Though not feeling as well as I would have liked when I got to the theater yesterday, I was happy to be warming up backstage awaiting the premiere of Lost and Found, the piece I'd been working on so hard. Just a little after 2pm, the lights came up, and Scott played me in...Happy to see so many faces (many more than expected on a snowy day in NC), we had a blast! And before I knew it, the piece was over! There is no such thing as a perfect run, so there were a few minor things...a late light cue, a flubbed line, but nothing serious! I couldn't have been happier with the reaction we got from the audience! After the performance was over, a woman from the audience told us a story about an old letter she'd kept that was her grandfather's from WWI, unopened, and how she could not part with it because of the history it had behind it... A woman from the Guilford County School System approached us, and asked us if we would perform at their spring symposium... We also swapped information with the director of Final Word, the other theater company sharing the afternoon slot with us, asking if we'd be interested to perform the piece at a festival in May! I love it when things begin to "roll" from the first performance of a piece. I am always surprised and fascinated with the life a piece leads all on its own: Its birth, it's growth, and finally its death...and sometimes, its resurrection. Now after a cat nap, I'm gearing up for this evening's show at 8pm, as well as packing my bag for my trip to New York City early tomorrow morning...5am to be exact!
Aside from my activities regarding the Greensboro Fringe Festival, where we are performing Lost and Found, I have been working hard on applications. During the Fall and winter, it is my ritual to do as many applications as I possibly can. No, not for a new job! For dance festivals, film festivals, residencies and grants! I sent off a few today, some local, some out of state, and one to the Netherlands...and now to wait, and see what comes out in the wash! That is always the hardest part. Every March, April and May, I am biting my fingernails hoping that the ones I really had my heart set on come through! And usually, one does. And a few that I was only half excited about come through, and at least one surprise! Off now to get some eats before the show...wish me luck!
~Cara
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