Rant About Hell Week

This is delayed. I meant to write out my thoughts about hell week during hell week, but the week was too busy for me, and I ended up not having the time to sit down and write this blog till about a week or so after it. I guess that proves my point of how insane hell week is though. Hell week for theater shows is almost impossible at times. For Noises Off, it was dreadful, but in a good way. During hell week, everybody involved acts like the walking dead because of the sleep deprivation, some teachers cut some slack on assignments but others seem to just stress the due dates more, leaving no lee way. However at the end of our self inflicted nightmare, I know at least I came out with a sense of pride about how the show did and a little bit involving how I handled the drama that always comes with being involved in theater. Drama is always apparent during hell week because for example, I would not go home after school. Instead I would get ready for rehearsal for that night, try to do some homework, maybe eat, and then help everyone else with everything possible. It was insane. Then everyone else would show up at the school and we would all be at the school till 10pm or 10:30pm (occasionally 11pm). Then I would go home and do homework for a couple of hours, and not get to bed till 3am, and then get up again at 5am to finish up my homework. But seeing the same people every night for an extended amount of time, and out of tiredness and sometimes boredom, drama would always flare up. It makes it interesting though. I enjoy hell week because of how busy our lives are, but I was so happy to be done with it just because of my slacking on my grades, forgetting things as my memory became worse, and I was exhausted. Plus I felt like I had accomplished something. However now that it’s done, I almost feel like there is nothing in my life. We have a saying in stage/tech about how we sell our souls to theater, and it is completely true. After shows are completely done and we have been given back our souls and free time as a reward, it’s almost amazing how not busy life is. My boredom level seems to have increased, and I find myself wandering back to the tech booth like a lost puppy. It’s quite disconcerting actually. I am excited to find something new to do with my time though, however it won’t last too long because the musical preparations are starting early this year, so I get to enjoy that as well.