Unconventional Holidays

As Turandot rehearsals are in full swing and our first full run-through not far off, more and more of our 'family' are spending time at the theater together, especially in the Green Room. As the productions draw near, it seems to me more like a holiday than a production. Families get together for holidays of course, as such the theater department family gets together for the production. There are talks of people bringing snacks for before and after, and even plans of going out to dinner before-hand on at least perhaps the last night. Families do that for holidays, right?

But all in all, it's more about the togetherness that seems to be all around the theater at this time of year as Turandot draws closer. We're growing closer together as a whole cast, filled with inside-jokes and fond memories of rehearsals that have gone uphill and downhill. To me, each rehearsal seems like some sort of family reunion, and each time we get together on that stage it's like we never left the night before. It's a wonderful thing to come back to each evening.

Even though rehearsals are starting to get far more intense and frustrating as we pound out the holes in our acts, there's still a sense of accomplishment - as long as we pull together as a cast, we can pull off a great production that an audience will adore and we'll have to look back on sometime in the future.