- "Max! We're going to put on a show for Grandma!"
This is the first of a series of small notes/observations/thoughts about every (no really, every) performance we do. I want to be able to look back at show #76 (when that time comes) and remember that day exactly.
We've had two weeks of rehearsal, totaling in 12 days and we've the run the show straight-through a total of six times before today. Most of us had never met before rehearsals began and, in my case, had just moved here a few days before. It's been sort of whirl-windy, probably will continue to be.
Hopefully you'll find it interesting. If not, go read something better =)
Today was our first performance in front of the kids. Those three minutes before the show started, when the children out front were literally screaming for 'Max and Ruby!', I remembered why i do this. Why this matters so much to me. Ruby asked me if I was crying and I said, no, I was just happier in that moment than I had been in a long time. I'll go into it at greater length later, but suffice it to say that this, right here, is what I have wanted to be doing for some time and now I get to actually do it. I get to perform for children and bring them something that opens up their windows a little, so to speak.
Anyway - technically, this performance was far from flawless. People were fairly high-strung prior to the show beginning and there were some sharper exchanges back-stage before the children actually came in. In the end, though, we're going to get it right. We learned things from our load-in today (and load-out, too, but that's another story) and will be better at it in the future. There were technical elements that went awry, the occasional paraphrased line or missed cue, but it was for the kids. Consequently, it was wonderful.
Tomorrow morning we have another 6 a.m. van call and a performance in Wantagh. I hope I sleep better tonight than I did last night.
See you tomorrow,
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