A Life in Progress

I know I've talked about this before on the blog, this notion of always being in progress, but this week seems so ideal to revisit it. This is the third year that I've done the dinner theater. The first year was pure chaos- delightful and funny- but marvelous and wild. The second was much the same- hilarious, stressful, wonderful stress and hard work. This year, I did all I could to create a system that helped to lighten the load for everyone. We started writing the script way earlier, had a script done weeks before the show and I added a tech class to help with some of the many things that need to get done. In the past, the light or sound person was the student who wasn't going to memorize lines and so they may not have been reliable and I had to cobble together people to move the set at the last minute. This was the most organized I have ever been and still there are things that need to be done and MUCH work to accomplish. Do I feel stressed? Yes. Do I also feel really amazed by what we have accomplished this year? Yes. The students have done incredibly well, responding to the challenge of this show more maturely and beautifully than ever before. I celebrate all of that and at the same time, look to the future for what I can do better. With that said, part of designing a schedule that would work, involved creating courses I could teach that allowed me to place special time on the show. Thank you for being in this interactive course that allows me to have a voice, give you loads of feedback, teach you some cool stuff and also gives me space to be in more than one place at a time. I thank you for your patience and your investment in this class. Thank you, thank you, thank you!