Category Archives: Taming of the Shrew

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Year 2013 is Looking Sexy

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Alexandra Del SoleHello New Year of 2013!  I just wanted to post a few things to keep all you tons and tons of readers out there updated with what’s shakin.  We had a great run of the show Taming of the Shrew and we received a couple great reviews.  “Not to be overlooked is Alexandra Poncelet Del Sole, as the supposedly demure Bianca. Though she plays the cry baby early on, Poncelet Del Sole’s Bianca becomes more than a foil for Katherina here. She rightly gains a haughty edge in Act 3, Scene 1, first flirting with Lucentio and then rejecting Hortensio. Bianca has three suitors on a string in this play, and Poncelet Del Sole deftly handles each would-be lover.”  I have never been personally pointed out before so this was quite fun for me to see.  Check out the whole article HERE.

In other news I also filmed a Holiday restaurant commercial which was fun with the guys at SituatioNormal Studios.  Take a look-see….

This new year has started out pretty rad and I vowed to keep myself open to things outside my comfort zone and go for the changes in life and not fear them.  That being said, I joined a Burlesque show called Va Va Va Venus where I will be singing and performing with these lovely dancers.  Talk about stepping outside of your own box.  Oh, and I cut my hair and got bangs.  ( If you’re a girl you understand it’s a big deal 🙂 )  Hope you all had a great season and raise a toast to this being a very lucky year.  xoxo

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The Shuffle of Shrew

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Days like these are rare and come very few.
It's the night before we open the show 
Taming Of The Shrew and the dress rehearsal 
ran for hours upon hours. 
Lines were flubbed, scenes are getting re-blocked, 
costumes are still being reworked and the 
thoughts of "will we be able to get through 
a show entirely without stopping," seems grim. 
I usually take 
the train after rehearsals with fellow 
actors discussing the anxieties of
what's to come in the next month 
and if we feel prepared. 
Waving a last goodbye before midnight, we all 
departed ways and decided to put all our 
worries in the hands of fate and let go.  
I popped my headphones in my ears while 
continuing onward towards my second train home.
It was one of those perfect moments when your 
iPod is on shuffle and chooses the exact 
song that fits your mood and what your thinking.  
There is no need to name the song because 
everyone's' musical triggers are different 
and just as fleeting.  I passed the big Macy's 
windows by Harold Square and saw advertisements and 
displays for broadway shows.  Each window contained 
theater memorabilia and a representation of the dreams
all us actors have.  I couldn't help but think of 
what My friend said to me today as I was nervously 
biting my cuticle and letting out impish sighs. 
He said "everything will be ok and if it's not, this is not 
the end."  Even though the sentiment was simple the deeper 
sense of meaning really hit a wonderful resonance in me. 
 I'm in a beautiful show right now and whether 
or not we nail it on opening night doesn't matter. 
It's the beginning of something greater. Something that 
grooms and prepares us for brighter stars, 
bigger projects, and dreams that keep us going.  
Whatever happens tomorrow, it is not the end. 
 Break a leg friends.
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Taming Of The Shrew

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Bonjour mes amours.  Since last I wrote I have some fun stuff going on.  I recently became a member of an affiliation where you meet in private sessions with casting directors, commercial agents, and managers.  This program gets you in face to face contact with these top industry types, but the catch is you have to pay.  Each meeting is some ca-ching$ out of your pocket so sometimes it makes you feel like you are paying to have someone reject you ( at least that is how my friend puts it).  Its kinda masochistic in a sense but the opportunities this program offers can be very beneficial.  I have had a couple of appointments and so grateful that everyone I have met have been pretty chill.  As soon as I get some awesome news from this I will write more about it.  At the moment I have some more auditions coming up in the next couple of weeks and just started my rehearsals or the play Taming of the Shrew.  I play Bianca and the show debuts on October 11th.  After I finished my last show which was Midsummer Nights Dream, I thought I would stay out of the Off-Broadway theater scene for a bit and focus more on filming.  Even though I have spent copious amount of time on auditioning and filming small projects, I somehow couldn’t give up the chance to be back on stage.  I’m still waiting on the result from the horror movie “THEM” that I filmed a few months ago, and in the past month I filmed for a webseries and I had a small part in a feature film.  One exhausting part with filming is waiting for YOUR work to be edited and given back to you.  In another way to keep myself busy and creative I joined my brother’s band called Precious Bones and started singing back up vocals while kicking ass at the tambourine.  HAHAHA It makes me laugh just thinking about it, I’ve been so scared about singing in public but the guys are great and it’s fun to be part of this rock group.  Tomorrow is practice with the band and some group photos.  As soon as I get them I will post.  The next show will be August 30th at Lamp Post in Jersey City, NJ.  Click on the link to get more info if you would like to come join in the fun.  It will certainly be a GOODTIME!