We close out our week of gratitude with our audiences. We could fill pages about how a play isn’t complete without an audience. This beautiful story from actor Rebecca Gibel about a Project Discovery student matinee performance of “A Tale of Two Cities”. Though they didn’t realize it at the time, it would be the last show before we had to cancel all remaining performances of this season. No matter the circumstances or the size, audiences electrify a performance. Thank you to each and every one of our audience members for being a part of Trinity Rep!
“Because of the growing awareness of the pandemic, our audience was down from about 400 to only 20 students. At first, we were sad for the loss of so much of our audience. But as the show began, we discovered that our connection with each of those students felt laser-focused and electric with life. Like we were in some secret theatre hideout, inventing each moment together. We all knew, student and performer alike, that the show we were experiencing was unique and special. We all leaned into it, breathed together, and found a fresh, intimate, exciting Tale that was a manifestation of so much we were about to say goodbye to for a while. The memory of this last performance, that extraordinary group of students and their willingness to dive into the art with us is sustaining me until we can all be together again.”
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