#6 The Moth

Okay.  So, here we are one week from the day I took the part of Blanche Dubois.  As you have read, you know that I have had my nose in the script.  I have also been exercising like a vine-swinging monkey.  This is not because I am vain (though it will be nice to drop some weight).  It has nothing to do with that, actually.  It's just that, the more I read the script, the more I realize why all  the waif-like, blonde chicks are cast in this role.  Here are a just a few discoveries I have made:

1.  Tennessee Williams refers to her movements as fluttering and moth-like. 
2.  She states that she is a Virgo: The Virgin (giving the illusion of white, purity)
3.  She is vain.  Her "passion is clothes" and her "little weakness" is a constant need to receive compliments.
4.  She is constantly repainting her harsh reality with vivid imagery of what she wants it to be like.

She also hates being in bright light...which is very interesting.  What kind of a moth doesn't seek, desire the light?  One that is fading.  Man, don't you just love Mr. Williams?  He has given me an animal to help me see my character, he has given me her astrological sign, and he has taught me that I need to be very prissy and constantly creative as Blanche. 

Also, though, I need to drop a few pounds and go blonde.  I am waiting for a call back from the salon.  I am lucky to have a friend who is a hair expert.  She says that it will probably take about 5 hours to get to the right color.  I'm hoping to go ahead and get this done on Friday.  Is that not CRAZY??  But, like I have said before, I can't be flying around the stage and tossing my head back and all this with a wig on my head.  That would be lame and too confining. 

I have also busted out the dusty high heels to practice walking around in them with ease.  Where I live, it's pretty much snow boots all the way this time of year which will give one a lumberjack walk if we don't take care.  :)

I think I'll go paint my nails.