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Down Time
In six days I will have a new job, which will possibly me more chaotic than this past one. The upshot to this one is that I will be getting paid, and that I don’t have to juggle classes and homework as well. The downside is that there are three shows instead of just the [...]
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And scene.
Another weekend, another strike, another show gone. This is what I love and hate about theatre – it’s always a temporary thing. You put so much of yourself into creating something beautiful and (hopefully) successful, and then in a matter of hours it’s torn down to make room for something else.
I don’t have [...]
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Tags: Construction
Open!
Well, we did it. Somehow, things miraculously came together, and we had a very successful opening weekend. The audiences are understanding the style of theatre, they’re enjoying the non-realistic acting, and I am pleased as punch.
It’s very strange to come from a busy week, and suddenly not have rehearsal every night. It’s like working for [...]
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Frustration, Anyone?
Every so often, depending on the size of the show we are putting up and the progress we have made, my theatre department organizes “work parties”. This is where we come in at 9 AM on a Saturday and stay until 5 or 6 PM. Usually they’re very productive and we get eight [...]
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Tags: Construction, Miscommunications
Ghost Stories
This evening shortly after rehearsal, I was locking up the building when I caught a glimmer of something white in the corner of my eye. Normally I would’ve passed it off as a reflection from my glasses, but I was in a nearly pitch-black room. I not-so-calmly (and not-so-safely) ran out of the [...]
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Tags: Spooky Stuff
What’s This?
The call board: That big, ugly thing usually located near the front door of a theatre. Can be found with a lot of papers attached to it.
What a lot of people fail to realize is that IT IS NOT THERE TO LOOK PRETTY. It is a totally functional object, filled with notes [...]
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Tags: Miscommunications, Rehearsal
Things to Keep In Mind
There are a lot of things that I am learning and re-learning about the theatre, given this different perspective I have now.
It is nowhere near as easy as it looks to find people to help with shows. When you don’t have anyone volunteering for certain positions, asking them is like trying to pull a [...]
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Tags: Blunders, Miscommunications
SETC, Part One(?)
After spending five days in the south, you BET I have things to talk about.
The first order of business actually has very little to do with the conference itself, and more with the atmosphere of Chattanooga. People were so nice there. It didn’t matter that we were “Yankees” or potentially snooty theatrefolk – we were [...]
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The Plague!
I think the plague has struck our theatre department. Out of the nine leading roles, five have been too ill to attend rehearsals in the past two weeks. This makes scheduling a complete headache, and considering most of us are going out of town tomorrow, this is a big problem. Thankfully, [...]
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Tags: Rehearsal
That’s right – I’m off to the lovely Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the South-Eastern Theatre Conference! Since my director is going, rehearsals are being put off until after spring break (which is, conveniently, next week!)
I will probably update at some point to tell you all how fabulous the workshops and adventures in TN were, so until [...]
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