The Curious Savage by John Patrick was the last show that I performed at the Hale Center Theatre before I took a long hiatus from the theatre scene. It was directed by Mark S.P. Turvin, who also happened to be a theatre critic in AZ at the time. When I first read the script, I was immediately drawn to the character of Fairy May and I was lucky enough to have landed the role. J1 also got to be in the show as John Thomas. He was just in a short scene at the end and just had to look cute. He was brilliant.
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| J1 backstage |
I got to wear several wigs and had some amazing costumes. Originally, my hair was going to be messy/ratty and then we were going to try to make it look nice for the end scene, but my hair didn't allow that to be a possibility so we went with the wigs. Fairy May was a resident at a mental facility.
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| The wigs and my makeup station |
She was fun on the outside but had a lot of pain on the inside. I found the book,
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher to be insightful regarding Fairy May's psyche. When I played Ophelia, I had used this book for a reference into mental illnesses in young women and also the societal pressures that they face.
Actually, this show is a comedy. I promise. You can read the synopsis
here. I again got to play with my dear friends, Jere, and Alaina. The lead in this show was played by Jacqueline Gaston, she was amazing. The pictures I do have are mostly backstage and a few press shots. I don't have any of me as Fairy May. I had tried to track some down before I wrote this post but had no luck.
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| Jere |
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| The set |
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| Alaina |
