[As I continue letting you in on some back posts, since we’re already on the subject of musicals, this is stuff about a musical (that I’d written at the end of the first year of BMI!) that got on its feet in January 2019! Here is the post as it was written in January 2019.]
At the time of this writing, the show is tomorrow (Thursday, January 24th, 2019). But since in New York time, my stuff posts after midnight… It is technically the day of the show, y’all!
So, this is happening! A mini-musical, in a festival, in Manhattan!
[If you’re in Manhattan and available Thursday, Friday, or Sunday, come out!]
Weirdly, this is the first time I’ve had anything original of mine play in Manhattan. That’s weird to think about… But, hey! It’s finally happening!
And I know it’s only a 96-seat theater, and a 14-minute show. So, I don’t need to get sooooo excited… But I’m excited! We did it!
We got all the people, blocked the show, learned the words, did all the necessary paperwork to use Equity actors, put a physical paper program together – all of it.
And, I imagined I’d be running around ’til the last minute, out of breath, rolling into the theater just beforehand, with the final props and stuff… But, nah. It feels like we’ve pretty much got it all together.
[I think. I dunno. I’m writing this before dress rehearsal. But as of now, the programs are being made. Rehearsal looks promising. Guess we’ll see how tech goes tomorrow!]
I feel like I made some closer friendships along the way, and just had a generally great time. [I freaking love acting, and singing, and writing, and creating, and connecting with people!]
Also, it’s been weird to actually do the show, because bringing it to life, with staging, adds a lot for me.
And it’s also just been… interesting… I don’t even know the right word to see how much physicality there is for the lead actors!
Spoiler alert: There’s so much that just runs the gamut. One second we’re kissing, and the next he’s choking me. Like, we are all over the stage, all over the floor, all over everywhere. I’m laughing. I’m sobbing. And it’s all happening in 14 minutes or less, which is just… it’s a LOT!
I know musicals kind of have to be about 90 minutes or so, in order to kinda go anywhere real or do anything. (And obviously I do have a long version of this show.) But there is something I sort of like about just the BOOM! This show all comes at you right at once and it’s like, “Whoa. What happened?”
Also (spoiler alert again), with the staging and everything, the ending feels more horrifying than ever, watching the show play out… which, I guess is what I want, because people need to be more concerned with domestic violence!… [We even stage part of it in more of a kind of metaphorical, rather than literal way. But it’s still completely horrifying, in my opinion. And I knew that, but don’t think I fully, fully felt that until we’re actually all doing it, and it’s like “whoa.”
Aaaaanyway, enough talking about it! It’s time to do it!