So tonight is my closing night with Barbra’s wedding … what a run. It was everything I wanted it to be and more. The interesting thing about the theatre and I guess acting in general, is that you become a quick and close family with the people involved. You spend a concentrated, intense time together, which in my case has always brought me closer to my compadres. It’s strange because you are so close so briefly and then often don’t see the people again. But tonight we will not say good-bye really; I have made sure of that. We will gather at my house in a couple of weeks for a little gathering and reminisce on our successes, failures and in this case laughs, during the course of the run. 

I thought I should follow up with my “Do Something that Scares you Every Day” blog with how the opening of my play, Barbra’s Wedding, went. We rehearsed it for six weeks and coming from my Soap Opera background, that is a LONG time. I am used to memorizing 40 pages the night before and basically doing one take and forgetting about it on the way out the door. So this has been A LOT of rehearsing, but so incredibly worth it. For the first time in my acting career I really thought I needed that much time. We pulled the material apart right and left. Being on stage for a solid hour plus, with just two people having dialogue is a bear! Not to mention we move around a lot and have to deal with food and drinks and changes in wardrobe. You’ve all heard the expression, not being able to walk and chew gum … this is a thousand times worse, especially if food gets to flying (out of our mouths or otherwise). There are a lot of mishaps that can happen.

I saw a T-shirt the other day that said “Do something that scares you every day.” That really struck a chord with me and I thought of it for several hours afterwards and I guess days if I am writing about it today. For a lot of us, staying in a comfort zone, not doing anything too risky always sounds like the logical thing to do. I mean why be uncomfortable?