Saturday, June 28, 2008

mama said there'd be days like this

WOW. well kris and i are in agreement: this week was a hard week. there's just so much to keep straight and make decisions about. i think i'm becoming ADD because of this play. i start one thing and as i'm doing that thing, i remember i have to do something else. so then i stop the original thing before i finish it and move on to the new thing. as i'm doing the new thing, i realize i haven't done a third thing, so i stop the second thing and move on to the third. i continue this process all day long. never finishing anything, but always busily doing stuff. and underneath the surface of all this activity is the very real fear that i'm gonna totally drop the ball on something and look like i don't know what the hell i'm doing. and then, just for fun, there is the normal day-to-day life maintenance like jobs, showering, working out, sleeping, etc that have taken a serious hit by all this theatre activity.

and just to make things even more crazy, we started rehearsals this week so now 4 hours a night i'm rehearsing b/c i had the brilliant idea of casting myself as the lead. rehearsals are actually going quite well. the cast we have assembled is simply amazing (with the exception of that douche we got to play the lead) and it's fun to sit and watch everyone work the material and bring this thing to life. when i take a step back and think about the team we've assembled for this it really amazes me. everyone is working so hard to make this play happen and that makes the hard week a little softer.

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