This is a phrase I have grown up with since I began my theatre career at the age of 7. We were taught to let go of what was going on around us and remain focused on the job: to transport our audiences to a different place. There have many times that either I or my colleagues have performed in shows with fevers, stomach viruses, gall bladder attacks, recent loss of a loved one, and in the middle of some intense storms among other anomalies. But now as a Director, I am faced wi

The lines are learned, the dances are done, the songs are ready, and the costumes are stitched and you might be thinking what more could there be to get ready? Growing up as a child in theatre, everything seemed so magical from the magic of the show finally coming together after weeks of rehearsal, the way the show came together with costumes, props, and set piecies. I had often heard people thank "the magic of theatre" for the show coming together. Now, that I am a director,