Sunday, May 15, 2011

I Can't Really Explain It, I Haven't Got the Words

Oh, and sometimes there are just days and nights when things go right, and it isn't because the work is perfect, because it isn't, and it isn't because the work is new or shocking or something familiar or something novel, because it's all of those things a little bit but really none of them, but what it is is that a group of people were in a room and something happened because they were there. And there is a feeling of fun and sharing and going further than you should because you CAN all of a sudden, and everyone is hoping but not dreading and things are easy and silly and because of that they are also daring and dangerous.

It's very beautiful to be in a room when the actors crack each other up, and the play stops for a split second and the PLAY takes over.

And these are just seconds that take us away from a loneliness that will gobble you up if you give it a chance, but the seconds are such gems of hope that they allow us to keep going, because when you are in a room like that there is love for you, and you are a part of it, whether you are actor or audience. And they're so rare but like berries that pop in your mouth you must keep searching for more.

Oh man, my relationship with theatre is serious. It's making me doubt my relationship with fictional character Jim Halpert, it's so serious.

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