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Yay for things going better than you expect them to! Case in point: The Rover. Jonathan and I did not know our lines. I had no costume. I did not feel like I had a good grasp on the character. I was stressed, not having fun, and wanted the show to be done with more than anything. The icing on the cake was our ugly, slanted, decrepit set, which consisted of 5 shabbily-painted doorways with misshapen doors that ground against the floor or shook doorframe when they were opened.
It came together somehow. Yesterday, the final rehearsal, people were calling lines all the time. I thought there was no way this show could be good, but it worked. I felt good about my performance tonight. Solid. I think I grasped the character better tonight than I ever have before. Yay for that business. I hope tomorrow goes just as well or better.
I cannot believe how patient Liz is through it all. Even in panic scenarios, like having a cast that doesn't know their lines the day before the show opens, she was remarkably calm and supportive. She never got mad and never yelled. If I were in her position, I would have been like a shreiking harpy raining down death from the heavens on my lazy cast.
Ok, less typing, more cast party!
It came together somehow. Yesterday, the final rehearsal, people were calling lines all the time. I thought there was no way this show could be good, but it worked. I felt good about my performance tonight. Solid. I think I grasped the character better tonight than I ever have before. Yay for that business. I hope tomorrow goes just as well or better.
I cannot believe how patient Liz is through it all. Even in panic scenarios, like having a cast that doesn't know their lines the day before the show opens, she was remarkably calm and supportive. She never got mad and never yelled. If I were in her position, I would have been like a shreiking harpy raining down death from the heavens on my lazy cast.
Ok, less typing, more cast party!