substitute.
ok so i've had a crazy ass week full of glitter, dirty hair, long naps, itunes, a below-e tank of gas, and subfinder.
let's get started.
midsummer night's dream opens tonight!! feels weird to say that, however, because we've already had like six shows (<--student matinees and preview performances). it's weird...only opening night and i am kinda sick of it. i can't believe i still have like 25 more shows to go...::siiiiiigh::. some of the glitz and glamour of professional theatre isn't quite as magical as it may seem. it's a penniless, thankless, competitive, "keep-your-own-personal-ideas-and-opinions-to-yourself" type of work environment. gone are the days of feeling the passion and energy of a show drive from the soles of my tap-shoe clad feet, through my veins, and sweating out my pores. now its show up. sit down. do your job. leave. hopefully there is something to quench my thirst in the near future...
but being that tonight's opening night, and along with that comes the sigh of relief that we've made it thus far, this weekend shall be a weekend of celebration and "new faces and stranger companies". we'll be partying after the show at gordon's "xanadu" apartment and then maybe saturday night at silver lounge, which i love...although its hard to say because i've only been there once. we'll see if the second time is as fun as the first. i hope to make great memories and spend time with wonderful people.
in other news i substitute taught for the first time today. well - i currently AM substituting. i am on my lunch break. (thank god for the computer in dad's office.) i'm @ harlem high school, subbing for 11th grade english and film & literature. so far, it's been fun and it's sucked ass. this afternoon's the film & lit class...i'm looking forward to it. all i did all morning was read plays with the students - TOTALLY up my alley!! i got them all involved in discussions about theatre and the "themes" of the play and ways it would be staged and all sorts of theatrical merriment. the high school students couldn't seem to care less. i know it's only been one day, and there HAVE been rewarding aspects, but high school students sort of suck out my soul. here i am, able to share a part of my life with them and teach them using my FIRSTHAND experience and use all sorts of humor and drama, emphasizing why things are important and how this relates to their lives, and they were so selfish and disrespectful...couldn't even SHUT UP let alone face my direction and feign interest.
could i be a high school teacher? i feel like if i was, i would wind up embittered and detached. i guess i'll sub a little more and see if i can find the beauty in it...because i think it's there...
so we could fight...or we could wait.
let's get started.
midsummer night's dream opens tonight!! feels weird to say that, however, because we've already had like six shows (<--student matinees and preview performances). it's weird...only opening night and i am kinda sick of it. i can't believe i still have like 25 more shows to go...::siiiiiigh::. some of the glitz and glamour of professional theatre isn't quite as magical as it may seem. it's a penniless, thankless, competitive, "keep-your-own-personal-ideas-and-opinions-to-yourself" type of work environment. gone are the days of feeling the passion and energy of a show drive from the soles of my tap-shoe clad feet, through my veins, and sweating out my pores. now its show up. sit down. do your job. leave. hopefully there is something to quench my thirst in the near future...
but being that tonight's opening night, and along with that comes the sigh of relief that we've made it thus far, this weekend shall be a weekend of celebration and "new faces and stranger companies". we'll be partying after the show at gordon's "xanadu" apartment and then maybe saturday night at silver lounge, which i love...although its hard to say because i've only been there once. we'll see if the second time is as fun as the first. i hope to make great memories and spend time with wonderful people.
in other news i substitute taught for the first time today. well - i currently AM substituting. i am on my lunch break. (thank god for the computer in dad's office.) i'm @ harlem high school, subbing for 11th grade english and film & literature. so far, it's been fun and it's sucked ass. this afternoon's the film & lit class...i'm looking forward to it. all i did all morning was read plays with the students - TOTALLY up my alley!! i got them all involved in discussions about theatre and the "themes" of the play and ways it would be staged and all sorts of theatrical merriment. the high school students couldn't seem to care less. i know it's only been one day, and there HAVE been rewarding aspects, but high school students sort of suck out my soul. here i am, able to share a part of my life with them and teach them using my FIRSTHAND experience and use all sorts of humor and drama, emphasizing why things are important and how this relates to their lives, and they were so selfish and disrespectful...couldn't even SHUT UP let alone face my direction and feign interest.
could i be a high school teacher? i feel like if i was, i would wind up embittered and detached. i guess i'll sub a little more and see if i can find the beauty in it...because i think it's there...
so we could fight...or we could wait.