{"id":1141,"date":"2016-09-13T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2018-08-30T20:22:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:22:03","slug":"opening-a-musical-as-told-in-spongebob-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/opening-a-musical-as-told-in-spongebob-gifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening a Musical: As Told In SpongeBob GIFs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening a Musical: As Told In SpongeBob GIFs<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Rob Ward<\/p>\n

September 13, 2016<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Auditions are terrifying.<\/h4>\n
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Once they’re done, you check non-stop for the cast list.<\/h4>\n
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It was worth the wait. You got the part you wanted!<\/h4>\n
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Now it’s time for your first vocal rehearsal.<\/h4>\n
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And of course choreography rehearsal.<\/h4>\n
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Choreography may be exhausting, but your legs are so in shape.<\/h4>\n
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As rehearsals move forward, you try everything to get off book.<\/h4>\n
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Along the way, you share backstage inside jokes with cast and crew.<\/h4>\n
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It all starts to feel real after the costume parade.<\/h4>\n
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But before the show can open, you have to survive tech week.<\/h4>\n
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During tech week, you learn how to live on 45 minutes of sleep per night.<\/h4>\n
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But if you survive it, it’s time for opening night!<\/h4>\n
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Hopefully the run of the show is a smashing success.<\/h4>\n
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And when the show closes, you’ll be sad to see it end.<\/h4>\n
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But the friendships you made while putting this show together will stay with you forever.<\/h4>\n
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Rob Ward<\/strong>\u00a0is a freelance show writer and director and a resident improv performer and instructor at Orlando\u2019s SAK Comedy Lab.<\/em><\/h5>\n
Thumbnail image from Spongebob Squarepants.\u00a0<\/em>Photo copyright Nickelodeon Studios.<\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260,453],"tags":[6,271,304,115,14,114,347],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}