Back When I Was a Tramp…
OK, not really, although my mother did ask me once or twice why I always seemed to play the trampy roles. She didn’t totally understand that they were more FUN.
This was the second show I ever did at the Academy Theatre in Meadville, PA. Great little community theatre, zero budget, but a good crew of enthusiastic, loyal volunteers. This was our production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, in August 1995. I played Mrs. Potiphar, as you will see:
The next August, we did “Gypsy”. As far as I’m concerned, one of the best musicals ever written. Great story, great characters, great music. I had the AWESOME fortune of playing Miss Mazeppa. For those who don’t know the show, Mazeppa is one of the three strippers who counsel the soon-to-be Gypsy Rose Lee about how to make your act memorable.
And no, I didn’t actually play the trumpet. There was a guy in the wings who was playing a real one. 
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
You = Hawt!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
You little hussy you!
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
the antennae make the outfit! =D awesome!
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
That looks like so much fun!
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
My mom played Miss Mezzepa twice. Once at about age 30 in a variety show where they did just that one song. And again with Prince Georges Community Theater when she was in her 40s. What a hoot!
Good memories you are sparking with your remembering!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Love it! I was Issachar in my high school production of Joseph (we didn’t have enough guys to be the brothers, so some of us girls had to be brethren!) And I love Miss Mazeppa!
Great job!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Those are wild! You sure got some pipes on you!
September 24th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Ya gotta have a gimmick!
I always loved playing the darker characters. Sluts, bitches, villainesses… they have the most fun.
I never got the singing roles because they wouldn’t let me do Wild Turkey shots before I went on the stage. Apparently my high school didn’t WANT me to sing, if they weren’t going to help a sistah out a little. Sheesh.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:21 am
You uh and you uh with a horn, eh? Niiiiiiiice.
September 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Wild! Just wild! Enjoying these!