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Well it certainly has been awhile. I haven't really been feeling very motivated to update.
My show closed Saturday and we spent most of the day striking yesterday. Very easy as far as strikes go. We were done in 6 hours, including a dinner break. Not too shabby. I had a really good time doing the show and it definitely helped my confidence about my design capabilities. It was the first real lighting design I've done since SLM and I was still holding a lot of emotional and mental baggage both from that show and from the UofA in general. I think I was able to let a lot of that go which is good. Working with Clockwork kind of renewed my faith in collaborative theatre, hell in theatre in general. Of course, the fact that these people are my very good friends helps, but they have the same kind of ideas about theatre that I do. If I started my own company I suspect it would be very similar to Clockwork.
It's always very bittersweet for me when a show closes. It's nice that this one was a success. But it's also very sad to me the moment you leave the theatre for the last time. The stage is empty and lifeless. Desolate. After all that hard work, all the laughter and sweat and stress and late nights, everything that goes into this art, it's over and nothing exists. No proof that we were even here except for the memories you take from it. It just seems so final. Yet on the flip side, there's your blank canvas again and it's time to create something new. A fresh start. And maybe that's why we do it. Nothing about it is perfect and nothing about it is forever.
Blah blah blah. I'm getting sick of hearing myself think. Time to do something productive.
Oh and just a side note. It's President's Day, right? Wouldn't you think that some channel, somewhere would be playing The West Wing? Nope. It's not on. Never mind that I have 5 out of the 7 seasons on DVD and can watch them anytime I want. I want TWW to be on TV RIGHT NOW!
My show closed Saturday and we spent most of the day striking yesterday. Very easy as far as strikes go. We were done in 6 hours, including a dinner break. Not too shabby. I had a really good time doing the show and it definitely helped my confidence about my design capabilities. It was the first real lighting design I've done since SLM and I was still holding a lot of emotional and mental baggage both from that show and from the UofA in general. I think I was able to let a lot of that go which is good. Working with Clockwork kind of renewed my faith in collaborative theatre, hell in theatre in general. Of course, the fact that these people are my very good friends helps, but they have the same kind of ideas about theatre that I do. If I started my own company I suspect it would be very similar to Clockwork.
It's always very bittersweet for me when a show closes. It's nice that this one was a success. But it's also very sad to me the moment you leave the theatre for the last time. The stage is empty and lifeless. Desolate. After all that hard work, all the laughter and sweat and stress and late nights, everything that goes into this art, it's over and nothing exists. No proof that we were even here except for the memories you take from it. It just seems so final. Yet on the flip side, there's your blank canvas again and it's time to create something new. A fresh start. And maybe that's why we do it. Nothing about it is perfect and nothing about it is forever.
Blah blah blah. I'm getting sick of hearing myself think. Time to do something productive.
Oh and just a side note. It's President's Day, right? Wouldn't you think that some channel, somewhere would be playing The West Wing? Nope. It's not on. Never mind that I have 5 out of the 7 seasons on DVD and can watch them anytime I want. I want TWW to be on TV RIGHT NOW!