The Dizzying Highs and The Terrifying Lows
Last night was extraordinary for a few reasons. One, it marked the first time I've actually appeared on stage in Shoot the Messenger. Having worked the booth since we began the show at Ace of Clubs last July, I've only been able to appear in videos. But after we moved to the Green Room at 45 Bleecker, the tech side of the show was handed over to the incomparable Canadian Matt Gorman. I'm transitioning into more of a writer and performer role with occasional shooting duties, and I'm really excited about it.
Two, my brief time on stage last night was shared with Michael Stipe. I'm not someone who particularly cares about famous people, but since he was basically my teenage/twenty-something hero it was kind of otherwordly. We chatted a bit in the dressing room with Lizz before the show and I found him to be incredibly nice, funny and slightly introverted in an affable way. For the show, he just did a walk-on and I got to be the person who ran on stage and took him off. I had two lines...they were, "Sweet Jesus..." and "No, no he can't." I wrote both of them. Clearly, this kind of talent can't be relegated to the booth.
Three, I caught a stomach flu that started to kick in about an hour before show time. I kept it together through my appearance, which thankfully was at the beginning of the show, and then spent the rest of the first act puking in the bathroom. Then Mindy, who took pictures that can be seen below scooped me up, got me a cab home and put me in bed. Of course, that meant leaving about $5,000 worth of camera and AV equipment behind for the rest of the Shoot the Messenger crew to pack up for me. I suppose that's the beauty of being a part of an ensemble...if you're vomiting uncontrollably there's always someone who can take care of the things you have to run out on.
I can't even begin to explain what being a part of STM has done for me or meant to me. It has challenged me creatively and helped me grow, it's taught me how to collaborate and work as a team, and it's allowed me to meet some amazingly talented and inspiring people, and I'm not just speaking of the famous folks who have walked through our doors. The people I work with every week to produce this show are wickedly smart, creative, scrappy and hilarious. I'm incredibly lucky.
I'm going back to bed to try to sleep away the fever I've had since last night. Check out the photos below and check out Shoot the Messenger over the next couple of days for video footage from the show.
Click here to see all the photos from last night.
Two, my brief time on stage last night was shared with Michael Stipe. I'm not someone who particularly cares about famous people, but since he was basically my teenage/twenty-something hero it was kind of otherwordly. We chatted a bit in the dressing room with Lizz before the show and I found him to be incredibly nice, funny and slightly introverted in an affable way. For the show, he just did a walk-on and I got to be the person who ran on stage and took him off. I had two lines...they were, "Sweet Jesus..." and "No, no he can't." I wrote both of them. Clearly, this kind of talent can't be relegated to the booth.
Three, I caught a stomach flu that started to kick in about an hour before show time. I kept it together through my appearance, which thankfully was at the beginning of the show, and then spent the rest of the first act puking in the bathroom. Then Mindy, who took pictures that can be seen below scooped me up, got me a cab home and put me in bed. Of course, that meant leaving about $5,000 worth of camera and AV equipment behind for the rest of the Shoot the Messenger crew to pack up for me. I suppose that's the beauty of being a part of an ensemble...if you're vomiting uncontrollably there's always someone who can take care of the things you have to run out on.
I can't even begin to explain what being a part of STM has done for me or meant to me. It has challenged me creatively and helped me grow, it's taught me how to collaborate and work as a team, and it's allowed me to meet some amazingly talented and inspiring people, and I'm not just speaking of the famous folks who have walked through our doors. The people I work with every week to produce this show are wickedly smart, creative, scrappy and hilarious. I'm incredibly lucky.
I'm going back to bed to try to sleep away the fever I've had since last night. Check out the photos below and check out Shoot the Messenger over the next couple of days for video footage from the show.
Click here to see all the photos from last night.
posted by Carol at 2:44 PM
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