We had our day-long rehearsal and first performance of We Are the Tigers tonight! I reconnected with some Northwestern and Waa-Mu alumni who were in the audience. I hadn’t seen some of them in years! I also met a lot of new people, and made stronger connections with the people I have already met in this process.
I’ll have a longer reflection on my time here so far tomorrow once this workshop is over. But right now, I am through the roof. I want to do this work every day for the rest of my life. It’s such an fulfilling job at the crossroads of everything I love to do in the arts. I’m loving the energy of this city, the passion of its artists, and the kindness of the friends I have made so far. I am motivated, inspired, thrilled, and proud of the amazing show that was presented tonight! Of course, this workshop is all in service of the actual world premiere in Los Angeles this fall. I’ve done my best to make the score as readable and navigable as possible for the team that picks up this music then. This was a fully rewarding process, and I am sad to see it end tomorrow. I will definitely be looking for other opportunities like this one before I leave, possibly even at this same company. Tomorrow, I say goodbye to Tigers and prepare for more observations later in the week.