Barrett Scroggs

Website

2010-06-19T20:58:00.000-07:00

New website is up and running.

http://www.BarrettScroggs.com

2008-11-30T19:34:00.001-08:00

This has been such a wonderful semester. I have done a lot of self-evaluating and through that have learned a lot about myself and how I interact with the people around me. it has been wonderful. Bat Boy, Boy Gets Girl, Westville, all great experiences. I am really excited about next semester. I can't wait to begin rehearsals for "Alexander.." What a great show to assistant direct.

I love being an adult. I love knowing that the world is right around me and around the corner from me. I love being close to graduation. I love the things that I am going to be doing next semester and next fall before I student teach in the spring. I am also very excited to head back to Omaha. I miss it a lot. I love all of my friends and being able to learn who my true friends are.

I love pictures from camp, my origins candle, office supplies, my portfolio, lesson plans, picture frames, my heater, rearranging my room, text messages, 13, my ipod, organic milk, haircuts, martini nights, singing with friends, TYA scripts, directing, sign language, cherry limeades, harmonies, sweater vests, in the heights, old friends, new friends, inside jokes... to be continued.

2008-08-08T22:57:00.000-07:00

Today was an amazing day.

Last day of camp.

Dinner at Noodles and Company.

Ice cream at Maggie Moo's.

Drinks and dancing at The Max.

Oh and La Mesa TWICE this week. I couldn't be happier.

I'm glad that my final evaluation went well. I'm sad that the summer is over but am excited about the drive back to GA.

I'm looking forward to moving back into Springer Street, Westville rehearsals, seeing you in Little Women, classes starting, and everything else. :)

See y'all soon! :)

BWS

The sun will come out tomorrow..

2008-08-05T19:18:00.001-07:00

I am packing right now to head back to Ga. It's crazy how fast the summer went by. I've loved every second of it.

I finished my portfolio. I love it. It's like my baby lol. :)

I'm looking forward to getting back to Columbus to start working on stuff this semester... Westville... Boy Gets Girl... APO... etc.

I really hope to be here next summer... possibly doing.. well I don't want to jinx it. We'll see. :)

2008-07-27T16:38:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my time in Omaha is already almost up. Only 2 more weeks of camp. I have loved this experience so much. I am really excited about meeting with James about my portfolio and auditions for next season. High School Musical maybe? :)

I closed King Lear this weekend. I was sad to see the cast go but it will be nice to have my evenings back now.

It's been really fun to work on Once Upon a Mattress again. I love being Musical Director. It's a really talented group of students.

I have also loved going to church at OFUMC... AND teaching Sunday School. I've been teaching 3rd-5th grade sunday school. I'm using Creative Dramatics to teach the parables.

I'm looking forward to get back to Columbus. The drive back to GA should be fun. As soon as I arrive I get right back into rehearsals for Westville. That will be fun. Then before I know it classes will have started again.

You can't beat our meat

2008-07-13T19:16:00.000-07:00

I will one day live in Omaha, NE for good.

It's decided.

I have never found a city that I have fit in to so well.

The company that I am working for is the 3rd Largest Theatre for Youth in the country. I have learned so much as an educator since being here. I have worked a lot on my professional portfolio and am really excited about where I'm going with it.

The city itself is so amazing. Great restaurants, parks, concerts, theatres, bars, shops, events, clubs, COFFEE SHOPS, etc. I could spend all day in Old Market walking around...

I have found an amazing church family as well.. Omaha First UMC. I've been visiting for the past 3 Sundays and they already have me teaching Sunday School/Creative Dramatics for 3rd-5th Grade for the rest of the month. I'm so excited :)

I love the people. I have met so many wonderful people: at work and outside of work. I have finally been able to just introduce myself and meet people. I have found some very close friends who I will hate to leave.

This summer has been one for maturity as well. It's not been the easiest. But I have grown more this summer into an adult than I ever have. Some things had to change in order for life to continue in the positive direction that I want it to.

I love where I am at in my life. I am right on the cusp of something big. I'm aching to be out of school with a degree. What's next after CSU? Grad School? Full time teaching artist? We'll see.

That being said, I cannot wait to be back at CSU. I am really excited about the opportunities that await me there for this year. I'm excited about the things that I know I am already going to be working on, That being said, I am recognizing that I am a different person from when I left. There are things that are going to change about the way I live, interact, work, etc. once I get back. I'm prepared for it.

BWS

2008-06-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

Week 2

2008-06-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

Today marked the end of week 2 of camp here at the OTCYP and the end of my first camp. "The Brave Little Tailors" performed 3 times today. They did a wonderful job. It's really neat to think back to the first day of class for some of them and look at how much they grew over that 2 weeks. "Heidi Ho the Improv Show" has been going really well too. Such a fun group of girls. I'm looking forward to their performance next week.

