Final Thoughts

My final thoughts on the internship with the New Minowa Players: I learned a lot, I had fun, I worked really hard and absolutely felt appreciated for it, and I would do it again. In this case, no further news is good news. The shows all went great. There were a few minor line issues right to the very end, but a lot of that was just due to over-excitement on the part of the cast, I think. I will definitely use the backstage map-system idea in the future, when I stage manage and such, because it really did make the scene changes just fly. I think I also learned that even though I didn't think I knew how to do a lot of things, ingenuity and self-confidence go a long way in getting things done (and in getting other people to get things done, too). Also, duct-tape is and always will be my friend. We all even managed to have fun at strike. Don't get me wrong; strikes are work and this one was no different, but something changes in the air when you know that everyone really does want to help, and that everyone is there because they want to or even feel they NEED to be there. I would hope that that idea, that of wanting to be a part of strike to show gratitude and be part of a group, is an idea and a feeling that I can carry with me.