After long rehearsals for months, constant high pitched singing, whole Saturdays being taken up to work on blocking choreography..
The production was over.
We had performed three nights in a row, and we were finally at the end of the many month journey. The performances were fantastic. Sofia did exceptionally well as the plant, and I was extremely proud of her. It had taken quite a while to get to the performance point but I was so glad because the ensemble as a whole had done such an amazing job when it came to performing on the big stage in front of everybody. We were awarded with continuous praise and clapping after every night and I was really glad that our final performance was well received. Even the crew did an amazing job managing all the props and the set, and without them we would not have been able to achieve the level of greatness we landed on. Once we had finishing performing, and our praise had been sung over and over again, I realized people were crying and it had occurred to me that this ensemble didn’t want this experience to end. We had DP2’s graduating soon and we realized that this bunch of humans would never work on any theatre piece together again, and that saddened many people.
The cast, crew, directors and prop team all together for one last picture.
I loved the experience of being in my first musical, as I didn’t do Oliver a few years back. Although I believe that I wouldn’t be able to do another musical due to the fact that I hate singing, I will say I gained a lot from this production and will use the knowledge gained from it in further productions that I direct / am apart of. I am really proud of every single person who was apart of this creative process and they should feel proud for working hard and being apart of something bigger than themselves.