Just thought I'd share that with you all before moving on to the real reason of this post - reflecting on Madam Fury's Traveling Show. Well, it happened. It's already over. Kinda hard to believe we're done with it. It took up the last month of my life, and was fantastic, and fun, and so great to be working again - especially on a good/worthwhile piece of new theatre with some truly fantastic people.
One thing that did surprise (and confuse) me was how quiet I was for the whole process. I began to wonder if I even had a personality anymore! At the start of anything, be it school, a new job, a show, whatever, I am quiet and observational. But after a few days, I get into the swing of things and the "real me" comes out and everything is hunky dory. Well, the "real me" decided she didn't want to come out and play. I don't why that happened. Though I guess in one way it was good - I kept all my snarky, sarcastic, witty remarks to myself, which might not have been welcomed during Tech, where everyone else's emotions seemed to be running high. My normally silver, glib tongue seemed to desert me, which was annoying, to say the least. Saying goodbye to people at the closing night cast party, I felt like a veritable dunce. I hope to never revisit that state again. I did make food for the cast quite often, which was a little bit of me coming through - though now I will have to cut back on the baking because I don't have a large group of test subje....I mean, actors to feed.
I hope this is not the last I will see of Madam Fury's Traveling Show, or of some of the wonderful people with whom I got to work. Speaking of which, in case you didn't see it on my Facebook page a while back, here's a cool story about Val Fagan (Madam Fury) and myself.
Who would've thought that 5yrs later, a girl with crazy, wild dreams would actually be living them out? And with someone she met and admired when she was 16? Val is such a lovely, powerhouse of a woman and performer, and it was a joy sharing the stage with her - I hope it is not the last time.