Opening (and closing) Night
Last night was the performance for our student-directed one-act plays. We ended up with an audience of well over 50, so I was thrilled. We had taped off a row in the center section encouraging people to sit ahead of that row just to keep the (anticipated small) audience kind of clumped together. We actually ended up taking the tape down because the area we had sectioned off was pretty full. Very exciting. We had also printed off only 40 programs, and they were all gone. What a wonderful success. I actually figured out that I personally had 19 people in attendance. My mom, dad, and their three kids. My brother and his girlfriend. My sister-in-law and her sister. My husband and our three kids. Plus five people from my church came which was soooooooooo very nice.
I thought the flow was nice between shows. Two of the scene changes took a little long, but still under 45 seconds. Thank goodness we had scene change music or it would have been really long and annoying.
I learned a lot, of course......both about the actual art of directing AND the whole other side of things: scheduling, budgeting, publicity, blah, blah, blah. I still have a TON to learn about that stuff. It was a lot to take care of in addition to the acting, costumes, and props, not to mention work and school finals. However I'm so happy that I didn't let being too busy affect my decision to do the directing. It's really, really what I love to do........and this was a great opportunity to add something to my resume --- and more importantly work my craft.
2 comments:
You said...
We listened to comedian Tim Harkleroad. He was somewhat funny, although he relied on the easy self-deprecating fat jokes that overweight comedians like to keep in their back pockets.
You try working for a cruise ship audience, they have the attention span of a poodle on a double expresso. I have worked for Carnival for 24 years. You can't be edgy, thought provoking or subtle. I am fat, give them what they expect. It must be working.
T. Harkleroad
Tim,
Thanks for your comment. I don't doubt that the jokes work, or that cruise ship audiences might not appreciate edgy or thought provoking comedy. Perhaps my comment about your act say more about the audience than the comedian. Then again, perhaps I'm sensitive, and don't find fat jokes as funny as the general populace because I struggle with my own weight.
In any case, thanks for stopping by. My blog rarely gets comments from normal people, let alone celebrities.
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