#junior ensemble

[kjwaikiki]

I have been listening to Epic the Musical lately, specifically the songs “The Challenge” and “Would You Fall in Love with Me Again”. I have also been rewatching The Untamed and my brain came up with an au.

There is a war and Wei Ying is forced into joining as a general as he has great renown as the Yiling Laozu. Everything stays pretty true to the plot of the Odyssey and Epic the Musical with Wei Ying trying to get back to his husband Lan Zhan.

At the same time Lan Zhan is trying to hold off the suitors who want to marry him and gain his husband’s wealth, status, and territory. He is also trying to keep A-Yuan, his and Wei Ying’s son safe.

I just really want to see Lan Zhan missing his husband and trying to keep everything together. I want Wei Ying to desperately try to get back to Lan Zhan while the horrible things he has done plague him with guilt.

I really want to see their reunion like in the song “Would You Fall in Love with Me Again”.

Maybe there is some Junior shenanigans with Jin Ling, Lan Jingyi, Ouyang Zizhui, and A-Yuan trying to find Wei Ying.

I just think an Odyssey au with Wangxian would work really well with Lan Zhan waiting for so long for Wei Ying and raising A-Yuan after Wei Ying is gone. Seeing Lan Zhan scheme against the suitors and finally reunite with Wei Ying would be a delight.

[jackfeldmet]

We are finally back from break from the Theatre Explosion class and the Junior Ensemble class. In Explosion we have starting working on Shakespeare which will be performed at the students' showcase at the end of the class. In Junior Ensemble we continued blocking The Tempest.

[jackfeldmet]

As the assistant of the Junior Ensemble class at TRC I am able to work as a chaperone for all of the productions that this class is offered to see. Their first show of many was Julius Caesar, which was so cool to see. I got to see Joe Wilson Jr. play the part of Marc Antony. Joe played Scrooge when I was Tiny Tim in The Christmas Carol in 2008. This was such a breathtaking play, where they used gender roles, the setting in time and lots of blood. This Shakespeare show utilized projectors and video cameras and added a modern twist. The next show the class will be seeing is Brown University Theatre’s production of The Tempest, which the Junior Ensemble class will perform during the year.