/2009/04/i-am-so-tired/ Theatre Information Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 /2009/04/i-am-so-tired/#comment-43 Fri, 08 May 2009 20:07:42 +0000 http://www.showbizradio.net/?p=3691#comment-43 Well put, Ty and Dave. It always helps to have encouragement from fellow cast mates to get over the tiredness vibe felt backstage. Some shows require more rehearsing than others, and longer rehearsals, and that’s when tiredness can really set in. For example, I recently did a 3 hour 15 min long version of Amadeus, with rehearsals that were 4 nights a week plus Saturdays. On a concrete floor stage. But what got us all through it was not the director’s encouragement, but the rallying by fellow cast – especially one guy fondly dubbed “The Candyman” who supplied us with all sorts of “bad” stuff (you know who you are! ;-D)

]]> /2009/04/i-am-so-tired/#comment-42 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:04:43 +0000 http://www.showbizradio.net/?p=3691#comment-42 Interesting article on “tired”. I am one of those actors who works a day job and do my theater at night. I agree, it can be exhausting. I have also been guilty at times to express how tired I am, but as I prepare to rehearse or hit the stage I reach deep down and give 100-110% to the show. But that’s just me and my work ethic. When I have seen or heard others overly expressing how tired they are, I go to them and try and help them rally the hidden energy they have to be at their best. I have found when the entire cast does this for each other, when the cast works as a team and not individual actors in their own bubble, the experience of performing becomes high energy, no matter how tired we are. Last night for e is an example. I was working a fight scene and had been at it for about 30 minutes. it was tiring. We had been just been doing the fight. The director said, one more time slowly, then we’ll take a break and work in the last of the scene after the fight. I said I was tired and needed a break. My co-actor said, “come on, we can do this, let’s show him.” Those little words of encouragement really helped, we not only did the fight, but surprised the director by continuing in full speed mode, and finishing the entire scene. I think we all get tired, even the “professionals” who do this for a living. However, when we work together to overcome being tired, it doesn’t seem so bad and the rehearsal / performance is successful and rewarding.

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