Tonight is the final dress rehearsal for Les Miserables. This is our last chance to put the entire show together before the paid audience comes on Friday night. Overall, the cast and crew are ready to perform the show right now, but tonight will be a good test of our abilities. Live theatre is a tricky business - you have to be able to bring your best performance to the theatre every night despite the other things happening in your life. As a community theatre, all of our actors are volunteers, and they have other concerns - work, school, family - that can affect their attitude and emotions when they enter the building. It's our job to help them to transition out of the real world and into the world of our current production and then perform at a high level. We are extremely fortunate to have many experienced performers in our cast - people who are "professional" in their approach to community theatre. This sets an example for the newer actors to follow, and I think we will have good energy for tonight's dress.
My next update will be after opening night (Friday), and then there will be a little break in the blog. For those not aware, I am have surgery on Monday to repair a torn meniscus on my left knee, and won't be back in the office (or at the computer) until around the time of our second weekend of performances (February 19-21)...
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