Peanut Butter HARD TIME!

18Feb11

Yesterday I had a bad Comedy Improv show. I couldn’t figure it out the relationship between us. I also got confuse with the location. On my mind I was at the spa getting a “Baño de Novia”. Carley had the same idea until I mentioned that I was ready for my “Bridal shower” (translation of Baño de Novia). She assumed we where on a Bachelorette Party because that is the correct meaning of Bridal Shower. It was so hard, we both tried to support each other but we had no idea that we were at different places, we just knew we were disconnected. I got panicked. I was going to start adding more information when I remembered Clay’s advice. I stayed in the scene and did the best I could do, EDIT IT!
I learned a lot during the show:
1. I can trust Carley because no matter how confusing was the scene she didn’t call me out.
2. I was panicked but I listened and reacted. In this case was hard because we agreed we were in a Bridal show, but because of a translation issue we weren’t. I was at a spa and she was in a party.
3. I edited! We were trying so hard but I realized I had two choices: keep trying and do a very long boring scene or edit and have another chance to have fun.
4. I realized my energy was so low after failing at the first scene so I decided to bring a lot of energy to the next scene. So I started dancing! The second scene wasn’t great but we had fun.

I didn’t have a good show. I’m struggling a lot at improv right now. I knew improv is a roller coaster. Great improvisers talked about it all the time but I didn’t know being at the bottom was that hard. It gets into your head and to be honest I don’t know how to let it go. I’m scare of improv right now. I’m scare of more bad shows. The feeling of embarrassment after the show is horrible. I almost left the theater after my show last night but then I realized that I have to support to the rest of the performers. At the end of the night I felt good because I did my part, I supported them. I am glad about last night failure because I learned a lot and one of my best friends was on my side.

Thank you Peanut Butter Heart!

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