A Lucky Cast
We are a lucky cast. We had an understudy rehearsal yesterday and everyone was on top of it. It was comforting and impressive to see people step to the plate. I have so much appreciation for understudies and swings. If you don’t, you should. It is a hard job.
I got a taste of it this summer when I had to go into a dance track and found out I was doing so with little time before the show began. I told the cast that they would have to push me around so I would know where to go. They did and it was freakin insane! I was nervous, but acted like I was “confident” the entire time. It was hilarious and eye opening. Knowing full well of my situation, I still had a cast member give me attitude for not knowing where I was supposed to be. This is sad to say, but there will always be those people who don’t fully understand. It is easy to stay involved in your own, small performance world and lose consideration for others. i am not saying it is right, but I understand.
We had swings for our show who did this daily. I was so impressed by them after I did this. It made me want to hit myself for not understanding. But how can a person truly understand until he/she experiences it his/herself? I would not have a clue if it wasn’t for that experience.
Could you imagine jumping into a different role everyday? Or could you imagine jumping into two different roles in one day? Holy crap, right? Trust me, you can’t fully take it in until you actually experience it yourself. I don’t have any video me doing that show that day, but my memory is vivid.
I am grateful to be grateful.
September 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 am
I am totally guilty of having no swing love…
This is largely due to my groupie tendencies, and by watching the entire show, and not just one role, I can usually do the entire show after about a week. And I’m not a professional, in any sense of the word. So it’s like, “Hey, if I was some how thrown in the show and could do it after picking it up after a few days, you should too, since you’re actually a trained performer and getting PAID to do it!”.
And the cast member that gave you attitude? Pure evil! >:(