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 they’re “not loud enough”
tech kids are literally at school till 1am
this is the time period when kids limbs or ankles start randomly breaking
someone: *coughs* “REPENT”
literally everyone is sobbing backstage
quick changes killing people
inspirational speeches starting to happen
“WHERE THE HELL ARE MY JAZZ SHOES”
crew kids building their calm façade
lighting starts doing cool things
“dude the set looks so cool with the lights”
leads forgetting their lines simply bc of stress
“what’s that move again??”
“what’s our note again??”
everyone just got done with traditions and there are probably a lot of raw emotions happening ajsjdjjdk
calm, not a sound backstage.
“im fucking serious what’s that move again?”
“what the hell is our note”
crew is getting calls over the boxes every 10 seconds
“where’s my fucking prop”
ur stage manager is probably crying
“aw shit i messed that up oh well tonight ill do it right”
“i can’t cross when they’re dancing to move props can i”
literally everyone is SObbIgn after the last performance makeup who??
