Door is closed

Stage Door's final performance was saturday. It went well.



On some level I think Thursday night might have been the smoothest show technically and performatively, though I continued to see great growth, focus and play the last two nights. (I did not see the matinee - and apparently that was a good thing)



Tonight was a solid show. Act One was a little slow - but not like last night. The actors were clearly having fun - particularly big and little mary. Last night seemed to be olga's night. All of the piano lazzis really played (haha).



Jean made some nice leaps tonight. I could go on about each cast member - but there are 31! So that could take a while. In short, i think Terry really started to own playing the character of the best actress in the house. Her voice became much more confident - as did how she physically held herself. The scenes with kingsley and keith really landed. Kingsley really grew so much the past month - playing him as a kind of cary grant, classy guy.



To put the whole thing in perspective, I feel the students accomplished the objective: to apply what they've been learning in acting class to a (semi)-full production, playing roles in what is clearly a different style from what they're used to. And to enjoy it.