Le Weekend Passe
I've been so busy but so lazy recently. This past weekend my friend Ryan came up to visit from JMU. He came by bus on Friday and stayed until four yesterday, Sunday. It was a fun and eventful time. We walked around D.C. and visited some monuments and museums then I showed him campus and the Pentagon City mall. Good times. It was nice to see an old friend. I will have to get to Harrisonburg as soon as I am able. After October maybe? Who knows.
On Friday night Ryan and I attended a presentation at CSPAC by the Blair Thomas Theatre Company who is here on the Jim Henson Artist in Residence program. They did a rendition of a series of paintings called The Ox Herders Tale, which basically is an Asian fable on how one must be at piece with oneself for tranquility in life. But is was so AWFUL! I have never seen a worser staged and executed performance piece. They got the message across but failed in delivering a true experience and to transport the audience. First of all, there were numerous technical mistakes and unprofessional mess ups! People paid for this and yet the actors, stage hands, and technicians delivered a pathetic, poorly executed slop. It made me sad that people would be satisfied with such an ill-thought out and presented piece. I mean, basic rehearsals and techs would have allowed for this errors to be corrected. And when I say basic I mean BASIC! People bumped into one another while wildly twirling set pieces, drops got stuck on rafters (which, funnily enough, they knew would happen and had prepared for), backstage noises could be heard during a needily quiet scene, a wheel on a rolling platform was in bad need of oil and was very distracting, and actors got way out of control in their non structured and sloppy performances JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS!!! If you're going to charge people, or even if you aren't, you should at least try to deliver a decent, professional performance. This mess was laughable and I regret the $7 I spent on it. The idea and story line and general idea behind the performance was ok. There was an extended, too long magician montage at the beginning that should have been way shortened if not cut. But overall I would not suggest that anyone go and see this show. It's a waste of money and time. The hour and fourty-five minutes would better be spent observing and reading about the original Ox Herder art pieces.
Today I have my CAPA auditions. I do hope that they go well. I'm extremely nervous about them, but come what may I will ferverently try. It is a rather improtant scholarship that I'm trying for and I'm not sure how they judge who will be given the award. It's always so terrifying walking into a new place for auditions. You don't know what they want or expect or look for. You go in naked and hope that you have what they need. I hope I have what they need because they have something that I need: the scholarship money! So I guess the best we can do is to be honest and truthful to ourselves and hope that they can see the fearlessness and effort we exert through that. Only time will tell what comes out of todays efforts, but hope for the best!
On Friday night Ryan and I attended a presentation at CSPAC by the Blair Thomas Theatre Company who is here on the Jim Henson Artist in Residence program. They did a rendition of a series of paintings called The Ox Herders Tale, which basically is an Asian fable on how one must be at piece with oneself for tranquility in life. But is was so AWFUL! I have never seen a worser staged and executed performance piece. They got the message across but failed in delivering a true experience and to transport the audience. First of all, there were numerous technical mistakes and unprofessional mess ups! People paid for this and yet the actors, stage hands, and technicians delivered a pathetic, poorly executed slop. It made me sad that people would be satisfied with such an ill-thought out and presented piece. I mean, basic rehearsals and techs would have allowed for this errors to be corrected. And when I say basic I mean BASIC! People bumped into one another while wildly twirling set pieces, drops got stuck on rafters (which, funnily enough, they knew would happen and had prepared for), backstage noises could be heard during a needily quiet scene, a wheel on a rolling platform was in bad need of oil and was very distracting, and actors got way out of control in their non structured and sloppy performances JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS!!! If you're going to charge people, or even if you aren't, you should at least try to deliver a decent, professional performance. This mess was laughable and I regret the $7 I spent on it. The idea and story line and general idea behind the performance was ok. There was an extended, too long magician montage at the beginning that should have been way shortened if not cut. But overall I would not suggest that anyone go and see this show. It's a waste of money and time. The hour and fourty-five minutes would better be spent observing and reading about the original Ox Herder art pieces.
Today I have my CAPA auditions. I do hope that they go well. I'm extremely nervous about them, but come what may I will ferverently try. It is a rather improtant scholarship that I'm trying for and I'm not sure how they judge who will be given the award. It's always so terrifying walking into a new place for auditions. You don't know what they want or expect or look for. You go in naked and hope that you have what they need. I hope I have what they need because they have something that I need: the scholarship money! So I guess the best we can do is to be honest and truthful to ourselves and hope that they can see the fearlessness and effort we exert through that. Only time will tell what comes out of todays efforts, but hope for the best!
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