Congratulations, it's a show!
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gilanaReading LJ the morning after the show must be the new equivalent of waiting for the reviews to come out in the morning paper :)
So tired this morning that I was in the shower, washed my face, shampooed my hair, started to wash my face again and then thought "wait, did I do this already?". So this post may not be the most coherent.
The show is finally a real entity. Overall it went very well, with people carrying on spendidly in the face of a few glitches, and it was great fun to sit in the green room and listen to the other shows and the audience's obvious enjoyment of them. Definitely have to sneak into the back of house one of these shows to actually see the other shows.
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lillibet and my show went quite well, I thought. As always, it's a bit of a shock to do it for the first time in front of a real audience. We got through it quite smoothly, although I wasn't quite as "in the moment" as I have been in some rehearsals, and hope to be in future shows. But we still made at least a few people tear up, so I think we're at least doing justice to the wonderful material. And our director seemed happy enough with the performance :) We got more laughs than I had expected, which took a little adjusting to. It was great to hear the cheers at the end of the show and know that at least some of that was for me, personally. I love being part of an ensemble and chorus roles are great fun, but personal recognition is still really satisfying. And it was such a fabulous feeling to come out for bows and see most of the people I love most in the world either in the audience or onstage with me.
We had the traditional outing to Underbones afterwards -- between that and the green room, it's starting to feel like the cast is coming together as a group. I love that part.
A little more than a year ago, with great trepidation, I tried out for All in the Timing. My greatest worry was that I wasn't really sure whether or not I could act. I sort of thought I could, but I was afraid that I was fooling myself, and worse, afraid of making a fool of myself in front of others. Through All in the Timing and Murder and Charlie Brown I learned something from each show -- how to not be afraid to be loud, how to move onstage, how to listen to someone else, how to not hold back onstage. I feel like it's all coming together in this one. It's such a wonderful feeling, to get up onstage and feel confident about what I'm doing. I can't wait to see what future shows bring!
So tired this morning that I was in the shower, washed my face, shampooed my hair, started to wash my face again and then thought "wait, did I do this already?". So this post may not be the most coherent.
The show is finally a real entity. Overall it went very well, with people carrying on spendidly in the face of a few glitches, and it was great fun to sit in the green room and listen to the other shows and the audience's obvious enjoyment of them. Definitely have to sneak into the back of house one of these shows to actually see the other shows.
lillibet and my show went quite well, I thought. As always, it's a bit of a shock to do it for the first time in front of a real audience. We got through it quite smoothly, although I wasn't quite as "in the moment" as I have been in some rehearsals, and hope to be in future shows. But we still made at least a few people tear up, so I think we're at least doing justice to the wonderful material. And our director seemed happy enough with the performance :) We got more laughs than I had expected, which took a little adjusting to. It was great to hear the cheers at the end of the show and know that at least some of that was for me, personally. I love being part of an ensemble and chorus roles are great fun, but personal recognition is still really satisfying. And it was such a fabulous feeling to come out for bows and see most of the people I love most in the world either in the audience or onstage with me.We had the traditional outing to Underbones afterwards -- between that and the green room, it's starting to feel like the cast is coming together as a group. I love that part.
A little more than a year ago, with great trepidation, I tried out for All in the Timing. My greatest worry was that I wasn't really sure whether or not I could act. I sort of thought I could, but I was afraid that I was fooling myself, and worse, afraid of making a fool of myself in front of others. Through All in the Timing and Murder and Charlie Brown I learned something from each show -- how to not be afraid to be loud, how to move onstage, how to listen to someone else, how to not hold back onstage. I feel like it's all coming together in this one. It's such a wonderful feeling, to get up onstage and feel confident about what I'm doing. I can't wait to see what future shows bring!
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Date: 2005-07-15 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-15 07:02 pm (UTC)::confesses to being one of those who teared up, which creates a real problem when you can't see the sliders or read the CD display::
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Date: 2005-07-16 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-07-18 12:24 am (UTC)I was really looking forward to seeing you playing a lead, because like a lot of Kerri's plays where she played a supporting role, I never had to opportunity to truly see you shine. Brava to an exciting performance.