And so, the reading of Spellbound: The Musical Adventure was held last night at the Mary Macarthur theatre inside 120 Madison Ave., the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. It certainly wasn’t the smoothest (or quickest) we’d ever performed the show, but I’m convinced that it was still a success. The cast members that comprised our company were among the first (in a while, at least) to do something of such magnitude inside the walls of The Academy. Additionally… I’m not sure that a musical has ever been performed inside the school (I could be wrong). I’m proud of my performance last night (although I’d be frightened as hell to look at a tape)… and I think it was a great opportunity to showcase what can be an amazing show.

I’ll probably post once more about Spellbound, and my experiences with the show since this past November… but I really don’t have the energy at the moment. It’s almost a day later and I’m still physically drained. Imagine doing that eight times a week?

Spellbound "Finale" run-through, hours before the reading -- admittedly, red-eye makes us look like zombies
A portion of the Spellbound cast: (L to R) Holly, Samantha [Emischel], Caitlin [Cheryn],
Christian [Garlan], Elyse [Herianne], myself [Raven], Todd [Helmit], Kelly [Sylvie],
Joe [Darlak], Brad [Faerius]