Camaraderie

After a slew of boring, frustrating rehearsals, I saw it. That little spark when the cast starts becoming a team of people working towards the same goal. At first, it's like, "God, I hope I do this well." Then after weeks of rehearsal, it's, "I hope this show does well. I hope everyone does well."

Rehearsals have picked up. This week, we've gone from Tuesday- Thursdays, to well, every day. And they've been those rehearsals where I made sure I brought stuff to do since I knew I'd be sitting around a lot. The blocking rehearsals that are so long and tedious, but that have to happen.

But last night, it changed. Just slightly, but I saw it start to happen. We watched each other perform the numbers. NYC, Easy Street, etc. They were put onstage-the first time putting the singing, acting and dancing all together. Instead of people reading, or doing homework, or putting their ipods in, they actually wanted to watch the scenes. And people were smiling and laughing and trying things different ways. We clapped for each other. I heard people saying, "great job," to others. That support started happening. The support that comes when you know the show is opening soon and you start pumping each other up.

And then the power went out. The little girls screamed as the adults scurried around for flash lights and we chaotically grabbed our things and tripped as we exited the theatre. As everyone said goodbye and walked to his/her cars, I couldn't help but get excited for the show.

7 DAYS TILL TECH EVERYBODY!