The Summer Freeze Princess Show :)

After a busy week of rehearsals for 'Thenardier's,' 'Project Mayhem' (which I'll be writing a blog about soon), and Improv, I was also rehearsing for our 'Summer Freeze Princess Show & Sing-Along!'  A couple weeks ago we had two shows on a Sunday with a bunch of Princesses joining in on the fun!

We had two very sold-out shows with tons of boys and girls singing along and creating magic with us.  Pocahontas led us on the adventure this time and was joined by plenty of Princesses from Rapunzel, to Anna & Elsa, Belle, Tiana, and more, including Jasmine, whom I was playing that weekend.  We had just gotten a new dress for Jasmine and it was absolutely beautiful and perfect for my character.

Princess Jasmine with Rapunzel, Elsa, and Pocahontas!

As soon as I got on-stage I was mobbed by children who wanted to tell me I was their favorite Princess, they had just watched my movie, or could they sit with me.  I'm sure they say that to all the Princesses but I always feel so special as soon as I start talking to them.  So while we got the kids up and dancing for a bunch of the songs, we also had them sit down so the Princesses could move about and tell our story that day.  When I was sitting, without fail, a little girl would come to sit in my lap, and another would try to fit in as well, and then one would hold my hand.  Best feeling in the world!

Princesses for the Summer Freeze Sing-Along :)

At the end of the show, we taught the kids 'The Princess Song' which is our original Princess Song written by Dan, our Musical Director at CAC.  It's so magical to hear the kids singing along with us on a song that is all our own.  At our second show, a bunch of the guys who normally play our Princes and Pirates came to the see the show and support us Princesses; that was so nice of them to show their enthusiasm for the Summer Freeze!

The Princess Shows are always a blast and revitalize my feelings on how much I love children.  One eight month old baby got her first photo with a Princess, with me!  All those dreams as a little girl of being a Princess one day and they're all coming true <3

The Princess Friendship Show!

Last weekend was filled with shows!  Creating Arts Studios was doing our closing weekend of Thenardier's Inn which included a Thursday night show in addition to our Friday and Saturday night shows but then Creating Arts Company also put on a Princess Friendship Show on Sunday at 11 am and 1 pm.  I went from being a Lovely Lady to Princess Jasmine in less than 24 hours!

A Heart Full of Love

This Princess Show had all the Princesses getting ready for Belle's Ball as well as some Prince's.  It was almost an hour long show with lots of music including 'Be Our Guest,' 'Let It Go,' and 'We Go Together' from "Grease," but it really moved along quickly and the children loved it.  Our first show was packed and a little crazy but the second show ran a little smoother because the kids were a little older and understood when to sing and play with us and when it was time to listen.  That's always nice!  I got to sing 'A Whole New World' with Aladdin as the kids sat on the "magic carpet" with us; it was sincerely magical!  Aladdin had written an original Princess Song for the previous Princess Show and so we all sang it for this show as well.  It's so catchy and fun and we did a little sing-along so the kids were able to sing with us and they loved it so much.

We always do a meet and greet after the show that includes taking pictures, signing autographs, and giving hugs.  There must have been a ton of love in the air because the kids were extra adorable this past weekend, saying they loved me, and one little girl even made all of the Princesses personalized Valentine's.  I could not even handle how sweet and thoughtful that was!  My heart was over-flowing with love.

Creating Arts Company's Princess Friendship Show Cast!

Creating Arts only does Princess Shows a few times a year and I love to be a part of them!  Plus, it was an extra special treat this time as I got to wear Cinderella's ball gown for Belle's Ball :)  I'm already looking forward to the next one!

Princess Jasmine for Creating Arts!

On Halloween a few of our amazing Creating Arts Members got together for a quick rehearsal as we put together a Children's Outreach Show we were performing in just hours later at the UCLA Housing in West LA.  There were over 100 people who brought their kids to see our show and meet us before going out Trick or Treating!

With some Pirates...arrrrgh!

I was playing Princess Jasmine as it's been dream to play her since I joined the Company.  My friend from High School, Sean Sagal, used to always call me Jasmine from "Aladdin" because I reminded him of the Disney Princess.  He was one of the few boys I went to school with that was nice to me, never made fun of me, or made me feel bad about myself.  I didn't have a date for my Junior Prom so I went with a group of girls but he asked me to dance, and we danced to 'Wonderful Tonight.'  After coming back from College he said he was so impressed with how out-going I had become, but I had to joke with him that I was always like that, people just never gave me a chance to be me.  Sean survived from cancer after High School but unfortunately took his own life my Senior Year in College.  He was a wonderful person with such a bright and compassionate personality.  Getting to be Jasmine for this show literally made my heart soar and I gladly dedicated my performance to him and his memory.

The show itself was crazy; there were so many people and I think most of the kids were just overwhelmed by all the Princesses, Princes, and Pirates.  This was their first time seeing any sort of live theater and it felt so wonderful to bring our talents to their Halloween celebration.  We had a short script filled with plenty of songs and I even got to sing 'A Whole New World' with our Aladdin who was moon-lighting as Willa Wonka for the day ;)

Princesses Ariel, Elsa, Anna, and Jasmine for Creating Arts Company

It was a great way to start my Halloween, doing something fun and exciting for these families, not to mention our CAC Members got to make magic for these kids and that's just fulfilling in itself!  I'll definitely look forward to playing Princess Jasmine again in the future and just want to thank Shannon for giving me the opportunity to play one of my dream roles!