chanaleh | Nay, gentle maidens, you sing well but vainly.

For months, I've been idly thinking of auditioning for

mitgsp again with Ruddigore this spring. When I didn't get into

theatreatfirst's Much Ado, I thought, Well, maybe that frees me up. I listened to the opera about 85 times in a row. I decided that Mad Margaret actually rather bores me and that what I really would love to sing most of all -- besides possibly Dick Dauntless! -- is Dame Hannah, but that even the bridesmaids' chorus would be charming and fun. I started contemplating either "Oh, foolish fay" or "My lord, a suppliant at your feet I kneel" as an audition piece.

Then I realized the closing performance of Ruddigore is scheduled for the afternoon of May 10, exactly when

muchabstracted &co. are graciously planning me a bridal shower, for which my mom has already bought tickets to fly in from CA. Meh!

Then I thought, well, sometimes they cast people even if there's a performance they can't make. Especially if they're just in the chorus, but hey, even sometimes if they get leads (and given how many non-students have been in recent

mitgsp shows, I'd been starting to think I might actually stand a chance at getting a named role again).

Only, in examining my calendar for the next 2.5 months, I have come to the conclusion today that I must be Off My Fucking Rocker to even think about trying to squeeze into this show. Because I already have commitments practically every single weekend (never mind that I still want to find a few days to go visit my mom sometime in March or April). Even shoehorning in auditions and four (count 'em, four) rehearsals for SomerVaudeville (May 28) is already proving difficult. And if I walked into auditions tonight with three to five conflicts a week inked into my audition form, they would have to laugh.

So I didn't.

Meh.

... On the plus side, I'm dragging Tiger Boy along with the usual gang to see Sudbury's Yeomen on Thursday night -- with discounted tickets, even! And I've wanted him to see that show ever since MIT last did it.

Also on the plus side, perhaps this will mean I actually manage to go contra dancing again sometime between now and June...