"Wars do not make one great." -- Yoda
So, all posts that would generally have (no suject) as the title shall now have quotes. Possibly famous qoutes, possibly quotes from people I know, possibly more obscure quotes. But quotes. Because they are so awesome.
Today I made an announcement to the underclassmen theatre majors concerning DarfurFast, and let me tell you -- those freshman that won't ever shut up fell dead silent as soon as the word "Darfur" came out of my mouth. I was impressed. Later, one of the freshman told me that the class was very connected to the horrors like genocide, and that was something very important to them.
Despite my sister's birthday, I am probably going to work crew for Threepenny Opera. I'll be Mia's dresser, I think, unless they are in desperate need of a lighting op, in which case I shall do that. Theatre majors need to gets their butts in gear; so many of them are saying "oh, I'll just usher a run of the show". They won't do work! I don't get it. If you love the theatre, you should want to be involved in the theatre! I'm glad I'll be getting to do something for this show, because I thought I wasn't going to get the opportunity and now I have it.
Also, theatre majors probably put in the most after-school hours in the entire school. Excpeting the theatre teachers that are running the shows.
I mean, think (this concerns the actors and production team): say for a play, we've about eight weeks. Rehearsal from three to six, five days a week for five weeks. 3 hours x 5 is 15 hours x 5 is 75 hours. Then add four set builds on Saturdays, ten to five (give or take a few hours). 7 hours x 4 set builds is 28 hours. 28 hrs. + 75 hrs. = 103 hours. Then rehearsal for two weeks (five days a week) is three to eight or nine (let's say eight). (This is when crew enters the picture.) That's another 50 hours. So we're at 153 hours. Then there are the shows: at the school, we run six shows. Call on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening is 6:00. Assuming the play is about two hours long and begins a 7:30, that's three and a half hours. Then the two matinees at 2:00 have call at 12:30. So seven more hours there. So performance dates add up to...another 21 hours. Giving a grand total of... 174 hours. That's over seven full days. And then a musical is even more, because there are about sixteen weeks.
(And the best part about all that time spent is...how much I love spending it on a show.)
Today I made an announcement to the underclassmen theatre majors concerning DarfurFast, and let me tell you -- those freshman that won't ever shut up fell dead silent as soon as the word "Darfur" came out of my mouth. I was impressed. Later, one of the freshman told me that the class was very connected to the horrors like genocide, and that was something very important to them.
Despite my sister's birthday, I am probably going to work crew for Threepenny Opera. I'll be Mia's dresser, I think, unless they are in desperate need of a lighting op, in which case I shall do that. Theatre majors need to gets their butts in gear; so many of them are saying "oh, I'll just usher a run of the show". They won't do work! I don't get it. If you love the theatre, you should want to be involved in the theatre! I'm glad I'll be getting to do something for this show, because I thought I wasn't going to get the opportunity and now I have it.
Also, theatre majors probably put in the most after-school hours in the entire school. Excpeting the theatre teachers that are running the shows.
I mean, think (this concerns the actors and production team): say for a play, we've about eight weeks. Rehearsal from three to six, five days a week for five weeks. 3 hours x 5 is 15 hours x 5 is 75 hours. Then add four set builds on Saturdays, ten to five (give or take a few hours). 7 hours x 4 set builds is 28 hours. 28 hrs. + 75 hrs. = 103 hours. Then rehearsal for two weeks (five days a week) is three to eight or nine (let's say eight). (This is when crew enters the picture.) That's another 50 hours. So we're at 153 hours. Then there are the shows: at the school, we run six shows. Call on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening is 6:00. Assuming the play is about two hours long and begins a 7:30, that's three and a half hours. Then the two matinees at 2:00 have call at 12:30. So seven more hours there. So performance dates add up to...another 21 hours. Giving a grand total of... 174 hours. That's over seven full days. And then a musical is even more, because there are about sixteen weeks.
(And the best part about all that time spent is...how much I love spending it on a show.)