September 24th-26th, 2012: My Least and Most Favorite Parts of Theatre

When working in Theatre I think one of the hardest parts is not the rehearsals or the actual run of the show, but the part where you have to put together a cast.  The part where you have to sit down and really think about what you want the show to be like and how the people who audition would make the characters shine.  There is no easy way to go about this process and you just have to follow your gut.

There were plenty of talented people that showed up for the "Annie" auditions and the callbacks proved to show just how talented they could be.  We would have loved to have cast everyone but that isn't how show business works.  In the end you have to reject people and that is the part I hate the most.

I'm glad I don't have to actually make the choices the director has to make and pick out the cast but at the same time then I'm left calling the individuals that didn't get parts, but on the bright side I also get to offer parts.  However, offering parts doesn't always go as well as you would like it either.  People say no to you sometimes and that is almost as hard as the other way around.

If someone was to ask me my most and least favorite parts about doing a show I would say the process of calling all of those people to either offer parts or reject is my least.  I'm going to take a moment to think about what I would say the most favorite part is. I'll symbolize time passing with these handy dots...... The part when we actually have the finished product and are showing it to the audience.  It is the time when I'm the most nerve wracked and adrenaline pumping but at the same time I'm confident in the abilities of everyone around me that we will make a great show.  It's the best when we get to see all of the combined efforts of so many people finally complete and hopefully their vision on stage.

I hope to have the ability to wrangle all of these adults and 7 little girls to keep us in line for our next few months of rehearsal so we can be the best we can be.  Also, so that we can totally kick the other "Annie" productions in the area in the tush with how awesome we are.

Monday through Wednesday might have been rough with calling what felt like a billion people and waiting for people to return called felt like a billion years had past, but it's all worth the finished product in the end.