February 2, 2004

• Well, it's over.  I didn't get to say the goodbye's that I wanted to.  Maybe it means I'll run into most of the cast still.  I hope so.  I don't think that I could've worked with a better cast or in a better play for what I consider my first "real" play.  "I shall remember them."  I told myself that I wouldn't quote everyone from the cast when I am engaged in normal conversation.  That didn't happen.  I do it all the time.  I also thought that opening night would be the biggest turn-out.  It was quite the opposite.  The end of the run was definitely more attended than the beginning.

  
  

  I didn't mention that Jeannie Barroga, the playwright came to watch the show for a third time on Saturday night.  That was a treat.  I spoke with her and thanked her again.  Also a couple of people from El Teatro Campesino came to watch that night.  If you don't know, El Teatro Campesino was a theater company that was founded amidst the farm workers' movement to help spread the message of the people. 

  
  

  I really grew from the play.  I learned more about the Vietnam War, learned more about a heroine that deserves a lot more credit than she gets in Ms. Maya Lin, encountered many different perspectives on that war and the one now, and I met some really great and talented people.

  
  

  I also realize how big of a risk Ms. Angela-Dee Alforque, our director, took by having me, a novice in the arts, in the show.  I think I came through for her.  I hope I did.  Her directorial debut and she had a lot riding on it.

  
  

  Most of it hasn't hit me just yet.  It will.  It's only a matter of time.  I hope everyone could have a great experience like this that makes them feel the way I do right now.  Luxurious.

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