What I love about the Theatre...

After the countless hours you put in, all the dinners skipped to work on the productions, getting behind on homework assignments you know the production will come and be gone and you can get back to life as you knew it before tech.. But after the cramming stressful days just before a show goes up you wonder why do i put myself through this why do I do this every show.. The 2 wks before a show opens are complete and utter chaos all the time you have goes in to the theatre.. there are lots of frustrations as cues you worked so hard on are suddenly deleted from the show.. You are asked to find various extra cues you weren't planning for and you think.. THIS IS NEVER GOING TO BE READY.. but when the night comes that you finally have an audience you know "THIS IS WHY I DO IT" hearing the audience enjoy all the various aspects of the production as they sit back in their chairs laughing at all the right parts.. following the mood of the production and the show.. And you can see only the backs of their heads but you know they are smiling when they leave.. although no one ever knows how much work actually goes into productions like this but seeing the audience smile and enjoy the show is enough to keep me in the theatre and behind the scenes..