It's a completely different kind of show from what I'm used. With so much of the cast being members of WDA, the expectations from the performance are different. There were so many differences from this show to others.
- The huge size and age range. This means that people of different ages/abilities are going to be cast in different numbers. Your audition hardly means anything, it's where you can be grouped. Also, the other problem of the age range is that you don't feel a general cast connection. I honestly didn't know the names of half the people in the production, because they were either Munchkins or Ozians.
- The presence of parent chaperones. Always backstage helping out. They're always in the dressing room, making sure the costumes were hung up, and that everybody was ready for their number. Seriously, we were not responsible for knowing what was happening on stage, we pretty much were waiting for someone to tell us, "Get ready for curtain call!" or something like that.
The audience
During the high school show or PAC, what generally happens is you're in the show with a lot of your friends, but there are other people you know who aren't in it. They come see you and all the other people in your group of friends, and you end up seeing a lot of other people who you didn't expect.
Now, this style of show resembles for the the dance recital audience. Everyone in the audience is part of three categories. They are either family members, people who are part of your class and just didn't do the performance, or people who used to be part of the studio and graduated/stopped class/changed studios. If anyone else shows up, it's a huge, huge surprise.
That being said, did anyone who didn't fit these categories come to the show?
No.
In fact, in the past 4 years of WAS shows, only one person who didn't fit these descriptions has every come to any of the shows.
The difference is this year, unlike last year, I didn't expect anyone to.
-NM
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