Growing up. I know, it keeps happening, and it's a popular topic for this time of year. Graduation is coming up so quickly, and with the ending of things come the beginning of others. Frightening, exciting, frustrating, worrisome, hopeful, thrilling, chocolate-chippy.
For me this semester was very much a growing period. This whole year was a growing period. First semester was very bad, second semester was all about moving on and being better. Inspiration struck from a surprising source: Stage Managing. I took the stage management seminar this semester, as is required by the Jewell Theatre curriculum. I may not always be the quietest person, but I am, in fact, very non-confrontational. Stage management thrust me into a position of authority and leadership. No questions of whether I deserved or was most qualified, or whether I wanted to do it: this was what had to happen. So, I stage managed. I helped lead the meetings, tried to help keep things focused as work got done. When the time came for me to stage manage an actual show full of actors, I did my best to do it all full-throttle. I sent out rehearsal reports and stayed late typing up task lists so that the show could be as good as we could get it. I worked hard and feel proud of my part in what we accomplished as a whole.
More later.
