{"id":6919,"date":"2019-05-24T19:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=6919"},"modified":"2019-05-24T19:09:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:09:20","slug":"things-theatre-kids-think-on-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/things-theatre-kids-think-on-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Theatre Kids Think on Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things Theatre Kids Think on Opening Night<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Alex Cumming<\/p>\n

May 22, 2019<\/p>\n<\/font>

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1. Are any of my friends or family in the audience?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Just because I made them promise they would come, doesn’t mean they won\u2019t back out last minute. <\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Are all my props where they need to be?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Checking for the fifth time won\u2019t hurt? Right?<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. I hope my makeup doesn\u2019t run.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The last thing any of us want is to watch the lead do the show with their fake eyelashes falling off the whole time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. I have avoided dairy all week, so my voice is in tip-top shape<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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I have been strictly drinking honey tea only<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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5. I have so much school work to do when this show ends!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Teachers accept show week as an excuse for late work, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

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6. What if my scene partner forgets their lines?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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I am not emotionally prepared to improv Shakespeare.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7. I hope someone is recording.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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I want my grandkids’ grandkids to be watching this performance<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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8. What if nobody shows up?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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How reliable is a Facebook event page really?<\/span><\/p>\n

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9. I can\u2019t believe that freshman said MacB in the theater!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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If something happens because of that kid, I can\u2019t guarantee I won\u2019t flip!<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. Wow, we only did our first run of the show last night.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Crazy to think just how far we\u2019ve come.<\/span><\/p>\n

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11. Maybe this show will be my big break!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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So I\u2019ma act like everybody\u2019s watching.<\/span><\/p>\n

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12. What if someone famous is in the audience?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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An actor can dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

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13. I can\u2019t believe how many times this blocking has changed.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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How many times do you need to change two characters sitting and talking?<\/span><\/p>\n

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14. I cannot wait for how wild this cast party is gonna be!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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I can and I will be letting my animal side out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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15.\u00a0What will I do with all my free time when the show ends?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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I probably should have been making plans…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alex Cumming is an actor and improviser based out of Orlando.<\/em><\/h5>\n
Thumbnail image from Saturday Night Live<\/em>. Copyright \u00a9 NBC Universal 2009.<\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260,453],"tags":[420,340,21,784,114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6919"}],"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=6919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}