Echoes Of Our Blood

Hello everyone,

I don't know if you knew, but to meet people in UCD's Drama Society (DramSoc), I submitted Echoes of Our Blood for Original Writers Week. Echoes is a script that Krystina Thiel and I compiled from old war letters in 2004 for the Montana State Thespian Festival where we won Best Ensemble.

So, I cast, rehearsed and performed the show in a week. It was a rough week. I had four girls and three of four guys. Right away, one guy dropped out leaving me with these two guys who didn't even go to UCD. One girl never came to any rehearsals, so I replaced her with Aileen who I cast in another little four minute skit: "The Sidikiboyo Workout Video." (Along with another girl named Áina) Then, after the first read through a week ago, I never saw the two non-UCD guys again. So, who knows what happened to them?

So, I had no guys and four girls — Caitríona, Roisín, Nessa & Aileen. I asked the girls to bring in guys, so a few came into one rehearsal Monday, Sean and Eamon. I called Brian Nerney, a guy that came to UCD through Arcadia with me and he agreed to jump in at the last minute. Now, I know what you're thinking... that's only three guys and he needs four. Well, yeah. I had to step in and perform which I wasn't too excited about, but I'm glad I did because it's been too long since I've been able to act.

We barely had a run-through right before the performance this afternoon at 3pm.

And surprisingly, it went off very smoothly. And I think I made some friends in the process. DramSoc is pretty intense with all the shows they do (two a week), but it was good to be back into the blood of a theatre department. It makes me excited to work on The Secret Garden this summer (July 12-14, 18-21; Tickets $18; Call 455.8514... but not til May or June).