Sunday, January 8, 2012 # 9:24 PM
Wednesday is the day
Cast is set and I am so excited to hear the first table read for The Dancing Princess. I know we've done it before. Last Leaf has performed it as part of our touring theatre schedule twice, but with the new score and the new characters I have always been wanting to add, I am looking forward to hearing the revised show.
There is something wonderfully fulfilling and exciting about seeing the characters I've written on the page come to life in the hands of amazing actors. There is also something terrifying. I remember at the end of the first table read of Alison in Wonderland, I was sweating and shaking. The joy and horror of being an artist is always having to lay your imagination, quirks, hopes and dreams out there, literally, on the table for everyone to see. It may all be fiction and imaginary, but people look at you afterward like you are sitting there naked. Like they suddenly know your most intimate secrets based on what you've painted or written. Do computer engineers have that same self exposure? Maybe the artist is the better for that and it's cathartic in a masochistic sort of way. Sometimes it's just telling a good story with some fun characters. Whatever. It's all happening Wednesday. Labels: play reading new work
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