Get 'er done!
Yes! The CV is complete, and at a striking 5 pages. Now that I'm done bickering with the computer about how to make the thing in the first place, I've grown quite fond of this little history of my theatrical life. There were so many things to go back and remember all those projects, classes, and experiences I've had in theatre over the last 5 years or so. For a 22-year-old, I have a lot of background in my field of choice. Makes me proud.
OMG WE HAD SUCH A GOOD FINAL DRESS TONIGHT!!! We've spent the last four weeks trying to get this show down to an hour, and the closest we'd come was last night's run at 1:07. Seven minutes is a lot to cut out of a show in a single night. Guess what our runtime was tonight? 58 MINUTES, BABY! Things just went so smoothly. Even the screw-ups, because people finally started taking care of each other onstage. It was like everyone suddenly showed up at their fullest and decided to really care about the integrity of the show. The girl in the lead is such a little pro. She just threw herself at the show tonight, and it produced fabulous results. She and I have taken a shine to each other. I think it has something to do with the fact that I constantly dress and undress her onstage. I handle every single one of her costume pieces, and she's always so appreciative when I gather and hang them after the show and set them all for her at pre-show. It's so easy to do nice things for nice people. She and I ad libbed our way through some awkward pauses tonight, and I think other people caught on to it and felt like they had permission to do it, too. It made things so much richer, because it got everyone present, even the real novices. I'm finally excited to show this one off to an audience. It's finally, finally, finally ready.
And I like how much I felt like an actor tonight. I rarely feel like the leader in a cast, but this time I can feel how other people look to me to set the tone of certain scenes, or I can see my choices start to push them towards making choices in the first place, and then group dynamics start to form onstage. Also, I'm just the one who knows the show best. I'm the one people ask when they don't know what scene is next, or if this is the blackout that they enter in, etc. This all sounds a little too much like bragging to me (blame the CV-writing!), but I don't get this feeling very often, so I'm reveling in it just a bit. Favorite moment tonight: my director, Lisa, came up to me after the run, gave me a big hug, and said, "I feel so much more secure because you're in this show." It meant a lot. I like being the reliable one.
Now that the CV is done, there's nothing left to do but wait for my rec letters to arrive (and resist the urge to open them!), start my Revolution Prep training so I'm ready for the teachback sessions on Monday, figure out when I can do my Point phone interview, and keep researching for this Prop 8 recap show on CAN-TV. Oh, and open my show tomorrow! Woo-hoo!
OMG WE HAD SUCH A GOOD FINAL DRESS TONIGHT!!! We've spent the last four weeks trying to get this show down to an hour, and the closest we'd come was last night's run at 1:07. Seven minutes is a lot to cut out of a show in a single night. Guess what our runtime was tonight? 58 MINUTES, BABY! Things just went so smoothly. Even the screw-ups, because people finally started taking care of each other onstage. It was like everyone suddenly showed up at their fullest and decided to really care about the integrity of the show. The girl in the lead is such a little pro. She just threw herself at the show tonight, and it produced fabulous results. She and I have taken a shine to each other. I think it has something to do with the fact that I constantly dress and undress her onstage. I handle every single one of her costume pieces, and she's always so appreciative when I gather and hang them after the show and set them all for her at pre-show. It's so easy to do nice things for nice people. She and I ad libbed our way through some awkward pauses tonight, and I think other people caught on to it and felt like they had permission to do it, too. It made things so much richer, because it got everyone present, even the real novices. I'm finally excited to show this one off to an audience. It's finally, finally, finally ready.
And I like how much I felt like an actor tonight. I rarely feel like the leader in a cast, but this time I can feel how other people look to me to set the tone of certain scenes, or I can see my choices start to push them towards making choices in the first place, and then group dynamics start to form onstage. Also, I'm just the one who knows the show best. I'm the one people ask when they don't know what scene is next, or if this is the blackout that they enter in, etc. This all sounds a little too much like bragging to me (blame the CV-writing!), but I don't get this feeling very often, so I'm reveling in it just a bit. Favorite moment tonight: my director, Lisa, came up to me after the run, gave me a big hug, and said, "I feel so much more secure because you're in this show." It meant a lot. I like being the reliable one.
Now that the CV is done, there's nothing left to do but wait for my rec letters to arrive (and resist the urge to open them!), start my Revolution Prep training so I'm ready for the teachback sessions on Monday, figure out when I can do my Point phone interview, and keep researching for this Prop 8 recap show on CAN-TV. Oh, and open my show tomorrow! Woo-hoo!