Sunday, August 14, 2011

Summer Ain't Over Yet

I'm still doing the Dramatists thing. It's still fun just hanging with those people doing office work. Brian has me doing so tech jobs now like running the lightboard during a few events. We had a Women of Theatre Conference at our space the other day. It ran all day long and I was there for 14 hours helping with projectors, lights, and setting up the rooms and the various events that were going on in the building. It was crazy but exciting, and we got to eat their leftover food stuffs. Just 2 days left working with them, but I think that I will be finding my way back to this organization in one way or another.

I am also staying in Chicago another week till the 19th. Foss sent me a tip that someone from the House Theatre was looking for an intern to help her with some kids classes. Basically a kid wrangler. I'm only doing it for 2 weeks which is two different classes. The first one, last week, was a class called Scenes and Songs, a class about musicals. The 7 kids picked some of their favorite musicals with Carolyn's guidance and we watched different scenes from the movies Marry Poppins, West Side Story, and Singing in the Rain. Then the kids wrote out what the musical was about and dialogue leading into the songs that they were going to perform. The kids did everything: wrote secnes, drew the set, choreographed the dances, got their costumes, and sang their little hearts out. It's been really enriching to see these kids creating something for the first time and how excited they are and all their big ideas. Brings me back to why we create these things call plays. Last week was really fun. My patience is being tested and it is surprising just how much I have built through my life. I can take a lot of shit before I ever crack, if I ever crack. Kids climbing all over you as you can assume gets old. The kids don't have as much patience, with eachother and especially for things they don't understand such as social problems like autism. Me and Carolyn (and teenagers in the class) are the peacekeepers. It was ok this week with only the 7 kids, but next week there are 40. We'll see what happens. We have more hands but that is still a lot of kids. I'm picturing a lot of breaking up lightsaber fights, because yes it is a Star Wars camp where they will be creating their own version of the galactic tale. I'm very excited being a huge Star Wars fan. I plan on dropping as many movie quotes as I can since it will be socially acceptable, if not encouraged during the camp. It will be a tiring and rewarding week. Seeing those kids makes me love what I do. I appreciate our organization and LISTENING skills we have developed as adults more than ever now.
I look forward to taking my Chicago experience back with me to ISU to help me shape my final year of college. Most of all I want to help others the same way as people have helped me.

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