When the show is all over...
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Topic: When the show is all over...
Posted By: lucyvanpelt
Subject: When the show is all over...
Date Posted: 7/15/06 at 1:31pm
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I have directed a handful of plays in the past couple of years. Most of which were youth productions. And I find myself really depressed for awhile when it is all of a sudden over.
After all the hard work and relationships made... It is just over. Does anyone ever feel this way? And how do you deal? It makes me want to direct again and then it just becomes a vicious cycle. |
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Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 7/15/06 at 11:41pm
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That?s what it is all about! The whole thing is covered by just one four letter word, of it?s all a ? GAME?. How you play it out, is up to you? - What it means now the control of the ?Kip? & the whole ?2 Up Ring? is in yours hands. Soooh " Come?n Spinner?" Chookas Lucy!  ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: DWolfman
Date Posted: 7/17/06 at 12:06am
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How about "Post Theatre Slip-sliding-away Disorder?" I've had it on many, if not most, occasions when a production has ended. The months of intense preparation, followed by a few weeks of even more intensity, followed by...nothing (for a while). The "family" that has encouraged, nurtured, challenged, and inspired you, the activities that took every ounce of concentration and ability you could muster...are gone (for a while). Don't feel like a stranger, it takes time, but soon (hopefully) all you'll have will be great memories of accomplishment and eager anticipation of torturing yourself with the same once more. So if it's a cycle (and it seems to be), enjoy the ride!!! ------------- Even a man who is pure of heart... |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:37am
G?donya Dwolfman! A bit I forgot to mention in my above reply as gaafa. Is that we push ?it? up hill with out nose & do ?it?. Because in comeatre, we are mainly in the business of making memories! Also on your cycle analogy, I wonder if this could be one of the reasons, why the Skycloth became known & got it?s name as the Cyclorama?  ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: Aimee
Date Posted: 7/17/06 at 3:13pm
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Usually by the end of the production I am glad to be done with it. All the stresss, not eating, forgetting to breath, dealing with bonehead actors (mine are students too) , my crew kids and the director...do I need to go on? Don't get me wrong, I love all the hard work (or I wouldn't do it). I take the set strike as time to "let go" of all the stress. A little sad to see it all go away, but, it does make me want to start all over again...the possibilites of an empty stage. I look forward to repeating the whole "vicious" cycle again Guess it all depends on how you look at it! Aimee ------------- Aimee |
Posted By: Unclepeter
Date Posted: 7/20/06 at 1:03am
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I think our feelings about theatre can best be summed up by my seven year old grandson who was just in his first production with our theatre Summer Camp Program (Don't Say No To The USO by Tim Kelly). Following opening night, he told me he couldn't wait until the following night to "do that again"! "When you say a line and the audience laughs or claps, that feels good!" was another quote. As a beginning camper, he had about 20 lines and he worked extremely hard to learn not only his lines, but those of everyone in scene with him so "if there's a messup, we might get it unmessed". My wife commented that "there's another family member "lost" to the theatre".
------------- "Good judgement comes from experience - and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." (Will Rogers) Uncle Peter |
Posted By: Playwright
Date Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:58am
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"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." Dr. Seus |
Posted By: SpazzingSM
Date Posted: 8/02/06 at 11:20am
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There is a great poem about the closing of a show called "That is the Theatre." If I can find it in my files I'll post it here. But try searching for it online if you want ------------- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~Einstein |
Posted By: castMe
Date Posted: 8/02/06 at 5:06pm
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In the past, I found myself lost and out of sorts the days immediately
following closing night. "What did I used to do before I began
these rehearsals two or three months ago". My days and nights
seems empty and insignificant. The problem (in my case) was I had
no social life at all outside theater. I got myself a life......problem solved I'm not suggesting this is what causes eunni in others, just sharing how it was for me. ------------- Investigate. Imagine. Choose. |
Posted By: KL Murphy
Date Posted: 8/03/06 at 10:36am
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I often mourn after a successful or fun production. Lately I've been just happy their over haha ------------- www.klmurphy.com |
Posted By: lucyvanpelt
Date Posted: 8/08/06 at 3:01pm
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I am glad to hear I am not alone. That theatre stuff is just so dramatic, isn't it? Sigh.
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Posted By: Kathy S
Date Posted: 8/08/06 at 3:48pm
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I always hate it when I hear a cast or crew member say they'll be glad when the show is over. Our last show is the first time I've ever felt ready for things to end. I think some of us were just feeling exhausted after a big building project, followed by a big show fraught with difficulty. |