this week at the Yorktowne Hotel...

Our day off...

...Fiesta Time!

Last Sunday, my roomie (Aylssa) and I had everyone over for a Fiesta!
We cooked.
We cleaned.
We decorated.

It was a success.

There was TONS of 

FOOD!

That's Joey!...with the food and signs.

..we ate a LOT.

The highlight of the night was definitely the games!

...SO Fun!

Here is a lil video of a game THE Joey Elrose suggested called..

COOKIE WARS!
(I guess the game is actually called The Great Cookie Race. Joey corrected me.)

Hilarious.

Eventually it was my turn to race and I was against my Franz, Stephen Kane.

I was nervous, but I did a lot better than I expected. 

(I won.)

I must say. It's a lot more difficult than it looks!

Also, cookie gets all over your face. 

I mean all over.

How did I win you ask?

Well, I started like everyone else with the nose and forehead twitch move. I got the cook down about halfway on my face using this technique. 

Then, BAM!
I flipped that cookie right into my mouth!

OOOh YEAaaaH!

(The Flip Move)

The one mistake I made was agreeing to race Dominique later.

It turns out my "flip move" was hard to re-create.

AND- Dominique popped his cookie straight up off his face and landed it in his mouth.

Magic.

We also played celebrity and Joey's "foot game."

I later found out that "the foot game" was re-named "The Finegold Foot Job" after Lisa FINEGOLD. (get it?)
She won a LOT.

And then... 

Limbo.

All of a sudden Chris Sams busts out with a long tripod/easel device to use as a limbo pole.

Perfect.

Here are some action shots...

Chris!

Shannon!

Wesley!

Those three kicked major ass at limbo.

Wesley and Shannon tied.

It was amazing.

What a Fiesta!

Back at the theater on Monday... 

We continued tech rehearsal. This week we added costumes! They look incredible!

I have quite a few quick changes in Act II.

Regina costume malfunction #1...

We start the first costume run of act II. 

I am ready.

I know I have my first quick change into my Candi outfit in the beginning of the act. I run offstage after 'The Final Countdown." I see all the other girls getting into their stripper gear. 

Shoot! I better get changing! I hustle it back to the stage left booth!

We quick change into Candi and then Adam say "HOLD!" on the mic.

phew. 

I might have been late.

We go back to the end of the number because the wonderful Wesley Faucher had trouble with her quick change. The rest of the girls just stayed in their stripper outfits. 

...me included.

We go on. 

I'm totally ready for "Beaver Hunt" on stage left.

I mean ready.

I watch them do "Anyway You Want It."

Looks great.

We don't stop and go on.

Black out.

.

.

.

All of a sudden I hear the slow version of the "We're Not Gonna Take It" happening.

oh no!
I am supposed to be Regina! ..NOT Candi.

I step onstage and say...

"I'm sorry. I fucked up."
:(

I was NOT Regina.
I was in my bra and panties.

fail.

Regina malfunction #2...this was yesterday...

The first day we didn't take off my bandages on time. Yes, my bandages.

Yesterday, I totally made all my changes on time! No problem. 

I made it into my bandages perfectly. 

I came offstage right after Hertz gives Franz his confectionary store. 

I was NOT going to NOT make it getting out of the bandages today.

My hair dresser is there helping me get out of my head bandages. She goes back to the booth stage left. 

Stephen Kane is changing too.

We got this.

All of a sudden I hear music for "The Search Is Over."

I turn to Stephen

 "WHAT AM I DOING!? I am still hurt!"

I start looking for my dresser.

"I messed up! I'm sorry! Help. I changed too soon! Shoot!"

We can't find her until the last few seconds. They get the bandages back on my arms, but not my head.

fail again.

I hustle it onstage with Stephen. 

We are slow dancing. 

My back is to the audience and I'm trying NOT to laugh.

I say to Stephen...

(I can't remember my exact words, but I think it was something like this:)

"I guess ..I'm half better today.."
 ;)

hot mess! 

I always have fun slow dancing with Stephen...The day before when we were dancing.

He dipped me down 1! up 2! 

I made a loud.. (I'm in pain noise)

"Ughhhhhhh!!"

Then, Stephen made this face at me like he thought he had actually injured me.

Don't worry...I reassured him...

"that was acting."
(I'm in bandages..)

Laughter...!

Tonight we have an invited dress rehearsal! 

Our first real audience.

I couldn't be more excited!!! Get ready York, PA!!!

It's time to ROCK.