28/10

I'm not exactly sure what I have been doing for the past few days, they have flown by. I haven't had any shows but I've had a lot of work to do which makes my evening unbelivably short. We got our final scenes. I'm Agafia from Gogol's play Marraige. The play is about a girl- who is not really a girl any more she in her mid twenties finding the right man. the men whom she is given to choose from are beyond rediculous yet she can't make a decision. She ends up choosing the most normal of the bunch and his friend pushes them into getting married that day but instead the groom escapes through the window and the play ends. It is a comedy, which is quite different from Chevkov where most of the scenes are taken from. I'm excited about the character. Recently I have been working on some of Chekovs leading women and they have come fairly natural to me so it is nice to be given a challenge. My partner's name is Sam, he is really funny and we are also singing a duet together, we have a lot of fun.

Beside scenes classes have been fairly normal, movement, ballet, stage combat kick my butt. My Russian is slowly getting better and acting is aways pushing me farther. I accomplished a few things this week though, I finished my final paper for film history this weekend which is really nice because I domn't have to worry about the class anymore. we also started really combat moves both contact and noncontact- punching, kicking, blocking, headbutting ect.

For the next four days I have plays every night. Tomorrow I'm seeing the opening of Medea which I believe is a musical but I'm not sure. Friday I see Swan Lake at the Bolshoi which I've been waiting for since I got here. Satuday I see Richard III and then we have a Holloween party in which I think I will fall to old standby Christina Aguilera. And Saturday we see an original student production which is a comic musical and supposed to be very good. Everything I'm seeing this week I have been told is amazing.

I think that is about it. Time is flying I come home in a little under 2 months and it feels like I don't have enough time. I try to sleep and workout as much as I can. I have developed a new habit for cooking this week I have made: Belini's, a killer omlet, sauted vegitable, apple crisp, fancy pizza and ofcourse french toast.

I will try to do a better job of keeping you all updated
love
Kirsten