We opened The Game’s Afoot last night! There’s something about performing a show in front of an audience that never gets old. And it helps so much in validating the effort we spend during the rehearsal process. Does this thing work? Is this funny? And of course, there’s the alchemy that an audience helps create…
Now after weeks of preparation, the actual performance is around the corner. The Game’s Afoot opens on Friday. And we have started Tech Week. That means we’re rehearsing with our costumes. And the lighting cues. And sound cues. It’s like doing the show, but without the audience. The clock is ticking. There’s still a couple…
Can I let you in on a secret? Acting is fun. I love it. It’s all make believe. Sometimes you play a serious character in a serious play. Sometimes you play a silly character in a silly play. Or maybe it’s a silly character in a serious play. Or the other way around. But it’s…
One of the things I hate about doing a show is checking for friends after the performance. When the applause ends, the actors leave the stage. And we get out of our costumes and make up. If you know that you had family or friends in the audience, you get changed quickly. Otherwise, you can…
After our Friday performance of Burn, we got a surprise. Before we could go out and greet our family and friends after the show, we were told to head back upstairs. Matt, the director, wanted to talk to us and was bringing some other people. Ominous… It turned out that John Muggleton and his wife…
We opened our play Burn last night. After weeks of rehearsals. It’s funny because the audience is such an important ingredient to any show. They provide the extra something. We put on the play for them, but they give us their attention. And that commerce of sorts results in an energy. And that energy affects…
Dress Rehearsal is over. There were four or five folks in the audience. Enough to feel a little pressure. But they were folks involved in the show. There wasn’t enough of an audience to feel the energy. To feel the magic. To have that extra thing that turns a play into a show. That will…
Our show Burn opens in a week and a half. Ten days. Five more rehearsals. There are still a couple of bumps, but the production is in good shape. I’m not being overconfident. But I’m feeling some confidence because we’ve put in the work. All of us have put in the work. And we’ll continue…
I was not planning to go to Choir! Choir! Choir! Deb had bought tickets a while ago. It sounded like fun, but I passed on the opportunity. I’m already in a choir. And I didn’t feel like it. Two guys coaxing the audience to sing along with them? But someone couldn’t go, so I was…
Next week, Theatre Aquarius puts on its Reading Week. The artists in the various programs that Theatre Aquarius supports during the theatre season will get a chance to present an excerpt from the piece that they’ve been working on. My turn is on Wednesday (June 19). It’s always good to get your work in front…
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