I just really like this photo. St. Pauls Cathedral, St. Paul Minnesota
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006
The Journey to Completion.
Theatre currently consumes my life. Yes, when i was on tour i couldn't get away from the theatre. But now i feel like Theatre is finally (or unfortunately) filling my veins. I am in the midst of completely the run of a show i have assisted in directing. I was just cast as "Cinderella" in the next show and am currently searching for my own show to produce at the end of the semester. The job i am paid to do from three to five on work days is in the Theatre. My classes are in theatre. My freetime is going to see other shows. I sent in an application yesterday and today to audition for professional theatre. It seems never ending.
Tonight as i left the theatre i was only gone for all of 20 seconds as i circled the building then was called back into it to help someone out. i can't get away from it. I'm glad that i'm doing something i enjoy. if i didn't enjoy this, i would have gone insane a long time ago. However, the work doesn't stop. The journey to completion is so interminable. I have no idea how long God wants me to drive down this road. But the fact is, is that i'm satisfied. i never feel more satisfaction then when i'm doing something that i know God desires me to do. And the majority of the time, that involves theatre. I suppose it's rational. I am a theatre major after all. However, i don't know where to go after this. There are so many walls to climb, trains to catch and so many questions to answer just to solve one problem. I presume that my first problem to solve is this hovering question of what show will i put on? I am in Directing right now and one of the largest requirements is directing your own work at the end of the semester. The first wall to climb is chosing what show. Right now i'm looking at Ionesco, Albee, Wilkins and even shows that my friend has written. There are thousands of possibilities. But you must choose one, only one. I am not taking this choice lightly either. This is my one chance to show my work as a director at this university and i don't want to be flippint.
However, the problem i am facing with all of these issues... Is that there is more to life then theatre, and sometimes i forget that. Sometimes you are so lost in that black box that you forget the responsibilies of the rest of life. Is the theatre the distraction or is the rest of life?
I am obviously revealing my current pensiveness.
These are mere thoughts that i have yet to complete.
Tonight as i left the theatre i was only gone for all of 20 seconds as i circled the building then was called back into it to help someone out. i can't get away from it. I'm glad that i'm doing something i enjoy. if i didn't enjoy this, i would have gone insane a long time ago. However, the work doesn't stop. The journey to completion is so interminable. I have no idea how long God wants me to drive down this road. But the fact is, is that i'm satisfied. i never feel more satisfaction then when i'm doing something that i know God desires me to do. And the majority of the time, that involves theatre. I suppose it's rational. I am a theatre major after all. However, i don't know where to go after this. There are so many walls to climb, trains to catch and so many questions to answer just to solve one problem. I presume that my first problem to solve is this hovering question of what show will i put on? I am in Directing right now and one of the largest requirements is directing your own work at the end of the semester. The first wall to climb is chosing what show. Right now i'm looking at Ionesco, Albee, Wilkins and even shows that my friend has written. There are thousands of possibilities. But you must choose one, only one. I am not taking this choice lightly either. This is my one chance to show my work as a director at this university and i don't want to be flippint.
However, the problem i am facing with all of these issues... Is that there is more to life then theatre, and sometimes i forget that. Sometimes you are so lost in that black box that you forget the responsibilies of the rest of life. Is the theatre the distraction or is the rest of life?
I am obviously revealing my current pensiveness.
These are mere thoughts that i have yet to complete.
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