Miscast

Marina and I have a lot of friends in the theatre community. Tonight many of them were scheduled to perform at Miscast, a fundraiser for the Actor’s Fund. Since we knew so many people we decided to go even though it was a school night.

The first song presented was “The Battle of Yorktown” from Hamilton. It was performed by a female cast. It was amazing and marina loved it. Next up was “Feed Me” from Little Shop of Horrors. A friend of ours was playing the role of Seymore and she was great. At the very end, her husband appeared as Audrey. He was hysterical!

The rest of the show had lots of songs that were funny with testimonials on how the Actor’s Fund had helped so many people in the community. The songs included one from Hairspray featuring one more friend of ours. And “Get a Gimmick” from Gypsy where another of our friends was dressed in drag. It was so fun!

After the show was over, we spend some time catching up with our friends. Marina even got to try the plant puppet from The Little Shop of Horrors scene. We talked with our friends for a bit. We also met some new people.

Marina introduced herself to the MC of the show. She thought Marina was “a doll.” I also introduced to a veteran actor I know who encouraged her to audition for shows at school.


It was late before we finally left. Marina was ready for bed as soon as we got home.