"In the Green Room" opening number

Anna Kearns and Divonne Bruder return for another year at St. Nordoff's College frustrated by the drama department lack of ambition and nurturing of talent. This clip is from the World Premiere at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse featuring Jessica Gisin and Stephanie Burkett Gerson.ANNA

I HAVE SPENT THE FIRST YEAR OF MY COLLEGE LIFE
IN A GRAND SEMANTIC REVOLVING DOOR
TWENTY-DOLLAR WORDS FORM CUSHIONS TO MUFFLE THE SOUND
OF QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT DID I COME HERE FOR?

I CAME HERE TO LEARN HOW TO BE AN ACTRESS
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST DISTRACT US
THE ONE PLACE THAT BRINGS LIFE BACK TO US

IS THE GREEN ROOM
WE ARE YEARLINGS
WE ARE GREEN AND YEARN TO GROW
IN THE GREEN ROOM
WE ARE ACHING TO BREAK BUT UNTIL THEN THE GREEN ROOM IS HOME.

(DIVONNE (20) enters and slams the door behind her in a fit of rage; she is the exact opposite of Anna. She wears very eccentric, thrift-store vintage clothes and has an odd haircut. She carries a pile of acting books in her hands, which she throws down on the table. Music continues under the dialogue.)

DIVONNE

Anna! They just posted the grades for the Summer Repertory Semester and that idiot Dr. Peterson gave me a D.

ANNA

No!

DIVONNE

Is he trying to make me stop acting? What gives him the right to judge me? He cant act his way out of a shit sack.

DIVONNE

I HAVE TAKEN DIRECTION THIS WHOLE YEAR
FROM TEACHERS WHOSE PASSION AND INSTINCT DISSOLVED LONG AGO
FRUSTRATED SINGERS AND ACTORS THAT TRY TO ACT THROUGH ME
BUT DONT HAVE THE COURAGE TO ACT ON THEIR OWN

THEYRE STUCK IN THE SPIN-WHEEL OF FALSE SECURITY
THE PINWHEEL OF MEDIOCRITY
THEY WANT ME TO DRAG THEM UP WITH ME

DIVONNEANNA

BUT IN THE GREEN ROOMIN THE GREEN ROOM
WE DIG DEEPERWE DIG DEEPER
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE PLAY
PLAY TO UNFOLD THE PLAY TO UNFOLD AND THE
THE GREEN ROOM, THE GREEN ROOM
IT WILL HOLD US WILL HOLD US
UNTIL WE BECOME WHAT THE UNTIL WE BECOME WHAT THE
GREEN ROOM CANT HOLD. GREEN ROOM CANT HOLD.

THE GREEN ROOM
WE ARE HUNGRY
AND WE ACHE TO COME IN WE ACHE,
FROM THE COLDWE ACHE FROM THE COLD
THE GREEN ROOMTHE GREEN ROOM
IT WILL HOLD USWILL HOLD US
UNTIL WE BECOME WHAT THE UNTIL WE BECOME WHAT THE
GREEN ROOM CANT HOLD. GREEN ROOM CANT HOLD.

BOTH

IT WILL HOLD US
UNTIL WE BECOME WHAT THE GREEN ROOM CANT HOLD.
THE GREEN ROOM WILL HOLD US
UNTIL WE BECOME WHAT THE
GREEN ROOM CANT HOLD.

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[GREENROOMMUSICAL]

@alissapeekaboo thanks so much! we really appreciate it! tell your friends!

[alissapeekaboo]

AWESOME!!! Omg, college life as an actor.....SO CRAZY!! I totally get this *BFA in Musical Theater* and every actor will want to be in this and see this!! XD

[GREENROOMMUSICAL]

Thanks!

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Lots of Talent ! Great Channel *****