-The day has arrived! I stayed overnight at location and was up around 6:30 AM. Nice day-and I’m glad the weather held out. I was in full costume & makeup before noon. Performance was at 5 PM. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to do one finally run thru of the entire play like yesterday, but we all just broke off into groups and rehearsed as best we can. A lot of pros in this group-and we managed to pull it together. I have to admit I had a little case of the nerves before going out to do my 1st scene but it was over before I knew it. While similar, there are many differences between acting for film & acting for theater-the main one being for theater you only have one chance to get your lines right.
-I’d brought my camcorder to tape the play but was told I wasn’t allowed to so that didn’t happen 😦 However, I told there was someone officially filming for the production and hopefully I will get a copy of that. 🙂 I had a great time and was glad to have worked w/ such a great cast & crew. Plans are for this to be a yearly event. I don’t know what my schedule will be like but it’s something to look forward to. Pics from the rehearsals before the performance are up on the WWJ PAGE ON FACEBOOK.
WAYNE W. JOHNSON 