The Morning After the Play is Over

Party time!  The cast of Young Robin Hood Celebrate a great run.  Pictured in the top frame is Young Robin Hood himself, Blake Barnhill.  Below partying heartily are Benjamin Strait, Kayla Peacock, David Bazemore and Jabari Howard.

Behind the iPhone was our great behind the scenes director, Karissa Cook.  Bottom left is Benjamin Strait, and bottom right is Noah Cook.

Top is some of our satisfied theater patrons, and below are some happy cast members - Tassie Jeffords, Emily Beck, Kayla Peacock and Blake Barnhill.

The day after a big production is always the hardest for me.  I still have a theater mindset and it is hard to realize that is over, that many of the people who participated in it I will no longer see regularly, and that warmth of an audience and the laughter and applause will become increasingly distant.  All the hard work that consumed your life is also through, and you know have a blank slate you may not know immediately what to do with.

In this case, I do have the satisfaction of knowing it was a huge success.  I actually did get to write a complete a full length script, and with the generous assistance of Karissa Cook help bring our vision to life.  The kids worked hard, and we got the help of many parents, and the support of the Jeffords family in so many ways.  The story had an important anti-bullying message, and the kids had fun in their parts, and the audience loved it.  At the cast party they were reliving and singing all the songs from the show.  I was so humbled and happy, it was everything to hold my emotions in check yesterday.

But now that is over and the gloomy world of accounting awaits me.  But at least I have the memories of this, and the sense of satisfaction of seeing happy children, a pleased audience and a job well done!