Theater week!

G'day Everyone.

Well, it's here. It's theater week. It's when all the rehearsals come together and hopefully all of us actors will be sync this week on the story line. It's also technical week. Starting today and through the performance dates, there'll be lights, sound, special effects, and putting the final stuff together. It has been a real challenge for me, personally, without having an interpreter around. Most of the hearing actors don't care about me. But that's ok. I've seen snotty actors before.

Tonight and for the next 7 nights and 1 afternoon, I'll be in costume. What do I look like? That, I'm going to wait till after the shows are done and I'll ask someone to take my picture for me of what I look like. I may post it on Facebook. Most of you will *LAUGH* what I look like. As I once told someone, I looked like a half naked actor! You'll see why later.

I have three personal challenges for myself this week. One of them happens on Thursday. I did invite the deaf community in my area to come to the PREVIEW night, FREE. I went all out and got an interpreter for the deaf for the Thursday night show. The catch is, they have to email me so I can reserve the seats. The show is our review night to see how we really do and how we can make some improvements to the show so that we'd be ready for the opening night. If nobody comes this Thursday night, I'm going to feel bad for my local deaf community because I wanted to give back to them through this Theater.

The second one is on Saturday night. I'm not saying what is so important this night is to me, but I rather decline to reveal it at the moment. I'm just hope that things do work out. (praying about it)

Third one: Just hope I remember my cues and my lines!

How many cities have their own deaf theater? Save for NTID, NTD, and Gallaudet? There has to be some city that has deaf theater in which deaf people work together to put on a show. There was a part of my life long ago that if I remained in Rochester, I wanted to go back to NTID Theater and be a part of it. Since graduation from NTID, I haven't had that chance. When I was at GU, I didn't take a chance to be in theater there too.

So as I'm thinking of theater this week, I also think of my friend, Peter Cook who does ASL shows. Somewhere out there is Howie Seago and many other deaf actors/actresses.

Enjoy your week. I will try to break a leg. Mind you, not my real leg, just theater speak! Exiting my blog, in a Semper FI salute!

Update: I just found out tonight that they published an article in the "on the arts" section of my newspaper. It was kind of advertising the show. The good part is.. they spelled my name right! *phew*. Going to be a great week.