Since September, I have been rehearsing 5 days a week for a show that opens on November 12th. It has been a long rehearsal process as it usually is for any production. This week starts tech week, also known as hell week. Those who have been a part of productions know exactly why this term is used to describe the week before the opening. Every singing rehearsal is slow, meticulous, tiring, late, and overall really, really frustrating. It has been two years since I have experienced a hell week and I will honestly say that I don’t remember it being this hectic, but at the same time, it has always been this way and always will be. It’s hard not to get caught up in everyone’s frustration with each other and the process, but at the end of the day, I see and feel the relief of every rehearsal being over but missing it so much and feeling like I have nothing to do.
My favorite part of being in a production is working with the best people. To be surrounded by people who just want to make art no matter how tiring it is, there’s something about it that makes it so awesome. The start of every production is isolating when you don’t know anyone, but then it gets so easy after that. I’m finding it hard to explain in words how wonderful, stressful, tiring, and beautiful this whole process is, regardless of what show. This is my first time being a part of an ensemble in a full production at this university. It’s been quite a while since I have last worked with a group of people in such a way like this, and now that it’s near the end, I’m going to miss it. As someone who majors in musical theatre and should get exposure to this process all the time, I don’t get much of it. I have grown accustomed to working with such amazing people during this long-awaited process. Moments like this remind me why I love what I’m doing and why I want to keep doing it. I guess this blog is a way of thanking ISM, the production of Into the Woods, and the people for giving me this long-awaited opportunity to make art with others. Thank you for coming at the right time when recent events theater-related seemed to crumble and fill me up with frustration and impatience.
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