Saturday, March 6, 2010

Name in Lights

Charlie landed a spot in his high-school play "Dracula."  It was a really good production, all deaf actors with a team of six voice actors positioned at the back of the theater on microphones to interpret for the sign-impaired. 


What worries me is that his drama coach says that he is "perfect in his role."  No, Charlie was not Dracula.  He played Renfield, the mentally deranged lunatic in the asylum.  Perfect?  Ummm......


He had fun, though.  He isn't sure if he'll go back to acting again in another production or not.  This seems to be just one of those things he had to try just to be able to say he had the experience. 


The local Frederick newspaper sent a reporter to do a review of the play, and Charlie got special mention as being one of her favorite characters.  Here's a quote of her mention of him:


Mr. Renfield was another favorite. I loved when he walked out on-stage and was a living and literally nuttier Animal, from Jim Henson’s Muppets. The hair was just perfect. I won’t say more because I don’t want to give too much away about him.


I guess, since she mentioned his hair, I have to put a picture of it on here, huh?