I have been working on three different shows for the past month all at the same time, which is the most stressful thing I have ever willingly chosen to do in my life. It has drained me physically, mentally, and emotionally but I know that I will look back on this past month fondly and I am so proud of what I and my colleagues have accomplished (especially for our work on the AU Rep summer camp, as we did two whole shows in three weeks). In the span of a week I will have gone into dress, opened, and closed all three of the shows I have spent so much time and energy this month on. It's a weird feeling being done after working so long and hard for such a long period of time. I certainly hit my peak this week when I stayed up until 2am distressing costumes for the production of Julius Caesar that opened that day.
This past month has been the most draining and exhausting month I have had in my over four years of working on productions on the designer and backstage side of things and it reminded me why I started this in the first place. I love being able to work hard on things and having people be surprised and in awe of what was done in such a short time. That being said, never have I had such a short amount of time to do so much work and I doubted that I would actually be able to do it to the standard that I wanted.
I managed to pull it off, but it was only through the help of people around me doing even the littlest things like buying me coffee, taking me to lunch, or just the simple act of making me tea to sip on while I worked on things. I would not have survived this month without any of these people and I am so thankful to have them in my life. Thank you all for being to generous, loving, and willing to help out a super stressed girl who has to have things exactly how she pictured them. I know I'm tough to work with because I cannot let myself do anything without fully committing though I am trying to teach myself that the tiny details can be let go sometimes. I love everyone who has helped me through this process even through just talking to me or taking photos at dress rehearsals so I have portfolio content. I am going to miss you all so much in August and it has been an honor working with all of you.
Now I'm going to go nap and eat an actual meal cooked in my kitchen for the first time this month.
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