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As the sun rises for Moonchildren
Yep, the day after the final performance of Moonchildren and I all ready miss being apart of it.
Anyone who does theatre always gets that "day after blues" because there comes a point when you do a show, you get to know your cast and crew pretty well. You share jokes and stories with them. For a brief period, they almost become like family.
After a show, you go off and you only occasionally see them. It could be something like walking in town and running into them and saying stuff like, "Hey, how's it going?" "That's good." "Well, see you later, take care."
My memories of Moonchildren are really nice memories. It was a lot of fun, I certainly have never laughed as hard before in life, both this show and working with the people involved. I laughed so much that at some point my cheeks would start hurting and my sides would ache like I got worked over by some bullies.
During the course of the show, I was working like a madman on stuff like the cartoon [with talks with the animator about staging], the webcomic [writing stuff for chapters, talking with the artist/webmaster about the chapters and site] and now radio plays. Not to mention looking for a job. So some stress came upon me at times, but when I got to rehearsals, the stress would go away. I found myself every time walking out the loft after rehearsals, just beaming and feeling so much better. That's what I'll remember most about this show, just having a great time and working with great people.
The show itself was something that I really found myself relating to. It's set in the mid 60's but still more relevant today than ever. These were real people in this story, not characters. That was something in the script and something Bob wanted all of us to deliver and I feel we succeed. I will say that I have seen some of the best work I have ever seen. I would rank this production as simply one of the best ever in my opinion. I am very proud to have been apart of this show. I think this was one of the first times that I was NOT nervous about performing. Waiting in the wings before my appearance each night, I was pacing back and fourth, not with trepidations but I just couldn't stand still I was so excited that I couldn't wait to go out there and work with actors I respect on the stage and off it was well. I remember first seeing the cast list and honestly my first reaction was this, "HOLY SHIT! This is a great cast! I can't wait to work with these people!" I was shaking with joy that I was in this show, getting to work with a cast of people that were both casual and new and getting to work with Bob for the first time.
So, the the cast: Nathan, Keith, Suzy, Alex, Kristi, Kurt, Anthony, Lisa, Victor, Don, Jeff, Tammy, Randy and John, you all were fantastic! To Bob, Ann and Tina, you were great leaders that I learned so much from.
Now to use everything I learned from this play for the next one. Take care everyone.
-Ryan
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