Party Princess (The Princess Diaries 7)

Albert Einstein High School’s

Alternative Spring Musical

Braid!

Chorus….….…….

Amber Cheeseman, Julio Juarez, Margaret Lee, Eric Patel, Lauren Pembroke, Robert Sherman, Ling Su Wong

Rosagunde’s father…..

Kenneth Showalter

Rosagunde’s maid…..

Tina Hakim Baba

King of Italy….…….

Perin Thomas

Alboin….….….….

Boris Pelkowski

Alboin’s mistress….

Lilly Moscovitz

Gustav….….….….

John Paul Reynolds-Abernathy IV

Rosagunde….…….

Amelia Thermopolis Renaldo

FIRST REHEARSAL TODAY, 3:30 P.M.

The Plaza Hotel, Grand Ballroom

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I know I’m only supposed to use my cell phone for emergencies. But the minute I saw that cast list, I could tell this was an emergency. A MAJOR one. Because Grandmère has no idea of the MAGNITUDE of what she’s done.

I called her from the jet line.

“Hello, you’ve reached Clarisse, Dowager Princess of Genovia. I’m either shopping or receiving a beauty treatment at the moment, and cannot come to the phone. At the tone, please leave your name and number, and I’ll ring you back shortly.”

Boy, did I let her have it. Or her voice mail, anyway:

“Grandmère! What do you think you’re doing, casting me in your musical? You know I didn’t even want to audition for it, and that I don’t have any acting talent whatsoever!”

Tina, in line beside me, kept nudging me, going, “But your version of ‘Barbie Girl’ was so good!”

“Well, okay, maybe I can sing,” I shouted into the phone, “but Lilly is much better! You better call me back right away so we can get this mess straightened out, because you’re making a HUGE mistake.” I added this last part for Lilly’s sake, who, even though she’s taken the whole thing really well, still looked a little red around the eyes when she joined us in the jet line, after having disappeared into the ladies’ room for a long time once she’d seen the cast list.

“Don’t worry,” I said to Lilly after I hung up. “You’re destined for the part of Rosagunde. Really.”