Last Sunday night we finished working on The Who’s Tommy.  It’s hard to say “goodbye” to a show that we have been working on for half a year. My post-show blues haven’t been too bad, since I am still working on another show, but I do miss the Tommy team and cast.

Every show I work on gives me the opportunity to learn new skills and to improve the skills I have.  The role of Assistant Director is an odd one as the job changes depending on the director.  I find it hard to articulate what I did in this role, other than to say that I was there to support the director and to fill in any gaps in the production team.  I was also the Vocal Director so spent many rehearsals teaching music.  The show is almost entirely sung-through, with music that is more complex than most people would expect from a rock-opera.

It will take me while to fully process my thoughts on the experience, but for now I’m grateful that I got the opportunity.

Last night we had our first vocal rehearsal for my June production of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World.  It was wonderful.  The cast are talented and I will admit that I did a little jump for joy the when we managed to sing through the opening of the show for the first time.  It’s going to be stressful but I’m never happy without a little stress in my life.