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Theatre: Fuenteovejuna and What’s Next

Hi everyone!
I hope you’re all doing well! I’m sorry that I have not blogged recently; I have been really busy lately. The performances of Fuenteovejuna ended last Saturday, and I still can’t believe the show is over!!

The first weekend of performances went really well!! My parents came to see the Saturday night performance; it was great to see them and show them my first college theatre production!!

The finale of Fuenteovejuna!

After the show on Saturday night, we had a cast party in the Pit for the cast, crew, and any family members at the performance! They decorated the space with posters from the Spanish Civil War, and the food (tapas and desserts) was delicious!! It was a great way to celebrate the first week of performances!!

Me and my friend Liza at the Pit party!!

Then we were on to the next week of performances. While it felt unusual to not have rehearsal for a few days that week, I used the time to catch up on work/study for the exams I had coming up!

Before I knew it, the final performance had arrived. That morning, some of the cast went to Birchtree Bread Company. It was nice to spend time off campus before our final show together.

A cast photo from after the final performance!

The performances were amazing, and they went by so quickly!! Fuenteovejuna was an amazing experience! While I am sad that the show is over, I still get to act!! The Directing class here on campus has to direct one act plays for their final project, and I am in two of those!! Stay tuned for more information about those!!

A photo of me and my castmate Emily, who is directing one of the one act plays!!

Thanks for reading!!
Rebecca McSweeney
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Highlights of the Past Few Weeks

Hi everyone!
I am so sorry that I have not blogged recently; I’ve been really busy the past few weeks! The Theatre Department’s production of Fuenteovejuna opens tonight, and I am so excited to perform this show for everyone! Here are three ways I have been spending my time over the past few weeks:

  1. Rehearsals for Fuenteovejuna: Since the show opens tonight, I have been spending a lot of time at rehearsal. Our first dress rehearsal was this past Monday, and it was so exciting to begin rehearsing in our costumes! Dress rehearsals have been going really well, so hopefully the performances will be even better!

    Me in my costume for “Fuenteovejuna”!
  2. Doing schoolwork: I know I have not really mentioned what academics are like on my blog yet, but I definitely spend quite a bit of time on schoolwork!! We are just beginning the process of writing a paper on Fuenteovejuna in my Montserrat, and I also have been studying for an exam I have in Biology tomorrow!
  3. Spending time with my family: Last weekend was Family Weekend here at Holy Cross, and while scheduling conflicts prevented my whole family from coming up on Saturday, I was really excited that my mom was able to come up so we could go out to lunch! We went to British Beer Company, which was delicious, and it was really nice just to spend time with her!

    The burger I got when out to lunch with my mom!!

I am so excited to spend more time with my family in the next few weeks; my parents are coming on Saturday to see Fuenteovejuna, and then Thanksgiving break is coming up so quickly!

Thanks for reading!

Rebecca McSweeney