Oh, What a Turnaround

I came back from Bosnia feeling like the rat race was a joke, and why play it, and here it is a mere 6 days later, and I'm back in full force.

I had my improv show on Friday night, a sketch rehearsal on Saturday afternoon, and the tech rehearsal for the improv tonight, and then I will have a comedy competition game show with my acting studio on Tuesday night.

All so far have gone tremendous.

I was nervous about my improv show because I'm now in the big leagues, but I felt like I had a good character (which is 90% of what it takes) and I felt like I knew my character. Even though those are in place, you never know until it happens.

Several "intimidating" people are in the cast with me. The owner of the theatre, the woman who taught me improv, and the guy who is responsible for me ultimately even being with this troupe. All people I want to prove myself to over and over again. All people who I probably don't need to prove myself to, but still, you want to please those that matter.

Well, it went well. It went really well. We had a GREAT first show. I think all of us were a bit surprised by how well it went. And we were missing two of our strongest improvisers. So...

I felt good. I'm still the freshman of the troupe, but I held my own. I feel like I know my character, and so, that really, really helps.

Then, my sketch stuff is coming along really well. I haven't really been getting notes from the director, which is a good sign, because he would give them if he needed to. Also, a rumor made it back to me, through one of my fellow classmates, that he said he had already decided who the "four" that he would nominate to advance would be, and I was one of them. So, that's great.

Now, all we need is to do the good stuff that we are doing on the show night in one week, and have the owner see what we are working towards, and the first hoop is jumped through.

So, just as my jet lag is fading, my compulsion to run through the maze is heating up. Oh well, I don't mind. It is, after all, what I love to do.