The song itself makes a lot of statements about what it means to feel called to the performing arts and it is something interesting to explore for myself. The lyrics to the song, and the theme of the show in general, asks when and how one would know this is what they were meant for.
I think part of the answer to that question, for me, is in what I love most about this work. An interesting quote from one of the scenes I'm doing in the show which comes from Private Eyes sums up my character's belief of what it is to act:
Acting is the cold, hard fact that someone is standing in front of you and you look into their eyes and they want something from you, and you from them. And through some combination of bloodshed and eloquence you find your place with each other.
I think that sums it up pretty well.
I also had one of those Sundays where the church sermon is on topic with what I'm thinking about/going through in that it was examining how much story is a vital part of being human, and included a quote which really resonated with me.
C.S. Lewis writes in An Experiment in Criticism:
(We) seek an enlargement of our being. We want to be more than ourselves. Each of us by nature sees the whole world from one point of view with a perspective and a selectiveness peculiar to himself. ...We want to see with other eyes, to imagine with other imaginations, to feel with other hearts, as well as with our own. ... We demand windows.
In an e-mail read by Kirsty Provan during the performances of I Was Meant For The Stage, she said of her time on stage that "every night I am here in this space, this holy of holies, I am baptized on stage."
All of these things have been buzzing around in my head during our whirlwind of a creation/rehearsal process, and then our ever so short run of performances.
Besides the theme, I loved working on this show because, due to its eclectic nature, the show allowed me several roles that were a nice stretch away from the general 'type' that I tend to get cast as. I often don't think of myself as a comedian, particularly coming from a Theatre Dept. that was rich with people who's natural comedic timing was perfection. Who wouldn't have picked them first when it comes to a comedic role. But I knew that I could do comedy, and working in things like This Is A Play by Daniel MacIver was an excellent opportunity to prove that to myself and others. I even got a chance to test drive one of the songs from the show I am doing with my husband this July, The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown. More details on that show to come.
It was a wonderful time to acknowledge that I LOVE doing what I do and I am so happy to have found work that brings me that much joy.
For those who did make it out to see this: Thank You. Thank you for supporting the arts, and thank you for supporting me and my work.
(We) seek an enlargement of our being. We want to be more than ourselves. Each of us by nature sees the whole world from one point of view with a perspective and a selectiveness peculiar to himself. ...We want to see with other eyes, to imagine with other imaginations, to feel with other hearts, as well as with our own. ... We demand windows.
In an e-mail read by Kirsty Provan during the performances of I Was Meant For The Stage, she said of her time on stage that "every night I am here in this space, this holy of holies, I am baptized on stage."
All of these things have been buzzing around in my head during our whirlwind of a creation/rehearsal process, and then our ever so short run of performances.
Besides the theme, I loved working on this show because, due to its eclectic nature, the show allowed me several roles that were a nice stretch away from the general 'type' that I tend to get cast as. I often don't think of myself as a comedian, particularly coming from a Theatre Dept. that was rich with people who's natural comedic timing was perfection. Who wouldn't have picked them first when it comes to a comedic role. But I knew that I could do comedy, and working in things like This Is A Play by Daniel MacIver was an excellent opportunity to prove that to myself and others. I even got a chance to test drive one of the songs from the show I am doing with my husband this July, The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown. More details on that show to come.
It was a wonderful time to acknowledge that I LOVE doing what I do and I am so happy to have found work that brings me that much joy.
For those who did make it out to see this: Thank You. Thank you for supporting the arts, and thank you for supporting me and my work.
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