Sitting in the light booth
I’m currently in the light booth for the experimental theatre at Choate Rosemary Hall, running the lights (who’d have guessed?) for the musical revue the kids are doing. This is the final rehearsal before the first performance tonight. It’s funny, it brings me back to when I was one of them - having to change into tap shoes in between songs, setting up blocks for singers to use, listening to all the cliché song choices (Cats, Les Mis, Wicked, etc).
Last night, we had the premiere of the two plays. The playwriting teacher wrote one for the theatre students and the playwriting student wrote a short play starring mostly faculty including: yours truly! We open the musical revue tonight then have one more night of the plays and another night of the revue. The camp is coming to a close! I am really impressed with the young playwright’s ability. He is only 13 but has a very strong sense of character and plot. The play has flaws, but all plays do.
I’ll be at Choate until Saturday or Sunday, then it’s back to Atlanta and off to Michigan with the family.
-Tucker
