First Show

All the independent work up until this point for the children's theatre piece we have been rehearsing seemed a bit disappointing to all as we performed a portion of the piece for the first time for our teacher. As a dragon actor, there was not much in the way that my fellow dragon performers and I could have done as our piece was not integrated into the performance until much later in the game. I could see the frustration in the cast though as they stumbled through their lines, just waiting for the end to come. It was evident that the performance was not at all up to the level of readiness that our teacher had hoped for. There was obvious communication problem between the director and her cast. It appears as though the majority of the cast still has not taken "performance" seriously enough yet, but it is they that must keep in mind that they will be the ones on stage making fools of themselves. At this point, the cast just knows that there is a lot of work ahead of them as the performance dates are quickly approaching. There is no more time or room for error or horsing around as lines are not even completely memorized at this point. The great problem is that if their lines are not in perfect synchronization with the script, then we, the dragon actors, have no idea as to gauge our entrances and exits. We are so dependent on the cast and their lines that I fear that at least one point we will not be able to make our entrance.