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Feb. 1st, 2013 12:21 pmI might have mentioned that my theatre company is putting on the first ever production in Québec of Calendar Girls in April. (This is what that photoshoot for the calendar was for.) I love it. I love the people involved with it, I love the play itself, and the act of organizing and putting on a play is always fun. I confess there are some times when all I want to do is stay home and read, rather than go to rehearsal, but I always enjoy it once I'm there.
That said, the "List of Things Em is Doing in Connection to the Play" keeps expanding, which is a bit unnerving. I started off as one of the stage managers. Fine, okay, not a problem. Then discovered that as the director's not able to come to one of the practices, I'm going to direct that one. I'm kind of looking forward to that, to be honest, since I'd really like to direct a play at some point. Especially if I can do Much Ado About Nothing. I don't remember when we last did Shakespeare. I'm not sure if we ever have. ANYHOO THAT IS A SIDE NOTE.
Then I found out that backstage crew is also going to be "crowd" for a few scenes when extra bodies are useful. I managed to get out of the most complicated crowd scene by being needed backstage to close the curtains at the end of Act One.
Being crowd has now evolved into being front and centre during the climax of the play, singing "Jerusalem". To which I can only say, to the person whose husband sings in the same choir as I do and who cheerfully piped up "Emily sings!"*, et tu, Alison? Sniff.
It should be noted that I do enjoy the acting side of things. Love that. Really. But the acting mindset and the stage management mindset are very different, and it's hard to swap from one sort of intense focus to a different sort. I worry that I'll be the member of the WI who is looking distracted and casting meaningful looks up at the sound booth the whole time.
*This is not inaccurate. I sing. In a choir. Where I stand at the back, along an edge, and go "tumpty tumpty tump" while the sopranos and tenors get all the attention. I joke about it, but I LIKE it that way.
That said, the "List of Things Em is Doing in Connection to the Play" keeps expanding, which is a bit unnerving. I started off as one of the stage managers. Fine, okay, not a problem. Then discovered that as the director's not able to come to one of the practices, I'm going to direct that one. I'm kind of looking forward to that, to be honest, since I'd really like to direct a play at some point. Especially if I can do Much Ado About Nothing. I don't remember when we last did Shakespeare. I'm not sure if we ever have. ANYHOO THAT IS A SIDE NOTE.
Then I found out that backstage crew is also going to be "crowd" for a few scenes when extra bodies are useful. I managed to get out of the most complicated crowd scene by being needed backstage to close the curtains at the end of Act One.
Being crowd has now evolved into being front and centre during the climax of the play, singing "Jerusalem". To which I can only say, to the person whose husband sings in the same choir as I do and who cheerfully piped up "Emily sings!"*, et tu, Alison? Sniff.
It should be noted that I do enjoy the acting side of things. Love that. Really. But the acting mindset and the stage management mindset are very different, and it's hard to swap from one sort of intense focus to a different sort. I worry that I'll be the member of the WI who is looking distracted and casting meaningful looks up at the sound booth the whole time.
*This is not inaccurate. I sing. In a choir. Where I stand at the back, along an edge, and go "tumpty tumpty tump" while the sopranos and tenors get all the attention. I joke about it, but I LIKE it that way.
