Research

Evening everyone! I hope you all had a terrific Labor Day weekend! I took a few days off from writing to spend some time with my sweet hubby and quality time with my critters :) Weekends are also busy for me, especially when involved in any type of theatrical production. I had a three hour musical/dance rehearsal Friday night, four hour musical/dance rehearsal Saturday and Sunday. That is the pattern every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and has been for the past month or so. You can see how a weekend is easily consumed.

Back to the "research" title of this blog... after Friday night's rehearsal a few of the cast decided to go "out" for some "cast bonding" to a local restaurant and bar. My hubby, John, and I were headed home, but "cast bonding" is a critical in theater to establish rapor among fellow castmates and make relationships believable on stage. So, we decided to go out for "a little while." There was a group of six or seven of us that made our way to the first stop... yes, the first stop. We arrived at around 10:00 PM. We ordered some appetizers, adult beverages and sat out on the deck to listen to the live music fill the night air... all while enjoying each other's company and "bonding." Well, at about 11:30 the manager came and asked us kindly to please leave. We decided we were having so much fun "bonding" that we walked across the street to the competing bar. It stayed open until 1:00 AM. When we arrived at our new location we heard the announcement, "last call!" So, we ordered a few pitchers for the group and proceeded to "bond" some more.

Before we knew it, it must've been 1:00 AM because we were the only ones left in the place and, again, the manager was asking us, kindly, to please leave. We still were having way too much fun, but gathered our belongings and moved to the parking lot out front to say our goodbyes. We took silly pictures of each other, laughed A LOT, told stories, made fun of each other (and of other people), shared war stories and all sorts of things that thespians do when we "bond"... we had a great time!

One of our castmates had a 1.5 hour drive to make only to get up and work at 7:00 that morning. Another had to stay up and study for school. Why do we do it? Good question... thespians are creative, crazy, fun, loving, zany, shy, goofy, unihibited individuals that enjoy being with each other. Especially if we're in a show together. We are, for the most part, individuals at first, but by the time the show is underway we're family. It's an amazing thing, theater... it's magic!

Thanks... and stay tuned!
Jules*