Ms. Cinderella

Ms. Cinderella

During my time at Georgia State University I played the evil Step Mother in this original musical production of Cinderella!?. This character was well received by audiences. Sometimes I would see people in the audience saying my lines with me. It was lots of fun playing her because the Evil Stepmother was ridiculously scathing, insulting, and heartless which is not like me at all. One thing that I learned about playing the role is the level of hatred and fear the character had for herself and the person she thought had the potential to surpass her, Cinderella.

 Have you ever met people who have a hard time sharing the lime light? They pretend to like you, but their actions always seem like they are taking advantage of you instead of giving you the advantage. This person could be a friend, professor, colleague, or employer. They are the kind of person who find ways of not passing along contact info to you, cheat you out of art work that you “co-wrote”, don’t pay you the amount that you are worth, or essentially try to keep you from rising above them. These people are the Evil Stepmoms of the world. Evil Stepmoms like to cut you down verbally or not tell you about opportunities that would be perfect for you. I think the word that best describes this individual is jealousy, which is the fear of someone taking something that you perceive belongs to you. Sometimes you can tell these people about themselves and they can be in complete denial.

Anyway, if you know this person then that means that you are the Cinderella. Now as cute as Cindy was she was the footstool to the Stepmom. She is getting locked in attics and is always cleaning up after everybody. Mice are her friends. Nobody wants to be her really. So if you are Cinderella, you know how the story ends. She doesn’t start living her life until she leaves the StepMoms house. What if Cinderella never stood up for herself? She would still be in those tattered clothes cleaning up for everyone. Hmmmm

Makes you think.

Chi