Ghost Sonata

Ghost Sonata 2011 crew

Ghost Sonata is officially closed. I still have 12 hours of strike ahead of me, but the shocked feeling of being slightly lost has hit me. I felt it after A Chorus of Disapproval too. I live, sleep and breathe a show for a period of time and then suddenly it's just...bam! Done! It's so weird.

I have lived and breathed this show for the past two and a half weeks. And it has been a crazy two and a half weeks. I can't say that I loved every minute - I didn't. But I can't say that I was miserable, either. It was actually amazing. Yes, I wanted to pull my hair out some times. But I also laughed a lot and had a lot of fun. I'm just sitting at my computer, my stage management binder at my feet (yes, my feet. I can feel Nancy's disapproving look as I type this), my RDC email open, and empty, and I'm just...well, almost lost. I don't even really know how to say what I'm feeling. It's just...there. It could also be that I am sleepy because I woke up far too early after the joys of the closing night party, but that's beside the point.

I think I'm also kind of sad because this is the last show I will work with the second years in school, and I'm going to miss them. Our classes got pretty close - at least some of us. It's what happens when you interact every day this closely and work together so often and just generally hang out in the same places. And some of them I may not work with again for a while - or, who knows, ever. Which is a really sad thought.

BUT on a happy note, we ended on a spectacular note. The show was fantastic - except for maybe a bit of noise leaking in from the dance festival and the music concert going on next door - and the last four shows just got better and better and better. This is definitely a show I'm proud to say I worked on, and I made a fantastic contact (and I hope potential friend/mentor) in Mieko Ouchi.