99th Revels

It's hard to explain Revels to anyone who hasn't experienced it before, but basically it's the most important tradition at my school where the senior class put up the show in a week with all parts kept secret, and on the very night of it, continuous cheering of the underclasswomen deafens you for days. I loved my eccentric role of the Alchemist (a surprise to everyone, I believe)- the feeling of being crazy and letting everything go on stage, plus harassing the audience. Though quite different from the normal theatre productions I've done, Revels is one of the best things I've experienced at my school, and it put me right into the Christmas Spirit. 

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Artist Inspiration x Kyle Thompson

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At the first glance, I would have categorized Kyle Thompson's artwork as surrealism, but he instead described it as "organic surrealism, since it is much more real and existent than surrealism is". In most of his work, Kyle creates art with people (a lot of times, himself) by placing them in a way that interacts or even corresponds to the given surroundings. He captures the essence and concepts of human activity in abandoned houses and nature, which is what makes his art stand out. 

Eurydice

I have to admit that I was emotionally, mentally, and physically challenged in playing the role of Orpheus in Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Playing a guy's role was nothing new to me (our director has yet to cast me as a female character… Or maybe she will never), but Orpheus, as the god of music, loved his wife Eurydice dearly, had so much hope in finding her, and even became slightly too crazy from planning his trip to the underworld (aka hell), finally broke down in realizing that Eurydice and him would never be together again. This play shows how powerful passion is. It was incredibly beautiful and I had fun singing for the first time on stage. I learned and loved my role as Orpheus more and more every rehearsal. It taught me the pride and burden of being the lead (not to mention how to find the spotlight and interact with the space around me), and am really thankful for getting casted as it. It was  very rewarding to hear from the audience how they were so moved that they teared up. Hopefully, this will not be my performance at my high school. I am debating whether to audition for or do stage sets in the spring production as it's a musical (still uncertain about my singing though everyone seemed to have enjoyed it); but if I do audition, can I be casted as a girl? Please?