Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Vaginas need to talk....and TALK!

The show is on its feet!!! We have had two run-throughs and the girls are looking great on stage. Of course, after every rehearsal I think about completely changing the staging. Last night the Executive Producer of the company hosting THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES approached me, and reminded me of an idea I brought up during my interview, and now I am reconsidering. But with so little rehearsal time, is it wise to switch things up radically? (Cast, don't worry, you can handle anything, it is only my sanity I am thinking of.)

So, I figured I wasn't going to sleep very well last night, but I slept like a baby- I had had a long weekend...and this morning I jumped right back into hyper-tension mode. Which is good- it kicks my ass into gear.

This is such an amazing experience, and I feel like I've learned a lot. I know now that when I'm stressed, I just remember what I'm doing this for, and I relax all my muscles. Julie and I are pouring positive energy into this project, and hopefully we'll have a surplus, so we can reserve all the positive energy until tech week...because we'll need it.

I had a really rewarding experience on Sunday. The girls had come together for the first run-thru off-book (I had the girls memorize their monologues) and it was the first time they had an audience after rehearsing their monologues with me, and it was exhilarating! I had so many moments where I thought "I can't believe I am lucky enough to be affiliated with this show." The girls are working so hard, and I think people are going to love every minute of this show, and it hit me how proud I was.

The show opens in a week and two days...A WEEK AND TWO DAYS! OH GOD! It is such a fast process, and the girls are rocking every minute of it. It is going to be a great show.

Send good vagina vibes our way!

Vagina Love,
Meg

3 comments:

  1. When and where is your performance??! The Oakland show is now on Feb. 20th and 21st at "No Such Place" on Telegraph and 29th (I think) Vaginas Vaginas Vaginas unite!!!!!

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  2. Meg,
    Did you know the Vulva Puppet was one of the inspirations for the Vagina Monologues? I'm the visionary that created the puppet and the tag line, "share a story" I live right here and I would love to work with you to raise funds for the project. Actually for all the VDay projects. I'm on your list of resources from VDay, contact me.

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  3. Dorrie! Hi! Vuvla Puppet! That's amazing! I am sorry I didn't see your comment sooner, and I hope there is a way we can get in contact, and we can still work together! It is nice to get like-minds together!

    The show was a little overwhelming, so I was blogless for a couple weeks, but I appreciate you reading, and if you keep a blog, send me a link! I will read!

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