til death do us part

I am in a murder mystery musical right now :) Its at Provo Theatre Company (100 E 100 N) and it runs Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays at 7 til the end of September. For more info you can go to poisonivymysteries.com

Anyways!! Its very different! The audience is the detective and its very interactive! I love how different it is, and it has been fun because you never know what you will be asked!

I'm Kaye Oxy, the sister of the bride! I am extremely ditzy and have a huge crush on the brother of the groom which makes me end up being creepy! Dave is the emotional yet somehow relate-able cook. He sings a really funny rock song! SO....if you have a free night some weekend in september you should head on over to the provo theatre for some unique and awesome fun! :)

so much, yet so little time

I feel like so much has happened since my last post. My Internet hasn't been working and so I haven't been able to post anything! Which seriously has been driving me up the wall. I have so many posts and have to play catch up now....not fun! So to you faithful 3 followers :) I will work on getting everything updated.

First-

Dave.

Dave is in the Murder Mystery with me right now, he plays the emotional cook for the Wedding, and I am the creepy sister of the Bride. He is also playing my werewolf in Hotel Frankenstein this year. What a wonderfully, amazing person. Can I just say I am SO lucky to know him? To be able to trust and confide in him is beautiful. He makes me calm and peaceful and purely, purely happy. I love talking and working through things with him. I feel like I already know him, I'm just learning about his history now. Very difficult to explain but here are some pics of him!

on set

This morning I stepped inside my high school's rivalry, Mountain View High School; but I was actually quite excited to be there. I was getting ready to play Amy, in the movie called "The Last Eagle Scout". Sounds like a cheesy mormon movie right? WRONG. Not at all. Not mormon. And not cheesy. Well at least I hope it doesn't turn out cheesy:) But I was SO nervous. See, I'm an actor right? But I don't know diddly about film. I am super comfortable on stage. I'm an expressive energetic person and that is perfect for the stage....but film? No. My face moves way too much for the camera, so I was nervous to even have to do this small part. I didn't know what to expect. I was told to bring some ideas for costumes and I only got the script 2 days before. So I just felt very inexperienced and nervous walking into the large cafeteria at MV. As the day went on and people were powdering my face, spraying my hair, and fixing my lighting, I got more used to it. I gained confidence quickly as I tried to meet as many people as I could, and tried to get my name out there. What an experience! I mean I was on set with people who have done lots and lots of film. I feel priveledged that I was able to be among them and learn from them.
I was playing Amy, the selfish brat of the school. Everyone else wears black button up shirts and black pants, you'll notice my outfit is very diva. Haha. I was so worried everyone wouldn't like me in real life. But it didn't take them long to realize the giggly girl dressed as the snobbish Amy was actually normal and not like that. The craziest part of film is the repetition and time it takes. For a 5 minute scene I was there from 8:30-3:30. Long time. And I can totally see how people become method actors-especially in film. You are involved in a scene all day and have to emotionally stay there all day. Its very different from a play. I still don't think its healthy, but I see how it could happen very easily. I also saw many "divas" on set. Ya. No matter how pampered I am, I never ever want to be like that.

Overall it was a great opportunity and I am so grateful for the experience. I love when I can be a sponge and just learn like crazy. I thrive off those kind of situations.

So would I try film again? Its different. The actors are different. The environment is different. And the stage really is my home and first love. But I wouldn't be opposed to having more experience. I was intrigued with the tedious process.

Princess Festival

One of my most favorite things ever is being a part of the Princess Festival. Basically all week long we do an interactive show with princesses for little girls for a charity that supports a city in Kenya, Africa. Pretty Awesome! And what else does Jessica need in life? Performing, little girls, being a princess, and helping people!!! Ya its the best :) So here are some of my favorite pics...Throughout the week I was Sleeping Beauty, an Evil Step-sister, and the Blue Fairy (from Pinocchio) who was the tour guide.

*Still waiting for the pics from my dad of me as sleeping beauty and the pics of Adam and I together. That was the other cool part of this whole experience, Adam did it with me!! Yay for sibling bonding! He was the best Peter Pan EVER!!! For those of you who haven't seen Adam in a while, he is growing up. I really love that I've had the chance to spend more time with him.