two weeks before the 1st performance:
tech kids hanging out in the house seats, lighting and sound crew just starting to figure stuff out
cast running all the dance numbers 129493 times, crying
first pairs of jazz shoes are spotted
ensemble mumbling like everything
running the show for the first time,,,, crying bc whAT ARE OUR CUES
leads still calling out for lines occasionally and ur director getting pissed
probs stopping as yall run the show
one week before the first performance:
ensemble crying in the corner bc theyāre ānot loud enoughā
tech kids are literally at school till 1am
this is the time period when kids limbs or ankles start randomly breaking
someone: *coughs* āREPENTā
literally everyone is sobbing backstage
quick changes killing people
inspirational speeches starting to happen
āWHERE THE HELL ARE MY JAZZ SHOESā
crew kids building their calm faƧade
lighting starts doing cool things
ādude the set looks so cool with the lightsā
leads forgetting their lines simply bc of stress
āwhatās that move again??ā
āwhatās our note again??ā
everyone just got done with traditions and there are probably a lot of raw emotions happening ajsjdjjdk
calm, not a sound backstage.
āim fucking serious whatās that move again?ā
āwhat the hell is our noteā
crew is getting calls over the boxes every 10 seconds
āwhereās my fucking propā
ur stage manager is probably crying
āaw shit i messed that up oh well tonight ill do it rightā
āi canāt cross when theyāre dancing to move props can iā
literally everyone is SObbIgn after the last performance makeup who??