... to sleep, perchance to dream ...
Unfortunately, all of the dreams are about lines and lyrics -- my show opens tomorrow night and I haven't been sleeping all that well because of it.
Those of you who act probably know what I'm talking about. You work all day, rehearse for several hours, crawl home to fall into bed, and then can't get to sleep as your mind keeps churning over what you did right and wrong in rehearsal. It's been a long time since I have had a role this large (ok, I've only ever had *one* role this large), and I forgot just how bad it can be!
I'm not really paniced about opening tomorrow, and I think this should bother me a bit. After all, I'm the first one on stage at the top of the show, have more lines than just about anyone else in the cast, some of the most difficult musical numbers I've ever performed, and even have to play the piano as part of the role. I really think I should be terrified, especially with the number of lines and lyrics I blew last night (even though acting-wise it was probably my best rehearsal so far). Fortunately, if you don't have a script in front of you you probably wouldn't have been able to tell, but still....
Add to that the nightmare we've been going through with our LDAP servers here at work all week and I expect to be a quivering ball of stress tomorrow night by the time we open....
Those of you who act probably know what I'm talking about. You work all day, rehearse for several hours, crawl home to fall into bed, and then can't get to sleep as your mind keeps churning over what you did right and wrong in rehearsal. It's been a long time since I have had a role this large (ok, I've only ever had *one* role this large), and I forgot just how bad it can be!
I'm not really paniced about opening tomorrow, and I think this should bother me a bit. After all, I'm the first one on stage at the top of the show, have more lines than just about anyone else in the cast, some of the most difficult musical numbers I've ever performed, and even have to play the piano as part of the role. I really think I should be terrified, especially with the number of lines and lyrics I blew last night (even though acting-wise it was probably my best rehearsal so far). Fortunately, if you don't have a script in front of you you probably wouldn't have been able to tell, but still....
Add to that the nightmare we've been going through with our LDAP servers here at work all week and I expect to be a quivering ball of stress tomorrow night by the time we open....