It's over
After a long 10 weeks, my run of Merrily We Roll Along is over -- at least for me. This is weird, I've never left a show before the run was over before. I'm not sure I like the feeling. Sure, I got lots of hugs and love from the cast on Sunday; but it's just not the same. And of course I'll be thinking of them while I'm in Hawaii next weekend and they are on stage. I'm waiting to see how I handle seeing everyone at the final rehearsal for my understudy tomorrow night.
I knew it was going to be different going into the show, but I didn't know it was going to be this hard to leave. It doesn't help that it's a great bunch of people and an indredible show. Sure, it would have been nice to have a real audience (our biggest night was just over 70 people) and some of the casting isn't exactly what I would have wanted. *BUT*, some of the other people involved more than make up for all of that.
I know, it's not the end of the world, and there will be other shows (hell, auditions for the Jr. show are in just a few weeks and I'm ASMing again as usual). And of course I like having some of my life back since I've been mostly living at the theater and work since early September. I guess, as with most shows, it's just going to take some time to get used to it being over and move on....
I knew it was going to be different going into the show, but I didn't know it was going to be this hard to leave. It doesn't help that it's a great bunch of people and an indredible show. Sure, it would have been nice to have a real audience (our biggest night was just over 70 people) and some of the casting isn't exactly what I would have wanted. *BUT*, some of the other people involved more than make up for all of that.
I know, it's not the end of the world, and there will be other shows (hell, auditions for the Jr. show are in just a few weeks and I'm ASMing again as usual). And of course I like having some of my life back since I've been mostly living at the theater and work since early September. I guess, as with most shows, it's just going to take some time to get used to it being over and move on....