Old Pics & Actors Theatre Memories
Posted by Gracie Maddox at 8/29/2007 1:51 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
I was looking at some pictures from almost 3 years ago and it brought back lots of good memories. Here's one of the very professional pictures of me by a photographer in Louisville:
I remember how excited I was to be given a role in the annual production of A Christmas Carol at Actor's Theatre of Louisville where actors like Kathy Bates, John Spencer, Julianne Moore, Holly Hunter or John Tuturro have all graced the stage in the past!
I also remember all the hours just sitting in rehearsal for my scenes, hanging out with the wonderful actors, directors and production staff, and dreaming that one day I could maybe have a leading role in an Actor's theatre play.
In A Christmas Carol, I played various roles as a little Victorian girl. I was actually on stage for most of the play and I even had a few lines. My favorite part was that I got to let out a blood-curdling scream when frightened by the Scrooge. Scrooge was played by one of Louisville's finest local actors, William McNulty. Mr. McNulty was actually no "Scrooge" at all in real life and was very kind to me and encouraging to me. It meant so much to me that actors like Mr. McNulty thought I was doing a great job and that they treated me like I belonged.
It would be really cool if I could go back to Actor's Theatre someday to play a lead role in an original American play during the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, where actors like Morgan Freeman and Signoury Weaver have appeared and Tony-winning plays have been introduced.
"The Tony-winning Actors Theatre would appear on most people's list of the best American regional theatres."
- Variety
Maybe when I'm home for Christmas I can go to Actors Theatre and sit in the audience to see A Christmas Carol so that I can see it all for the first time from the audiences point-of-view. That'd be sweet!
XOXO,
~Gracie
Hi Gracie!
Nice Job on Dr.Phil! So when do you start school? Didn't you say you were going to a school for other performers? That'll be cool!
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Thank you! I'm going to home school still until we decide exactly how much longer I'm going to be in L.A. I may go back to Kentucky for awhile if I don't book a role and then come back to L.A. again next year. Either way, I'll just keep working hard and enjoying the experiences as they come along
XOXO,
~Gracie
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