The new girl in town!

When you become a performer, you begin to fall into doing the same thing. You practice, you perform, you say goodbye. I think each performers likes to have some sense of consistency. We like to KNOW what's going on. We don't like the unknown. When we perform, everything has to be in perfect alignment for it all to work and be stress free. And even then there is lots of stress involved. 

Along with finding solstice in the schedule being the same, we also bond with those around us. You find those special sets of performers and you move in with them. You become your own little pack. When one of you is in a show or a performance, the others are up there with you. Performers like knowing each and every person around them and being able to trust in what the others actions are. It takes guts and strength to believe in everyone. You become whole and can't live with flaws. 

One time I did the show, "The Fiddler on the Roof." In that show, there are three daughters, one mother and a very eccentric woman named yente that make up with girls leads. The actors gathered in the auditorium to await casting. We each knew who would play the daughters and who would play the old crazy lady but we had no idea who would play golde, the mother. There were three or four girls hoping that they would be cast but there was no clear winner. 2 of the girls were returning to this theatre and director. The director knew what he was working with and what to expect from there acting choices. So naturally when the most unexpected person was cast, we were floored! Who casts a nobody; and outsider. 

She ended up doing an absolutely marvelous job but it took time for us to accept her as one of our own. Learning to open up to others ideas is a huge part of being an actor or a musician. It's not an easy lesson, not is a particularly fun one, but nonetheless it is one we all must learn.