Day 19: Cinderella Showing

Overall today was a great day.

The only bad part about it was that N had another attitude. Today it was because Ed asked her, the other fairy godmother, and a Cinderella to work on their scene with me during lunch. During lunch there were the dances from around the world and N was not happy that she could not join. No matter what I said she would not understand that we had a show today and this was priority. I told her that if we hurry up and finish what we were doing we could join the dance. But with N, her way to annoy people is to do the exact opposite. She was being tough but I did not let her go until they did the scene at least three times. And then once we were done she wouldn't leave because she was pissed at me because the dance group had started her favorite dance and she had missed part of it. I told her that she could still join them. She gave me a dirty look and stormed away. I had to take a second in another room and let out a few tears. That was all very frustrating. But after lunch, she came up and hugged me...like nothing had been wrong. Weird child. :)

The showing went really well! No one messed up! The parents really enjoyed the show. The show itself was a half an hour but Ed showed the parents some of the things we have been doing in class. So the whole showing lasted about an hour.

At the end of the day I was the last intern in the theatre. This is because our showing lasted right up until 4pm and then I had to clean up the room and put lots of things a way (like markers, pencils, fabric, chairs etc.) But during this time I got the best compliment from anyone at CTC yet. Debra, the main lady at the Theatre Training Arts part of CTC, told me while she was cleaning up the parents' lounge that I am doing a great job and that she rarely tells people that. I did not ask how I was doing...she just told me and continued for about 5 minutes about how it is a pleasure working with me and that there is a HUGE difference between being good at a job and being good AND being a pleasure to work with at that job. She also explained how she would always pick someone who did the job well and that was enjoyable than over someone who did the job well but was not the greatest person. She went on for a while but pretty much wanted me to know that she is happy that I am working there. So another compliment from Debra! Even those she is still kind of intimidating...but she said she likes that I have the balls to talk to her and joke with her (even though I am intimidated). So I think that is a great skill to have...and one I didn't realized I had.

Tomorrow is the LGBT Pride Festival and it is in Loring Park, which is just by my apartment. So the plan is to go there and check it out sometime tomorrow. So I will have a post about that experience with pictures tomorrow.

Oh and next week for CTC I am working with 4 and 5 years on two different camps. They have shorter camps. The morning camp is called "Onstage" which teaches the students about the world of theatre both backstage and onstage. The afternoon class is called "Monster Tales with Mercer Mayer" which we will look at Mercer Mayer's monster books and re-create scenes and stuff. Both sound pretty interesting and fun. I have never worked with children that young on theatre. It sounds like a lot of crafts, games, and babysitting, which I have done a lot of that before so it should be fine. Can't wait!