2,000 kids, 34 towns, 1 show --------- MY NATIONAL TOUR: Killin me smalls...

So basically I just graduated from University of Miami with a B.F.A in Acting and this is my first job in the "Real World". I decided that I would document this wild adventure and share with everyone the fear, the rewards and the reality of doing a 12 month Children's Theatre National Tour. My job is to arrive into town Sunday, audition 25-350 kids Monday and by Saturday pull off a full musical production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" starring yours truly, Christopher Nelson Harbur.

9/27/2006

Killin me smalls...

These kids SERIOUSLY don't mess around!
I admit, I am pretty stinkin rusty remembering the best way to teach these kids a show, which of course is exacerbated by the fact that I don't really know our "The Little Mermaid" show very well at all.
Yesterday I was teaching the Seasiders (8-10 yr olds.) their huge group numbers and I kept forgetting the words to the song and when I would repeat it one little Hellian child kept yelling at me, "YOU KEEP SAYING THE WRONG WORDS...THIS IS RIDICULOUS!"
I guess it's good that they are smart kids this week even if they are little sass buckets.

PICTURES OF SHIRNEST (my new tour partner) AND I TEACHING THE WAYS OF THE MERMAID ON THE WAY!