Second Weekends

Second weekends are difficult.

There's an emotional/physical/mental high you reach as an actor during the first weekend, especially on opening night. You've spent weeks (in our case) months putting together something to be really proud of and you believe, well maybe hope is a better word, you hope that other people will enjoy. The energy in the room on opening night cannot be compared to any other feeling. Nervousness spreads through the cast like wildfire whereas excitement runs rampant through an opening night audience. Everyone feels it. And if they don't when they arrive at the theatre they do by the time they leave. It's catching.

So.
Second weekends are a bit of let down, usually in audience size and energy. Despite audience size being relatively small, I do think the cast of c.1993 gave a solid weekend of performances. I will admit, I felt a bit of a let down after the high energy of the first weekend. And then I remembered, here's where the skill sets in. The job of the actor is to keep the energy, quality, devotion at 100% no matter what. I thank this amazing cast for helping me to do that.

On a completely different note, I'm excited to have free time again. I need to get back into writing. It (and time) has gotten away from me. But somehow I don't feel entirely complete when I'm not writing.

(Have you seen c.1993 yet? Whether you like it or not, spread the word. Haven't see it? It would mean so much to me if you did.)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.