April 30th, 2009
True West Thanks
I just wanted to spend a post to thank everyone who supported the show (I just finished directing a local production of Sam Shepard’s True West, for those who didn’t know that). We closed it in late April and I had a wonderful time with a great cast and crew and design staff. It was a joy to be involved with and I really saw it as a stress-free “fun” thing to do each night. I especially want to thank my wife and daughter though. They felt the brunt of me being gone so much and I couldn’t have done that without them. Let alone Jen was the Producer for the show as well!
Also thanks for all who made the effort to come see it. I know I was shy about telling everyone but a few of you managed to make it to the show. Whether you liked it or not the attendance means a lot to me. Even Tracy Chapman came to see it (as she is a local) so that was exciting!
Yeah, community theatre can really become the cliche of a “Waiting for Guffman” mess sometimes, but this wasn’t the case for me this time. We were all proud of the thing and were sorry to see it go. That is one of my favorite things about the medium though…You Can’t Take it with You as they say. Once it is over the product is gone forever. Never to be seen again in that form. That is why the process itself is so important to me. I think we set out to have fun with it and we did just that. If there is a next time I can only hope we are lucky enough to repeat at least some of that fun.
P.S. It was also nice to ship a product in only 6 weeks (of rehearsal, 4 weeks of performance). Imagine shipping a game in 6 weeks!
Note – That image is of Scott and Pete thinking they are all Hamlet or something. Thanks guys!
