While such a lesson may seem insignificant, it is, I ve found, a lesson in personal initiative, opportunity and trust. By reading the posters, students take the initiative to seek and grasp opportunity, and by putting up posters the students trust their peers to consider the project, idea or opportunity that they are proposing. At the beginning of each term, posters go up encouraging students to direct a short play. Workshop productions usually run 30-45 minutes.
Auditions follow and then more posters go up to encourage students to participate.
On audition night, student directors station themselves at various points around Fisher Theater and are visited by the actors, who travel from station to station. Casting decisions are made, announced and rehearsals begin. It is for both those who like to perform and those who enjoy the experience of seeing live actors on a stage. My experiences as a member many workshop presentations have shown me that rehearsals are the greatest testament to this love. While lots of laughing and joking certainly does occur during rehearsals, there is an overriding dedication.