Well here I go again !!!!
So to start off ... Corey is going to the State Championships in at least 2 events.
Whoooooot Whooooot !!!!!
So swimming is going to consume a lot of our time for the next few months. He has a new coach who was state champ for 3+ years. He is going to be focusing on Corey's goal to make state in Two other strokes.
2nd - I was asked to be assistant stage manager for a musical called Man of La Mancha at the VLT. I haven't stage managed in 15 years. And I have not worked on a musical in that long as well. Last night was the 2nd auditions ... and just sitting there I fell in love with the theater all over again. I LOVE every aspect of the theater.
And here is the big one. I was talking to a woman named Suzanne who was the Stage Manager on my last performance (Ravenscroft) and mentioned that I had been reading a script and was thinking of presenting it to the board for consideration. I thought it would be a good production for our small "arena" stage located on the left side of our building (called Stage Left). She said I should talk to a specific person as he was the one reviewing and considering the plays for the next 2 seasons. I told her I had no idea how this process worked. She asked me what roll in the production I was interested in. I said I would love to direct it, but have not established myself with the board or membership yet, so if they even ok'd the play, that I would love to have the lead. It was then that she told me that she was now the president of the board and who to contact.
So I call the guy today and tell him that I am interested in submitting a play for consideration. He said that I should get a crew (cast not included) prepare a purposal and submitt it to the board of directors for consideration. He explained that the Stage Left process was different and that I could submit myself as director. It would be a package. I would have to have my stage manager, my light and sound tech, props manager, and any other back stage crew selected. They would consider the purposal and let me know.
This means I could direct. I could help produce and direct a play! I could possibly live my dream with out having to prove myself over the next 10 years like you have to do in so many other theaters. At the VLT it is far less political and who you know, but rather, it is what you offer and how you present it!
Do I dare try? I mean ... dreams are great ... but to dare to go for them? What if they say no ... or worse yet they say yes and I fail in such a public forum. Maybe I need more time. Maybe I should put a couple more years in and get more established, more experience, more confident.
But to know that it is available to me. At least a chance. When I decide I want to go for it .... I could. Wow!!!! That in itself thrills me beyond what this little blog can express!!!
OH ... and here is the other issue ... As much as I would love to direct this script ... I would love to have the lead in it!
Whoooooot Whooooot !!!!!
So swimming is going to consume a lot of our time for the next few months. He has a new coach who was state champ for 3+ years. He is going to be focusing on Corey's goal to make state in Two other strokes.
2nd - I was asked to be assistant stage manager for a musical called Man of La Mancha at the VLT. I haven't stage managed in 15 years. And I have not worked on a musical in that long as well. Last night was the 2nd auditions ... and just sitting there I fell in love with the theater all over again. I LOVE every aspect of the theater.
And here is the big one. I was talking to a woman named Suzanne who was the Stage Manager on my last performance (Ravenscroft) and mentioned that I had been reading a script and was thinking of presenting it to the board for consideration. I thought it would be a good production for our small "arena" stage located on the left side of our building (called Stage Left). She said I should talk to a specific person as he was the one reviewing and considering the plays for the next 2 seasons. I told her I had no idea how this process worked. She asked me what roll in the production I was interested in. I said I would love to direct it, but have not established myself with the board or membership yet, so if they even ok'd the play, that I would love to have the lead. It was then that she told me that she was now the president of the board and who to contact.
So I call the guy today and tell him that I am interested in submitting a play for consideration. He said that I should get a crew (cast not included) prepare a purposal and submitt it to the board of directors for consideration. He explained that the Stage Left process was different and that I could submit myself as director. It would be a package. I would have to have my stage manager, my light and sound tech, props manager, and any other back stage crew selected. They would consider the purposal and let me know.
This means I could direct. I could help produce and direct a play! I could possibly live my dream with out having to prove myself over the next 10 years like you have to do in so many other theaters. At the VLT it is far less political and who you know, but rather, it is what you offer and how you present it!
Do I dare try? I mean ... dreams are great ... but to dare to go for them? What if they say no ... or worse yet they say yes and I fail in such a public forum. Maybe I need more time. Maybe I should put a couple more years in and get more established, more experience, more confident.
But to know that it is available to me. At least a chance. When I decide I want to go for it .... I could. Wow!!!! That in itself thrills me beyond what this little blog can express!!!
OH ... and here is the other issue ... As much as I would love to direct this script ... I would love to have the lead in it!
posted by Cindy at 3:52 PM
7 Comments:
Cindy- I say go for it. Remember Rocky. He had nothing going and went door to door. The worst failure is the failure of not trying. I would think with your passion and love of theatre flare for the theatrical the answer is obvious. GO FOR IT!
Well.......there is only one answer to any of the posed questions!!!! Of course you should do it.....failure wouldn't even enter into it! That wouldn't be a possibility. If you are born to something, the failure is in not doing what you are born to do!!!! Your past has prepared you for the present....drama is no exception. The crime is in not following your passion.
I love you......and it's been way to long since I've been to all of your performances.....'bout time!
Mom
Follow that dream! You will be fabulous and this is an opportunity that is just too good to pass up! I am so excited for you! Please keep me updated.
Oh....and Corey frickin rocks! I am so proud of him!
Bake that f***ing cake, have that f***ing cake, and eat that mother f***er too! I'm feeling butch tonight.
Sign me up! I'll be there for total support!
Congratulations to Corey and to you! How very exciting!! Have faith and follow your heart my friend! Lots of love to you, Candace
Your life is full of blessings and joy! Lucky you! Your play sounds incredibly exciting...I can't wait to go see it! You are a very capable and talented person so I have every faith that you'll succeed!
xoxoxoxoxox Penny
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