One Crowd to the Next
It is interesting going from one audience to the next with the same show. This morning, we had a show for 5th and 6th graders and I got huge laughs and reactions as the Ghost of Christmas Past. It was very rewarding and a great reassurance that my choices were on the money. What I do is not adult humor, I suppose, and that was confirmed in this evenings performance. I made the exact same choices and everything didn’t land the same at all. It was kind of depressing dealing with the change. I felt like I was doing something wrong, but I knew I wasn’t doing anymore or any less in my performance. I really was pretty exact in my choices. I start to ask myself, should I change things up a little bit depending on the audience. I don’t want to overdue or underdo anything. I tried to feel the audience out, I was getting laughs, but seriously, compared to this morning … well … it didn’t compare. So, here I am writing about this and trying to comfort myself. I kind of feel like I have done a bad job. I feel like a failure. What if I am just sucking? Man, I wish I could hit it with every crowd.
