Pippin - Final 2 Weekends

     This past week we finally closed Pippin. As it is with most shows, each weekend grew progressively better.
     2nd Weekend: Friday had very few mistakes, and coupled with high energy from the cast and the audience, the show went exceedingly well.
     Saturday: Again a strong energy from the audience, and we all started to have a lot more fun going through the show. A minor goof occurred during Act II - the broken recorder Pippin tosses aside landed too close to the curtain, and during my sex duet, I fell down on it and shattered it - it was kind of funny, even though it hurt for a moment.
     Sunday was a different story. I don't know if it was the audience or the cast, but I felt absolutely no energy throughout the show - it felt dead. It made it harder to go through the show without that energy to feed off of, but we did our best.
     Final weekend: For Friday, I started off the show with a rather glaring mistake - I didn't properly prep the Pippin  banner for the beginning, and so we unveiled it backwards during the show - we quickly fixed it as the show went on, but it was just embarrassing for me - we quickly found humor in my mistake as the weekend went on. I also forgot my cue to move the pillar before the frolicking scene (because I was distracted), creating another unnecessary mistake. Luckily, I didn't make any more throughout the weekend. The plus from Friday night was that I realized I was getting a LOT faster in my costume changes, especially considering my primary costume consists of a corset.
     Saturday, I extra prepared to make sure I wouldnt make any more mistakes; as for the show itself, it felt like the energy came in waves - sometimes it felt strong, other times it felt dead; it kind of made going through the show a little harder. My energy was high at the start (thanks to the fact of having family in the audience), but again by the end it felt dead - even the frolicking scene was harder with such little reaction from the audience.
    Sunday, the final show, was definitely the best one. Both the cast and the audience and excellent energy - I know the cast put it all out there, ending the run with a bang. For me, the sex dances were the best ones yet, thanks to the audience energy - they really enjoyed them (especially the duet). Following the show, strike took a surprisingly short time, thanks to so many people working together. I am very glad that the show ended on a high note - it made this internship end on a positive note.