Tech Week
Nathan Schmidt
Tech Week is finally here. And, same as last year, I find myself questioning whether it is really worth staying up so late for a homework grade or not. Of course, I have made the smart decision that doing my homework is, in fact, the smarter option. So, tonight, as with every other night for the past week, I will be up well past my bed-time to work on the obnoxious amount of homework that I have available in a number of my other classes.
So, what is tech week? Tech week is the week of play rehearsals that occur the week leading up to the public show performances. This year, the play we are performing is called Our Town. Side note: I highly suggest you all see it this weekend! Tech week is basically the week where every bit of info needed for the show is crammed into a couple of rehearsals. That leaves me, and just about everybody else in the case, a few hours to do homework before heading to bed at an unreasonably late time.
Tonight it is going to be psychology homework and a junior seminar essay. No, I am not particularly excited to do either. Still, as I mentioned earlier, I will stay up tonight until they are complete. Hopefully, the sleep I get tonight will be enough to keep me from getting sick (I literally just knocked on the wooden table next to me).
Despite this, though, I would not give this crazy theatre experience up for anything else in the world. It is absolutely crazy how people can find themselves so engaged in an activity that they will put so much aside and focus on it so heavily that everything else seems to fade away for a little bit. I am lucky enough to have found what that activity is for me. Unfortunately, though, not everyone is that lucky. I have found something that I enjoy so much that I am completely happy to go to rehearsal 4 hours a day for 7 days a week (as will be the case with this week). And I certainly hope that others, if not already, will find the same joy in an activity that I have found in the theatre.
I loved reading this. I agree and relate to it one hundred percent. I do not think people really realize how much work is put into our shows, and especially how intense tech weeks can be! As much as I complain about it, there is nothing I love more than theatre, and I am so glad you decided to take a chance last year and join!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your statement of questioning if completing homework is worth the grade. Between the lack of sleep and the stress of tech week, I find myself having the same thoughts. Of course, like you, I do my homework anyway. I still think it over every night when I'm completely exhausted and it's already 11, 12 or even 1 in the morning and it doesn't seem worth the sleep at that point.
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