The Beginning of a Hedda Adventure

Tonight's the first preview of Hedda Gabler. Please allow a moment for my inner monologue:

AAAAAAAAAUGHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Ah. So. Ok. So. GAH! Ok.

Please multiply the above threefold in reference to next Tuesday night (Press Night).

It's been a short journey for me from rehearsals to now. It's been a lovely experience for the most part, and I'm definitely thrilled. But what I realized was that starting tonight it's not just the family we've bonded into. Starting tonight I will be talking, singing, dancing, and barking in front of people. People who haven't shared in the journey. People who have no idea what we were thinking.

I know you're thinking, um, CSmith? How long have you been in theatre? None of this is a revalation, nothing new here. Get over it!

To you I say, PAH! I can be nervous if I want to, and it's the first time I've written something like this in this blog. PAH, I say!

I am in love with the cast and with Chris, and have made myself very vulnerable for this show. I've allowed them to hear me sing and look stupid, which has, overall, already heightened my confidence greatly. This is just another one of those emotional hurdles. Oh, and have I mentioned this is my first professional theatre experience? Have I?!? Because it is.

So there.

Please come see it and clap.

Previews Feb 7, 8, 9, 11 at 8pm, Runs Feb 14-Mar 9, Th-Sunday.