Last night I went to my 4th coffee shop in Omaha so far... 13th Street Coffee Company. I am excited how I have already tried to explore the city so much...coffee shops... restaurants... attractions... etc. This weekend is going to be really exciting. I am about to head out with Mari and Candace to the bars. Tomorrow is the College World Series. Sunday is seeing "The Wizard of Oz." Then Monday we start all over again.. I am excited to start working with the "King Lear" class. Six weeks is going to be a really cool experience.

I have already survived two tornadoes coming really close to me since I've been here.. scary lol.

"We're home."

BWS

Omaha

2008-06-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting in the local coffeehouse in Old Market, the cutest area of Downtown Omaha. My haven. I've been here many times since arriving here in the Lower Midwest. I love it here. The city is gorgeous, a "hidden gem" so to speak. There is so much to do here. Whenever I move to a new city I always tell myself that I'm going to do all the fun stuff that they have in the city but I never get around to it. I am going to challenge myself to go through with it while I'm here. I've already been to a bunch of really cute places... Spaghetti Works, Scooters, The Max, Manhattans, etc. The people here that I have met are wonderful. I've loved getting to know so many new people recently... Coffee with Lindsay... Dinner with Amanda... The Max with Mari and Candace... Dinner at Jim's... so many amazing experiences. I love being away in a new and exciting city.

The company that I am teaching at is amazing. I have already grown so much as an educator being able to teach with some wonderful people here. The first few weeks I am teaching an Improv camp in the morning and a Production camp for "The Brave Little Tailor" in the afternoon.

The storms here are pretty intense... but they are beautiful to look at. The lightning takes over the entire sky with every bolt. Not something I'm used to as a Georgia Boy :)

I went to my first casino in Iowa the other night. That was an adventure. It's funny because I'd only ever seen casinos on TV or Movies, but it was fun to see all of the stereotypical people there. We went after leaving The Max at like 2 am and it was Packed! Who knows how long some of those people had been there. I didn't spend any money but I got to play one of the machines for my friend Adam :)

The hydrants are open... cool breezes blow. It won't be long now.

2008-05-08T20:13:00.001-07:00

A Wolf at the Table

2008-05-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

"It was strange, his sudden disappearance, but I accepted it. I expected never to see him again; the hungry city had eaten him. But suddenly his mother spotted him standing beside a policia and she ran, screaming, weeping, and waving her arms crazily above her head. I was mystified. In the room that night I'd asked my mother, "But how did she find him? How?" The feeling was like seeing someone step up into the air and fly away. How?"

"The best part of every lesson was opening the violin case and lowering my face to inhale. Also, it seemed almost a miracle to me that this hollow figure eight, as light and elegant as a lady, as my aunt Curtis, was made from wood, from a tree, like the trees out back behind our house in Shutesbury. I just could not see how this was even possible. And that wood - wood - could make a sound so ethereal you were tempted to look over your shoulder and see if somebody transparent were standing right behind you, watching and smiling. It gave me that looking-at-the-night-sky feeling. It made me think of the word God."

-Augusten Burroughs

2008-05-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

"The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!). They are Spect-Actors.... Everything that actors do, we do throughout our lives, always and everywhere. Actors talk, move, dress to suit the setting, express ideas, reveal passions - just as we do in our everyday lives. The only difference is that actors are conscious that they are using the language of theatre, and are thus better able to turn it to their advantage, whereas the woman and man in the street do not know that they are speaking theatre."

-Augusto Boal

Almost there...

2008-04-30T16:08:00.000-07:00

I am almost at the end of the semester and couldn't be more ready. This has been a wonderful semester at CSU but I am really looking forward to what the summer holds. This semester was full of new experiences. I just finished touring across GA and AL as Tour Manager of our Theatre for Youth Tour "Schoolhouse Rock Live Too!"

I was Costume Designer for a student-directed production of "Fences." I took some wonderful classes in Creative Dramatics, Performance art, and Design. I have an amazing boyfriend whom I have been with for over 5 months now.

Life is going really well. I have really grown as a person over the past year and I know that I will continue to experience growth as I move to Omaha, NE.

I just started packing up my stuff for the move. It's funny. Two years ago when I first moved to Charlotte for the first time I made sure to bring EVERYTHING that I owned. Ha. Moving to St. Paul, MN on a plane with 3 bags taught me how to minimize my packing and take only what I desperately needed. So now packing is much easier. If I don't need it, I don't bring it. Too much junk can pull you down on your journey.

I'm ready for this next stop on my journey...

BWS