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It is tech week. I am freaking out. Bugging out almost. Lyf, being both my director and friend, knows how I work and just continually tells me I'm fine even though he knows nothing is really getting through, but he knows there's not much else to do. We were down to the wire. We still are in many ways. But we may have a show. Just maybe.
And tonight one of the chorus members, who have yet to watch the play in its entirety, got frustrated with not being able to see it and sat in on this extra rehearsal the main actors called because it was her one chance to see the show in full. And she told me after that it was painful to watch because that was her life being portrayed on that stage. She looks no older than her late twenties, but she's already had 4 kids, by herself, all of whom had to be given up, one of which she tried to have in BC so that she might get to keep it. In rehearsals she's the most vocal of everyone, the most outspoken, the most eager, and yet it's only now that I learned this piece of history about her.
And it's moments like that that remind me why we're doing this show and why it's important to get the word out there and get over my own small and petty insecurities. Is this a tough role? Oh yes. Do I feel I'm still unready and have a lot to build up to? Definitely. But is it a story I want people to hear? Without a doubt. And so, here's the link. It is a heavy and difficult show, but it's also an important one and a role I will probably never get to play again. So here:
http://thebenchtheatre.com/wonderful/
And tonight one of the chorus members, who have yet to watch the play in its entirety, got frustrated with not being able to see it and sat in on this extra rehearsal the main actors called because it was her one chance to see the show in full. And she told me after that it was painful to watch because that was her life being portrayed on that stage. She looks no older than her late twenties, but she's already had 4 kids, by herself, all of whom had to be given up, one of which she tried to have in BC so that she might get to keep it. In rehearsals she's the most vocal of everyone, the most outspoken, the most eager, and yet it's only now that I learned this piece of history about her.
And it's moments like that that remind me why we're doing this show and why it's important to get the word out there and get over my own small and petty insecurities. Is this a tough role? Oh yes. Do I feel I'm still unready and have a lot to build up to? Definitely. But is it a story I want people to hear? Without a doubt. And so, here's the link. It is a heavy and difficult show, but it's also an important one and a role I will probably never get to play again. So here:
http://thebenchtheatre.com/wonderful/