke up that morning with those darn sores all over my tongue. I was super, SUPER sick all day and the next. I hadn't had those for 9 months! Why that day? No idea. Stupid!!!
Other than that, I just worked a TON. It's a busy time of year at the Candlelight and so I got a bunch of extra hours. Yay for more money! Heaven knows I need it!
So that's what happened this year. A great year for theatre, a bittersweet year for family. Too many blessings to count! Huzzah for 2012!
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