Well, it's not actually over, of course, we are fortunate enough to have added one more show down at the Lakewood Playhouse. We have a lot of friends in the South Sound area, and had quite a few folks make the trip up for Two Rooms over the weekend, so we're looking forward to getting to share the show with lots more folks. Visit tworoomslakewood.brownpapertickets.com for more details.
Our audiences this weekend were very responsive, enthusiastic, and clearly made a great effort to show up on time. Ideally, starting shows at 8 p.m. helps with that, but when we started on time more than once, and never started particularly late, that's really super encouraging!
Speaking of encouraging, we're getting to the point where we are now considering adding more performances for our shows next year. This will get us more reviews, more word of mouth, and ideally, get us eligible for the Gregory Awards. At least, that's what we're talking about. But it'll also be more expensive, of course. How well our fall show, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (which is a companion piece to Two Rooms) goes, will affect that decision, as well.
Some of these were posted to Facebook, but I made a list on the blackboard in the lobby at Eclectic of some of the great complimentary adjectives that we got. I'm sure I'll forget someone, but these came from Trin, Dayo, Brett, Helen, Karen, Amberlee, Ashley, and Alec.
Electric
Fascinating
Elegant and Relevant
Heart-breaking in the best way
Awesome show
Magnificent
Perfect casting
Fantastic
I've seen a lot of shows...And this is the best show I've ever seen.
One of my best friends, who is politically conservative, had an amazing takeaway from the show, which let me know we're doing good work. He said that the play made him think of the women in Iraq whose husbands' whereabouts are unknown, because of the actions of Americans. The hostages that we presently hold. All through the process of putting this play together, such a thing never occurred to me, and it was a very sobering realization. And a very true one.
We were also INCREDIBLY fortunate enough to be joined by Terry Edward Moore, one of the two actors who originated the role of Michael when the play was brand new. He stayed for the Q&A session we had that night, asked some intelligent questions, and had some really kind things to say. It was also beyond humbling for all involved.
At the end of the day (or the week as in this case), there's often some post-partum depression after putting on a show, especially for me. When you operate at the scale that we do, which is to say, not quite a one-man band, but with minimal staff, sometimes as the director you don't even realize how much of your emotional energy you sank into a show until you're hiding backstage weeping. Somehow I always forget that going into performance week, and it always sneaks up on me. This time, I could track part of my emotional overload to one very specific thing, however: We worked hard. We got reactions, really powerful ones, as noted above. And that makes me wish that a lot more people had seen the show. Seats were empty, which means there were lives we could have touched, but didn't get to.
Our audiences this weekend were very responsive, enthusiastic, and clearly made a great effort to show up on time. Ideally, starting shows at 8 p.m. helps with that, but when we started on time more than once, and never started particularly late, that's really super encouraging!
Speaking of encouraging, we're getting to the point where we are now considering adding more performances for our shows next year. This will get us more reviews, more word of mouth, and ideally, get us eligible for the Gregory Awards. At least, that's what we're talking about. But it'll also be more expensive, of course. How well our fall show, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (which is a companion piece to Two Rooms) goes, will affect that decision, as well.
Some of these were posted to Facebook, but I made a list on the blackboard in the lobby at Eclectic of some of the great complimentary adjectives that we got. I'm sure I'll forget someone, but these came from Trin, Dayo, Brett, Helen, Karen, Amberlee, Ashley, and Alec.
Electric
Fascinating
Elegant and Relevant
Heart-breaking in the best way
Awesome show
Magnificent
Perfect casting
Fantastic
I've seen a lot of shows...And this is the best show I've ever seen.
One of my best friends, who is politically conservative, had an amazing takeaway from the show, which let me know we're doing good work. He said that the play made him think of the women in Iraq whose husbands' whereabouts are unknown, because of the actions of Americans. The hostages that we presently hold. All through the process of putting this play together, such a thing never occurred to me, and it was a very sobering realization. And a very true one.
We were also INCREDIBLY fortunate enough to be joined by Terry Edward Moore, one of the two actors who originated the role of Michael when the play was brand new. He stayed for the Q&A session we had that night, asked some intelligent questions, and had some really kind things to say. It was also beyond humbling for all involved.
At the end of the day (or the week as in this case), there's often some post-partum depression after putting on a show, especially for me. When you operate at the scale that we do, which is to say, not quite a one-man band, but with minimal staff, sometimes as the director you don't even realize how much of your emotional energy you sank into a show until you're hiding backstage weeping. Somehow I always forget that going into performance week, and it always sneaks up on me. This time, I could track part of my emotional overload to one very specific thing, however: We worked hard. We got reactions, really powerful ones, as noted above. And that makes me wish that a lot more people had seen the show. Seats were empty, which means there were lives we could have touched, but didn't get to.
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