that's all folks
i do one of these every year, so there's no reason for the little hiatus i seem to have been taking from lj lately to stop me now.
is it really over? how did those three nights come and go so fast? it was amazing to see how far we came. there was the frustration, the apprehensiveness about whether or not we could ever hope to pull this off--but we did. we gave them one hell of a performance that they will never forget. a lot of us were saying that this show might not live up to the standards of the past. toward the beginning it was most definitely on many people's minds that perhaps the ms. collura/mr. ditomaso coalition wasn't up to filling the shoes of mr. g. and susan. but in the end they more than filled them. they drove us to do what none of us thought was possible (right up until about last monday). i think what definitely made this show great was the enormous faith they had in not only themselves, but in us. in the past, we've had casts of upwards of 40 or 50 people. i suppose the intention there was not only to include everyone, but also to allow some of the stronger performers to carry the less experienced and to have a full sound without having to rely on every one being equally strong. but there wasn't any room for that in this show. with such a small cast it was up to each and every individual performer to be as strong as they could be. i admit that in the beginning it really didn't seem like that was such a good call. but everyone rose to the challenge and really grew as performers because of it. i think that is what made this show especially great--there were no weak links, and i am so proud of each and every cast member for being able to make that happen.
i have most certainly never been sadder to have a show end. in the past there has been the bittersweet feeling of, "yeah, i'm going to miss it, but now at least i get my life back." we feel the absence of the show's presence the week afterward, but we also take joy in the ability to finally be able to relax a bit. for the first time ever, i haven't gotten that feeling. i really wish this didn't have to end so soon. i made some new friends, as always, but more than that, i strengthened a lot of friendships as well. this show brought me closer to a lot of people, and i'm thankful for that. the majority of them i'll of course get to do this all over again with next year, but i am truly saddened at the thought that that was my last time doing a show with all of your seniors that, at least for some of you, i have been doing shows with since middle school. has all that time really gone by so fast? well, i won't get too much into that now, you're all pretty much in my advanced acting class anyway.
"but just like with every good story, there must be an end. it's the only way we can relive this again, so let it go and wave goodbye because happiness is a handfull of days away." thanks for the the friendship, the support, and most of all, the laughs. it's like we became a little family doing this show, and right now i feel like part of me is missing.
is it really over? how did those three nights come and go so fast? it was amazing to see how far we came. there was the frustration, the apprehensiveness about whether or not we could ever hope to pull this off--but we did. we gave them one hell of a performance that they will never forget. a lot of us were saying that this show might not live up to the standards of the past. toward the beginning it was most definitely on many people's minds that perhaps the ms. collura/mr. ditomaso coalition wasn't up to filling the shoes of mr. g. and susan. but in the end they more than filled them. they drove us to do what none of us thought was possible (right up until about last monday). i think what definitely made this show great was the enormous faith they had in not only themselves, but in us. in the past, we've had casts of upwards of 40 or 50 people. i suppose the intention there was not only to include everyone, but also to allow some of the stronger performers to carry the less experienced and to have a full sound without having to rely on every one being equally strong. but there wasn't any room for that in this show. with such a small cast it was up to each and every individual performer to be as strong as they could be. i admit that in the beginning it really didn't seem like that was such a good call. but everyone rose to the challenge and really grew as performers because of it. i think that is what made this show especially great--there were no weak links, and i am so proud of each and every cast member for being able to make that happen.
i have most certainly never been sadder to have a show end. in the past there has been the bittersweet feeling of, "yeah, i'm going to miss it, but now at least i get my life back." we feel the absence of the show's presence the week afterward, but we also take joy in the ability to finally be able to relax a bit. for the first time ever, i haven't gotten that feeling. i really wish this didn't have to end so soon. i made some new friends, as always, but more than that, i strengthened a lot of friendships as well. this show brought me closer to a lot of people, and i'm thankful for that. the majority of them i'll of course get to do this all over again with next year, but i am truly saddened at the thought that that was my last time doing a show with all of your seniors that, at least for some of you, i have been doing shows with since middle school. has all that time really gone by so fast? well, i won't get too much into that now, you're all pretty much in my advanced acting class anyway.
"but just like with every good story, there must be an end. it's the only way we can relive this again, so let it go and wave goodbye because happiness is a handfull of days away." thanks for the the friendship, the support, and most of all, the laughs. it's like we became a little family doing this show, and right now i feel like part of me is missing.