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In March I auditioned for Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland at York Little Theater. I thought my audition went fairly well. I checked the cast list postings on ylt.org as soon as they where up. I was filled with happiness and couldn't wait to tell my brother. My brother, Kirk, had been in many shows at YLT and many of his parts had been lead roles. This being my first show at YLT I was just happy to be in the show. I called Kirk as soon as he was finished with classes at Slippery Rock University. I told him my part and the parts of others he had been in shows with. His reply was not unexpected, but still a little annoying. He said he'd known since the day after I auditioned. That made me mad a little, but not for long. I was cast as Humpty Dumpty and the Fish Footman (crazy man who throws stuff). Boy was the Cheshire Cat is a good friend of my brother's. He also wrote this version of the play. I though it was written very well, but our fill-in director was not very enthusiastic. She filled in for our original director, who was great. He had great energy and was just a fun guy to be around. In the end we still pulled off the performances and made some money for the theater, because we need it. York Little Theater is not very rich at the moment, and ticket prices are cheap, so I had to provide a lot of my own things for costumes. I don't regret doing this play, though, it was the most fun I've had in a long time. One thing I did not enjoy was makeup. I had to wear white face makeup for Humpty Dumpty and the Fish Footman. I also had to wear regular stage makeup for my fight scene, trial, and banquet scene. I'm still not sure what regular stage makeup entails, so don't ask me. When I was the fish I had green lips, and blue and green scales on my face. Then glitter was put on, it was extremely itchy. My fight was pretty cool. In the play there is a chess match and I was the Bishop that got to fight Alice. Alice wins, because the little kids would not appreciate me killing Alice. The night of the first show the fill-in director decided to make the fights so nobody would be killed. What a night opening night was. We had new fights and some people forgot to come on stage at the right time. The next performance was different. We all went on at the right time and the fights went a little smoother. The last show was the best. We all were dorking around and I found a huge Captain Crunch hat that I wore for the trial scene, where I was a spectator. Overall this was a very fun experience and I plan on auditioning for Sherlock Holmes in August. I really hope to be in it and hope it will be as much fun as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was.
 * 1) 2 "Humpty Trent"