Medea: The Performance

Tonight was the official night of our performance for Medea. After this past week of rehearsal, we were finally able to showcase all our efforts in acting and costuming. Our piece in act one fit in right before Guys and Dolls which was right before the intermission. As we heard our cues we made our way towards stage left which marked our entrance. As we were backstage, Jackie, Dhara, and I quickly reviewed our lines one last time. We realized that all our work amounted to this one performance. For me, I was not nervous as I pretended that the performance was just another rehearsal; however, I was anxious to get on stage. As I spoke our first line, everything that our director had reminded us to do this past week reverberated in my head: remember to create clumps and not lines, project your voice, move with purpose, and keep your hands at your sides. When one of the chorus members had made a minor mistake, it had once been natural instinct for everyone else to laugh and giggle. However, tonight, everyone remained in character because we knew that regardless of what happened, it was important to maintain our characters because for these five minutes onstage we were no one else aside from being the people of Corinth. The piece was over before I knew it and we were making our way offstage.

The next time we were onstage would be during the Seussical piece. Our only role was to sing and and do the movements as was done by the cast onstage. As we sang, we put our hearts into the song realizing that all the efforts in rehearsal was for this one night. In thinking back on this experience, it makes me grateful that I decided to participate in this year's May Show. After being a part of the crew in Seussical, it made me want to do more than just perform before the class. This one experience set in motion the motivation for me to be a part of our school productions and to therefore be more involved in our theatre program. It made me realize that theatre HL goes way beyond what we do in class but that it is a means for us to be a part of our theatre program.