That title looks like it should be "Workshop! The Musical!" Hmm... and my wheels are turning at this new idea...
Workshop happened! Last week. Wow, I'm bad at keeping up with this stuff. But, whether I wrote it down or not, it did happen, and that's what's important. So. The local art fest was happening at the same time- in the parking lot of the theatre. Not a great start; parking was a bear. But I got there; and the president of the theatre got there; and we went up to the theatre, opened the side room, sat at the table, and waited. The room was decently spacious, but hot. Thankfully it was late, and cooled down pretty quickly. Also, not many people showed up to make it hotter... sigh. Just, we rescheduled so that hopefully more people would have a free spot in their schedule, and it didn't work, so that was extra disappointing. I hope the next one will work out better. However, I did have one lady show up on time. We waited a bit, and when no-one else came, we agreed to split the parts and work through it that way. I'd rather get one person's feedback than none, and I'd rather not cancel, as it's a drive (well, at least for me; I live the furthest away from the theatre!), so we may as well go ahead and do it, to make it worth everyone's time for coming out. Then, a few pages into that, another gal showed up. We redistributed the parts and continued. The good thing about having such a low number of people: everyone was fine with not taking a break, so we just continued until we were completely done. This was especially a good thing as, unbeknownst (ooh, fancy!) to us, a thunderstorm was moving through the area; it hit JUST as we were finishing up with feedback. Then, since I had to park a decent amount away because of the fest, I got to run three blocks through pouring rain and thunder and lightning carrying a heavy laptop. Fun times. Did I mention I'm out of shape? Or, as I found out, REALLY out of shape. Yeah, the play was a little long. The whole read without a break, took just over two hours. So that's without intermission time, and this is a play aimed at kids and teens. Yikes. I mean, there's nothing to worry about, because kids will TOTALLY sit still that entire time. They never get antsy. Never. The thing I find interesting about read-throughs: people never, never laugh in the spots you think are funny, instead laughing at completely different spots you find trite or forced. Or maybe, since the lack of laughs seemed particularly to happen on my reads, it's just the way I read the lines. Could be just my perception; on the other hand, I've read it through so much I suspect I may have been going a bit fast. On the other other hand, no-one said anything, so perhaps that's just my perception too. On the other other other... maybe I'm overthinking this. The thing I find interesting about feedback: people never, never, never come up with the issues you came up with. I was amazed at the issues presented (though not entirely surprised, as I knew this script certainly had some issues). It's really quite interesting; it makes me look at the script in a different way, which is no bad thing! Trying to see things from another perspective is, after all, what writing is all about (while simultaneously conveying your own perspective. You know, easy-peasy). Now I get to revise the script. I... kind of haven't started yet... which I should, as it needs quite an overhaul. I think that's why I'm putting it off! I mean, I won't be able to workshop again for at least a month, which is, you know, ages away. I'll do it. I'll get it done. I'm just... not ready yet. It has to happen when I'm ready. And I don't know exactly when the next workshop will be, which is profoundly irritating. I had hoped to schedule it at this workshop, but... again, I am at the mercy of the theatre schedule. As the next show only auditions this coming weekend, the director does not have her schedule in place yet. The other show, currently in rehearsals, has only about six days (!) free through the entire next month... so I'm kind of worried about getting any time
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