Chris Lanphear A thirty-something trying to find my way.

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Closing Night: Five Minutes to Curtain. We’re all excited for the show, based on the reaction of last night. The green room is filled with commotion. At the last minute, Carly, Chres and I go to perform a pre-show ritual. Being as I am, I treat stupid things as if they’re the most important thing […]

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Tuesday after school, Zhanna had decided that she wanted to go to the play tonight. So I went and got the tickets. For the sake of convenience, I agreed to meet Zhanna, as well as Cali and Nathan at the show at 6:30. I got to the box office at about 6:35. We all went […]

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Last night to screw up. After tonight, we couldn’t have any more screw-ups. I think it went okay. But, as is becoming the rule more than the exception, things were much more intriguing backstage … A few of us were sitting in the green room: Me, Natalie, Andra, Jess, Heather, Evan… that’s about it. Somebody […]

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Second night of dress rehearsal for The Shadow Box. Things have been going okay, I guess. What’s interesting, though, is not what happened on stage. During the 1st act, I had been hanging out with Megan in the green room. There was nobody in there (uhh … no, it’s not going there). However, we did […]

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[ Author’s Note: Seeing as how it’s been a while since I’ve written, I will attempt to tell only about those events that are truly important. So forgive me if the following seems to skip around.] Things with Sharon have basically gone stagnate. A few days after the conference, I apologized to her for what […]

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The 2000 Colorado State Thespian Conference. I was really excited about it, and I was glad I was going. As I anticipated, it proved to be anything but boring. Thursday We got to Denver at about 6:30. The first show, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, was at 8. We checked into the Downtown Denver […]

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[Insert look of confusion here] The show was absolutely amazing. We were so on with everything. I couldn’t believe it. I’m sad because this was the last high school (and probably last ever) musical I will ever be a part of. I was able to wish Sharon a great performance before the show and during […]

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[Insert loss of breath here] Okay, so I get home at about midnight last night after I took Jon home from Perkins. Needless to say, I was very tired. After notes during 4th hour, I decided to take a nap in the Green Room. I had probably been asleep for about an hour when I […]

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[Insert hyperventilation here] Oh my god! What a high! I can’t believe the feeling. It’s so good; it’s obvious that I can’t put it into words. Aside from a couple of little problems (like no thunder @ the beginning), we did pretty well. We’ve got many areas to improve on, and we will tomorrow night. […]

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Here we are. One more night before the opening of Once On This Island. One more chance to get it right before we have a packed house. God, my stress level is getting increasingly higher. I think things will go well, though; I’m really excited. Sharon and I have been flirting pretty heavily in the […]

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