So we’ve officially birthed ‘The Big Oops’, and by birthed I mean I performed it in front of a real live audience.  The Culture Lab was almost sold out which was amazing considering the fact that we were competing with the most important hockey game of all time and the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

We were all really happy with the workshop.   Brendan, TJ and myself have been developing the show in a vacuum since November.  To perform the piece with props, lights and sound in front of an audience was a truly exhilarating experience.  I think the best part was having people react.  What often happens during the rehearsal process is that I say the lines over and over and over again until they feel almost boring.  This part of why performing them in front of an audience is so invigorating.  Now that the first show is over, I look forward to developing more layered and complex characters through its next incarnations.

After the performance, we had almost an hour-long talk back with the audience about the show.  Once again, it was great to hear what people thought from an outside perspective.  Because it was a ‘workshop’ I think people were really open to providing their thoughts and constructive criticism.  Two of the biggest things that stood out from the feedback was that people didn’t quite get the main character’s transformation.  The other thing was the tone of the first half and the second half of the show are quite different.  As a team, I think we feel that we can work on making the bridge between these two acts smoother.  But through all the feedback, it was evident that people really enjoyed the piece which will really help inspire this next phase of development.

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