the play

Tonight my daughter was in a production at school. There were two performances today and I attended the second one. She did her part well and I was pleased to see that her hard work had paid off for her. There were a lot of performers in this show and many of them did a good job and many of them did an ok job. You could tell who worked hard and who slacked off but this was a school production that was done with limitted space and limitted rehearsal time. I don't critisize except to say that there were some that could have worked a little harder on their lines and cues.

My daughter informed me after the performance was over that during the first show of the day she fell off the riser and knocked over the set. While I am sure it would have been humorous to have seen, she was totally embarrassed and cried at the end of the performance. She told me she was so thankful that the first show was not well attended. The second show went much better. I told her to think of the first show as their dress rehearsal since their original dress rehearsal and first schedualled show had been cancelled due to a death in the director's family. I think that helped a little with the disappointment she felt.

She is enjoying being in the theater and while this was not really the way I would have chosen for her to perform, I keep in mind that at least she is willing to get out on stage in front of people. I hope she continues with her acting and continues to enjoy what she is doing.

She has performed in two community theater productions and has learned a great deal from them. While this is a good thing, it is at the same time a bit frustrating for her to work with others that haven't learned the same methods or acting rules that she has learned. She benefits as well from a mother that was involved in theater while in high school.

This play was a funny one and the kids did a fairly good job on it. I look forward to seeing further productions at a later date and really look forward to her high school productions.