In a completely unexpected development, I've been offered the part of Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party. The theater/company is small and very local and it should be interesting. But I have never--and I mean NEVER--had a lead role in anything except for a Wizard of Oz thing when I was 14 that a friend of mine wrote that was really a showcase for a local kids' dance studio.

Much less a lead role that calls for me to be a 15-year-old with multiple personality disorder.

The play's really different from the movie, but you get the idea. This is going to be interesting. Callbacks were great--I really thought I did a great job--but I was convinced I was the best friend, Berdine. I stayed until 10, reading the part over and over and not getting any direction, and it seemed obvious. The Chicklet thing (though I thought I handled her well) was totally unexpected!

( less glamorous, but still interesting )

It has certainly been a week for putting myself out there. And how.