Pure Magic
This will be a bit long, but this story has so many layers. It's amaze me, how magic works! If you here for some crazy storytime, keep reading!
Yesterday we had a play at work (it is not too strange, I am working at a theatre 😊) at 15.00. We have six actors and actresses in that kid-play, which is a Michael Ende story about a money-witch and a wizzard, whom wanna destroy the planet, and a cat and a crow save the world, than happy end.
One of our actress are not living in our city, she is a guest star of this production. In this week everyday I've felt, that I should write to her, for some foolish, private stuff, like I wanted some succulents for my garden, and in our city they don't have that combination of the plants in the shop, so I was thinking about that I ask her to bring me these plants from her city, because there was these plants and I wanted it soooo bad. But! I was like "Nooo, I don't write to her, I don't wanna be selfish, she has so many things to do, I won't ask her to do plus things for me, it is too selfish.". These thoughts was in my head every day in this week, so I didn't write to her.
And than Thursday arrived. I've went to the office like 12.30, I made my job, I had some meetings, some calls, everything was pretty okey. At 14.00 I went to the stage, I've checked the set. Everything was fine, except this one actress wasn't there. We were like "okey, maybe she is late, because of the rainy weather." And than the camera-man arrived whereof I totally forget about. He was there to make a record about this performance. Okey, I sold that problem, I've went to another meeting. And after the meeting the stage-manager called me with that the actress is still wasn't there and they can't reach her, her cellphone went dead. And it was 14.30, we had 30 minutes to find her. I told my boss, what's the situation, and we called her theatre to find out where she was. After some calls we reached the actress, and turned out that she forgot about the performance. She was like one hour drive away from us, she hasn't has driver's license or car. We told her to call a cab, or anything, just come here as fast as she can. There was 200 children in the saloon of the auditorium, they came to our theatre in heavy rain to see this last performance from this story.
We had 20 minutes till the starting. And than my bosses was like "Okey, she won't make it in time, can you play the role?" I was supershocked, because I am an assistant director, not an actress. I played some small roles before, but this is a big role, the main wicked woman role with a lot of lines, songs and dances. Because of my job, when we make these performances at the rehearsals I know my plays, I know almost every lines, every songs and moves, but after time these things fade a little bit. But I loved this role so much and I love the actress too, we have a really good relationship. We both are loud, selfexpressing and selfconfident, bit plus-sized women whom love to live. This role is a loud, wicked aunt, which is great to play. I've never asked for this role, I never felt that is my role, I never had a malice thought about that I am the one who should play this, because I love this actress, and she was so kind, so funny and sooooo borned to this role and did an amazing job every time, but I know, that it fits me too.
So my bosses said do it, do it, do it, and I was like okey, but I needed some time. They said okey, you got 10 minutes, and then we speeded up, and did our thing. It was superscary, I was in shock and I can't remember none of my lines. The songs and dances went well, and my partner was superprofessional, and told everything to the audience that I've forgot. The children in the audience were so cute, they applauded so many times. And the whole crew was "You can make it, it will be amazing!" And after than "It was so good, it is the best option, you made a great job!" The actress arrived in time to continue the second half of the play after the break, so it was over in 1 hour to me, but it was a deadly rollercoaster for me overall.
After the performance everybody was so joyful and so happy, it was a good feeling to be with these fascinating people who did everything to make 200 children smile. I told to the stage-manager, to my boss and the actress herself the story about that I wanted to write to her, but I didn't wanted to bother her with my needs, and that was the reason that she forgot about the performance. Everybody was like "You can't blame yourself, yes, if you write to her, it maybe didn't happen this way, but it did, and everything is okey now, this is a funny story overall." And everybody said that is happened in this way, because it was written somewhere that I needed to play this role once in this lifetime, even it is just a first half of it. And maybe they have right.
After all, another aspect this story, that is weird: I am running out of my money a bit in this month, and last weekend I researched some sigils that may can help. I read about that how they work, how to make them and how to use them, but till I did my researches I don't have time alone to do one of them, after all I thought about them often in this week. And then yesterday's event happened. I had no time to think about this at the moment of decision, when I've assumed the role, and to think about that prize that another actors and actresses get, when they save a performance. When I decided that I'll do that role there was nothing in my head saving that we have 200 children waiting for a witchy tale and we need to play to them, and need to find a solution for our problem now. But after everything, when I've came out the shock, it was like midnight already, I thought maybe they offer me something. An actor or an actress will ask a great amount of money for this, but I am not an actress, and it is embarrassing to ask money for this performance, because an actress would made it much better than I did. But from another perspective I made something, that no one would, because it is just a crazy thing to do, and with that I saved a performance for the children and for the theatre too. So I was in a dilemma, but I decided, that I'll not ask for money till couple of day, if they offer, that is fine, but if not, maybe then I ask, I decide it later.
And than now, one of my bosses called me, told me that they wanna honor my hard work that I made yesterday, and they will give me some extra fee for this. I am still shocked about the sum that he offered to me. It is not like millions, or something, but it is a fair prize, and I thought it will be a small fraction of this amount. So this ended very well, I feel so appriciated and blessed in my work (both of my efforts that I did, and emotionally and financially too), and this was a huge affirmation of a bond that had already existed with all of my crew.
And after all somehow I get the money I need, and everything I did for it come from my heart, and not from greed or anything like that. So I think this was pure magic, the magic from the love of what I do, the love of my crew, and the effort that we make to see some children and adults smile.
Sorry for the long post, but it was so joyful to experience this, that I needed to share with you. Have a nice day! 😚🌸
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