Kiss Me Kate Closing

Hello Blogger, it's been a while.
Last weekend, Kiss Me Kate closed. They were three fantastic performances. Everything went smoothly. Of course, there were a few mistakes here there. I stuttered a few times on the first night and I switched around some lyrics, but I kept going. Lyric mistakes are only things that I will notice, the audience won't. I couldn't focus on it, I was in the middle of a song so I had to just push through. Everything felt very natural, nothing was pushed. Certain things were pushed but for a punchline to work, that's fine because it has to be done on purpose for the joke to make sense. I ad-libbed a few times for some mistakes that occurred. One night, the meal in the second scene of Act II was missing and half of that scene revolved around the food so I had to go on a tangent about how pissed off I was and then the other actors I was with joined in and kept the scene going. Sure we jumped all over the script but we kept going. The audience didn't notice it and it worked. I was extremely proud of all of us for making that work so well. Ad-libbing can be nerve wrecking but it can be a ton of fun and that was so much fun. It felt extremely natural too, which is my big focus. Being in the moment was something I struggled with because I had years of training of this "acting"that wasn't natural. I'd like to say I have made a considerable amount of progress. Overall, Kiss Me Kate was a wonderful experience and the shows went very well. Congratulations to all those that were in the production!