Brief backstage update

Greetings! 

Thank you for all the great comments about the blog. :) 

Since my last post, I had acupuncture for the first time to try and heal this weird pain I had in my neck. A lot of friends in the cast suggested it to me because they love it. I must say, I really liked it too. I barely felt the needles and the range of motion in my neck afterwards was pretty much back to normal. Yay! 

"Snuggie Couture" Photo by Tanase Popa

At the theatre on Tuesday evening, I wasn't on for Glinda so I worked on a "Wicked" jigsaw puzzle in my dressing room. People have been contributing their skills to help me because it's so difficult and frustrating for even the greatest puzzle master to work on. I took a break from puzzling to have a spontaneous project runway competition with cast mate, Kevin Jordan. We had to create couture fashion from the animal print Snuggies in my dressing room. We had five minutes. Clearly, it was a tie.   

On Wednesday night, we celebrated a cast member's birthday at Smuggler's Cove….dressed as pirates. Arrgh! I went shopping for an outfit with some of my gal pals in the cast. We stopped into several eclectic and bizarre shops in the Haight district, which is sort of known as "hippyville," in San Francisco. I loved it and found great pirate/wench attire in one of the boutiques. 

"Libby the Pirate" Photo by Joe Dulude

I'm a huge fan of costume parties- I think I'm just a little too theatrical for life sometimes.  I've always been that way though. When I was a child, my neighbor donated an enormous box of vintage gowns and dance recital costumes to my little sister, Emily and I. Those costumes became a popular source of entertainment for the Servais sisters. We didn't really watch television but we loved parading around the neighborhood in our hoop skirt dresses. Slumber parties at our house were always fun too. Our friends would race to rummage through the costume box to find their outfit for the evening. We would have the giggliest times putting on talent shows for each other. I typically liked to wear a blue figure skater dress with feathers and then perform my improvised ice skating routine to Beethoven's, "Moonlight Sonata" for everyone in my living room.  It sounds silly now, but I was very serious about it then. haha! Thank goodness I found a career where I can wear costumes all the time! :) 

In fact….tonight, if Felicia and I are not on for our respective roles, we are going to have a "witch switch." In other words, I am going to Galindify her and she will be painting me GREEN! We're so excited.  I'm certain that she will be a lovely Glinda and I'm so psyched to be transformed into the unnaturally green girl! :)Yes, we will be documenting the entire evening. Stay tuned for pictures and blogging about this thrillifying backstage occurrence. Talk to you soon! xoxo