The Tempest Subsides

I have trouble fathoming that just last week I was opening the show I had been working on for an entire year. The whole week was sort of anticlimactic. I showed up at HTY and did my thing in the morning and in the afternoon headed over to the Hawaii Theatre for tech. Occasionally I had a few notes, but usually they weren't anymore complicated than securing some trim or adding a snap...most of the nights I as able to accomplish the notes in the half hour dinner break. The kids were all excited...and exhausted. And Thursday and Friday proved to be incredibly looooong days....Thursday starting at a 7am call for a 9:15 show, followed by photo call, lunch, afternoon activities for the cast (work for me) and a 5:30 call for a 7pm performance. Friday wasn't ,much shorter, though it started much later...a 5:30 call, a performance and then strike. A year's worth of work summed up in a one week rush.

But you know I'm going to be a part of this program next year. Even though the play of choice is Romeo and Juliet. If for no other reason than Lisa wants work with me again. Which I must admit is very flattering. And it allows me to continue to teach in some way shape or form...