#am I the DIVA?

[brunhielda]

Looking for some validation or explanation here from fellow theater peeps. 🎭

The Situation:

It is about 3 rehearsals from Dress.

I have been learning lines, blocking scenes, doing back ground research and in all the other little ways DEVELOPING a character for about 3 months.

The costume designer only really started doing anything last week. No one knows why but we are afraid to ask in case it just blows up in our face. We have been asking about her for at least 6 weeks now.

I know this woman. I sing in church choir with this woman. I will probably have to work with her on a show again. She is the mother of my best friend from HS and still occasionally sees me as a child. Ah the joys of small towns and thier community theater.

I have been in enough shows in this town to know the break down of late costuming. It goes “I have to find 15 1920esq dresses and matching household staff outfits and make five avitator outfits. You are the only modern character. You got pants from home that might work?”

I prepared. I knew who my character was and bought online options of things I didn’t have. I showed up to rehearsals with the pieces I had as they came in and talked to the director about what was coming. To her credit, she said “I think it’s good, but (Costumes) has final say, so talk to her.”

So I talk to (Costumes). I tell her what we have been thinking. She has noises about a skirt and a chain for my glasses, I express why a skirt doesn’t work practically. She says “Bring the stuff in as soon as it arrives so I can see it.” I do so. She doesn’t see it til a rehearsal later.

Again THREE DAYS BEFORE DRESS this woman has the gall to look at what I put together and say “This isn’t what I envisioned for the character at all. My vision for the character is ______” and proceeds to list an outfit I could pull from my wardrobe.

Like- she KNOWS me. She KNOWS what I wear. She has been in theater for YEARS. She should know if she puts me in MY clothing I will be “the character as me,” and both she and the director on separate occasions have mentioned that I shouldn’t play the character as me.

And it would be fine if she went “let’s bend this a little” and added a scarf or a top, but by the time we are to DRESS, she sends me a text to say she wants to scrap everything I am in and go with her “vision.”

So I have a minor panic attack over breakfast, and call the director and ask- “Do you like what I am doing on stage? Because if you put me in that costume I will end up going in an entirely different direction.”

My director, for her part, seemed to want to placate me and was like “No, if you’re uncomfortable in a skirt we’ll go with pants-“ and I try to say “It’s not about that, it’s about changing the whole look this late in the game-

Yeah… they basically decided they didn’t want me to have a melt down, and changed my top to be more colorful (I was going with an elegant black on black, which was labeled boring) while being happy I at least found palazzo pants to go with over the yoga pants from earlier.

(The sweater doesn’t go past your butt. And?!?!?)

There is still a general vibe that this actor (me) is just too stressed right now so we are going to humor her even though clearly our option was better, and why can’t she be more flexible?

I mean… am I crazy???? I created a whole character without any input and then was told she should look entirely different, but your acting is fine, as if costume has ZERO effect on character.

Like… I should be mad about that, right?

[ygamiraito]

"i faint! i go!... AH!" HE IS SO DRAMATIC DAWGG 😭😭😭

[sketchy-tour]

I dunno what happened, but one moment I was lining Dandy and then suddenly I was drawing Actor au Wally looking all sour and cute. .... ANYWAY- Actor/Diva Wally belongs to @frillsand jnkfsdnjdjnkfggfd

Self indulgent Dandy insert under cut-

SO I HAVENT SAT DOWN AND, like, actually designed actor Dandy. But I have a lot of silly ideas as to what makes them different than original Dandy. Stupid one is actor Dandy doesn't actually need glasses so has a habit of sliding those suckers on the top of their head after shoots and forgetting they're there. I WONT INFO DUMP IT ALL HERE cause that would be annoying for yall, time and place.

I'll just keep it to, actor Dandy and Wally have a complicated ass relationship where they have a habit of hurting each others feelings. I have a spotify playlist already. And I'll end it there-

[selfindulgentraptor]

YES YIPPEE YIPPEE YIPPEE MY SNAKE REGRESSED INTO A PATHETIC MANIAC DRAMA QUEEN SO FAST

I was so worried that they were just gonna skip his actual character growth after episode 2 resolved the way it did, but fortunately sassy trainwreck villain snake is far from redeemed<33

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Kdramas deciding to throw all the good stuff at us right at the end of the year and at the same time, and me trying to keep up with them all:

[apparently-artless]

KAIJU NO. 8 ANIME SEQUEL HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED!

Narumi Gen's CV is Uchiyama Kouki (famously known for Tsukishima Kei's seiyuu of Haikyuu!!). Narumi's voice was also featured in the teaser for the official announcement of sequel production.

[willlmesh]

evil rhythm game experience where i only hear the in-game cut of a song for months, and when i eventually listen to the full version i find out they cut the best part of the song from the game

[sainztificc]

sir. SIR.

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[sciderman]

[storyinthesoil2002]

[pigeonwith-anxiety]

Sauron about to commit all the war crimes while having a freaking bowtie in his hair is PEAK

[ygamiraito]

harlan and his orange-red .. red-orange ... whatever .. leather jacket i Love you (me when i keep repeating a clothing article because i hate change)

[yeetushaitus]

been feeling kinda constrained by my normal art recently so i did a silly color palette thing and just tried to have fun w it would do another one but its 4 in the morning lmao

[jinhogae]

Why am I in that photo? Why are you and Mom there too?

CASTAWAY DIVA EP. 5 (2023) dir. Oh Choong-Hwan

[briarosie]

New Non-Replica production of WICKED Brasil, 2023

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