Rehearsals: Exhaustion Edition
Yah. My sincere apologies. The truth is…I’ve been sooooo tired when I get home that I just haven’t been up to posting. It’s amazing...
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Emily Ellet
- Jun 11, 2015
- 2 min
Rehearsal Process
Granted, they’re shorter shows (between 30 and 45 minutes), but it’s still a ton of information to receive, process, and commit to...
Emily Ellet
- Jun 5, 2015
- 2 min
First Day!
The requisite pilgrimage: a classic burger meal from In-n-Out! I’m back home after my first day of rehearsal in Los Angeles (or...
Emily Ellet
- Jun 3, 2015
- 2 min
En Route
I’m sitting in the beautiful Minneapolis/St. Paul airport right now (thank you, free WiFi!), in my layover between flights to L.A. Boy,...
Emily Ellet
- May 30, 2015
- 2 min
Have Ticket, Will Panic
I got my flight information for heading out on the cruise ship… …and promptly panicked. Apparently I had misunderstood the start date. ...
Emily Ellet
- May 27, 2015
- 4 min
7 Steps to Learning All That Music
I’m singing all of them on the cruise ship. And they’d better be memorized by next week, along with a whole bunch of other material. Not...
Emily Ellet
- May 26, 2015
- 1 min
Cruise Preparation!
The last time I blogged here at Gingham and Steel, I was an auditioning actor. I am now a week and a half away from being a...
Emily Ellet
- Jul 23, 2014
- 1 min
While Falling Asleep
Giddy shrieks drift through my window On a musty river of moonlit air Its damp nostalgia recalling Capture the Flag at midnight On the...
Emily Ellet
- Dec 16, 2013
- 2 min
Consistency
“help with consistency” My only results were sports commentators on the New York Jets and parenting blogs. Apparently, Google doesn’t...
Emily Ellet
- Nov 18, 2013
- 3 min
Where Did You Think We Auditioned?
Sometimes, when I talk to people about being a performer, I realize there’s a big difference between what I experience every day as an...
Emily Ellet
- Nov 15, 2013
- 1 min
A Quick Note
Sometimes your day job realizes you can do ten more things each day. Sometimes you’re just so busy reading the amazing pieces that...
Emily Ellet
- Nov 7, 2013
- 2 min
Song On Repeat
My family is really good at this. Well, to be fair, the female members of my family. My mom trained us oh-so-well in how to fall in...
Emily Ellet
- Nov 5, 2013
- 4 min
Steel, Spunk, and Grit – Why I’m Not a Soprano
(That sound you just heard was my voice teachers of yore choking on their collective arpeggios.) The news was a shock to me, too. I’ve...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 30, 2013
- 4 min
Meaning What You Say
It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? “I mean what I say all the time!” you’re probably scoffing to yourself. “What’s so hard about being an...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 28, 2013
- 3 min
Overdressed (Halloween Edition)
All my life, I’ve had this one little problem. I always overdress. It’s not intentional, I promise. Most of the time, I’m just trying to...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 23, 2013
- 4 min
Blurry
Anyway… Due to a very late meeting Monday night, I slept in my contacts on a friend’s couch in the city. This was no longer a great idea,...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 21, 2013
- 2 min
Potty Talk
Am I the only one who lives in fear of pooping in a public restroom? I’m not a huge fan of patronizing public restrooms anyway, but, you...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 18, 2013
- 3 min
Holey Flats, Batman!
My mom is going to kill me if she ever reads this blog post. Oddly enough, when I reached high school and developed an appetite for high...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 16, 2013
- 2 min
The Luxury of a Workout
Truth time: I’ve been having serious trouble working out or eating well lately. There are good and bad reasons for this (crazy work...
Emily Ellet
- Oct 14, 2013
- 2 min
Ode to Packages
The answer is obviously no. Just from the smell of the crisp brown packaging and the satisfying “rip” as you tear off the packaging tape,...
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