And On to New Adventures

That was certainly one of the best closing nights I've experienced. Before the show, we gathered for a crew photo which involved each of us posing with our favorite prop, costume, or set piece which really ingrained in my mind how much we bond with the individual parts of a show. The guns for Kate, the wig for Molly, the swing for me. Although the show will be distant memory as we charge forward into our next projects, we will always think of those props as "ours", though we never went on stage with them.
It was really special at the close of the show as the crew scrunched into one small corner backstage left (because really, there was no room back there) to watch the monitors as the cast completed the final dance number. We said goodbye to the show in our own way but we were together.

I will miss pre show, eagerly waiting backstage to start the show. Headset roll call that always promised a witty statement by someone. The anxious energy waiting for a cue light to go off. Moving the Lydia platform which was extremely squeakly and always happened to be moved while they were in a particularly quiet moment onstage. Scrolling the Fanta machine--that was my special prop and it was a pain most of the time but it was mine. The hurried change into Lewis and Clark involving moving the platform quickly and lining it up perfectly, while a ladder was flown in and had to fit through a window at an angle. Still not sure how that one worked every night. The thrill (stage management nerd in me) of opening and closing the doors perfectly. My camera hand off onstage which I initially hated and then came to enjoy. Watching them fly in Lydia every night. And of course, just the general bonding with this crew. All of them became very special to me and I am infinitely glad that I am either in classes with them or they're in my department and really can't get rid of me until graduation.

Last night I got home at 10:30 (quickest strike ever. So glad I don't have to participate in the full strike), after resisting the urge to join the rest of the company for an enjoyable evening and proceeded to stay up until 4:30 am to finish a project so that my life this week won't be entirely awful. I have a huge drama history midterm on Thursday and history is definitely a weak subject of mine so I decided that finishing my project for another class (due to the day before my midterm. I was not smart in scheduling that) would make my week easier. I still have another project to be completed with a group plus rehearsals for the Cabaret and budget meetings for Sunday in the Park with George but getting this project out of the way will allow me to focus on the other tasks.

Speaking of Sunday--I am so excited to be part of Sunday in the Park with George. My stage manager is wonderful and this production sounds like it is exactly what I need to begin my SM journey here at Yale. Even being part of the budget meetings is exciting so far. Though it will be challenge, I'm up for it and I can't wait to see where this project takes us!