First off - Happy November! (yeah I'm a tad late)
Secondly - Shadow Play is up, it's running, and it's actually about to start it's final weekend. It's very, very strange. I cant believe that it's starting to wind down. My emotions are so horribly mixed about it it's crazy.
It's been a difficult run if only because the show still isn't truly frozen. Fortunately I had the last cue revisions happen last Friday, but this morning we reblocked the opening of the show. With over 500 cues in 65 minutes, any little cue change feels major.
Of course if I had to do it all over again I'd change a bunch of stuff, that's just the nature of the job. You have to try it first. What works in theory and what actually happens are two very different things. I am proud of a lot of things that I've done on this show though.
My proudest accomplishments for Shadow Play in no particular order:
- I know every single crew member. I know their names, majors, all that stuff. I've made it a point to actually get to know a little about each one of them. All 23 people getting this show up and running each performance are pretty cool individuals.
- My calling abilities. They've developed a lot in the past month. I called a perfect show on Sunday. That was the most amazing feeling.
- My relationships with the directors and designers. They are pretty cool. Yay.
- The fact that I feel as though (at least to some degree) the show is mine as it should be.
Shadow Play was overall a great show to PSM at VCU. Technically challenging, emotionally taxing, time consuming... everything that a great learning experience should involve I suppose. ;-)
Now as I finish this up and look forward to The Big Knife directed by Dr. T in Shafer I know that everything I learned on Shadow Play will serve me well in my future stage managing endeavors.
Now if I can just get through finals! Ugh.
~Marley
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