The Capable Teen
Wow, that was so fun. I got 2 the theatre and only David and Toby were there, and technically they weren't supposed 2 be there-- see, the JEST board don't believe in capable teen-agers, so u can't leave them alone in the theatre. There should always be a grown up there... HaHa.
Only problem is, half the crew are teen-agers.
It basically goes like this: There are 4 actors, and they don't do much other than act, so they don't count right now... There's Pnina the director, Rachel who's in charge of the play from the JEST point of view, Dalia the set designer and Ephrayim the lights person. Then r the cool teen agers: There's David the sound guy-- he goes 2 the democratic school in JM and he's a professional, it's really cool. He spends his life doing theatre, he's going 4 a job interview something off-broadway in January, it's the coolest thing. There's Toby-- he's our stage manager. He built the sets almost entirely alone and he's the one walking around with the fancy electric screwdriver. He really knows what he's doing. There's Josh, Toby's younger brother-- he's 13 years old-- he's the little kid who goes around doing everything Toby or Pnina need and is actually really helpful. Whenever I c him he's wearing a tie-dye T-shirt. :-) There's Yamin and Avraham, I'm not sure what their connection 2 JEST is, but they're part of the stage crew. I think they're Toby's friends. There's Liel, who's actually a family friend of mine-- she's videotaping the show. She's learning professionally now, I believe. And there's me. That's the PROOF staff. I'm very fortunate 2 be working w/ such a gr8 group of people.
I grow up hearing about how teens can do so much, and that age isn't the issue at all-- ur never too young-- but there r still ppl out there who don't realize what youth can do. Maybe that's just cuz the JEST board is all ppl who r old a retired and need a hobby.
I asked Pnina if she wanted 2 work 4 JEST any more after this and she said probably not. She's not happy with the board and the way things are run-- the people at the top. The JEST regulars who arn't at the top r good, and it's the teens doing quite a portion of the work who r good too-- but as a professional theatre group it shouldn't be held up by those of us still trying to get thru highschool, u know what I mean?
Only problem is, half the crew are teen-agers.
It basically goes like this: There are 4 actors, and they don't do much other than act, so they don't count right now... There's Pnina the director, Rachel who's in charge of the play from the JEST point of view, Dalia the set designer and Ephrayim the lights person. Then r the cool teen agers: There's David the sound guy-- he goes 2 the democratic school in JM and he's a professional, it's really cool. He spends his life doing theatre, he's going 4 a job interview something off-broadway in January, it's the coolest thing. There's Toby-- he's our stage manager. He built the sets almost entirely alone and he's the one walking around with the fancy electric screwdriver. He really knows what he's doing. There's Josh, Toby's younger brother-- he's 13 years old-- he's the little kid who goes around doing everything Toby or Pnina need and is actually really helpful. Whenever I c him he's wearing a tie-dye T-shirt. :-) There's Yamin and Avraham, I'm not sure what their connection 2 JEST is, but they're part of the stage crew. I think they're Toby's friends. There's Liel, who's actually a family friend of mine-- she's videotaping the show. She's learning professionally now, I believe. And there's me. That's the PROOF staff. I'm very fortunate 2 be working w/ such a gr8 group of people.
I grow up hearing about how teens can do so much, and that age isn't the issue at all-- ur never too young-- but there r still ppl out there who don't realize what youth can do. Maybe that's just cuz the JEST board is all ppl who r old a retired and need a hobby.
I asked Pnina if she wanted 2 work 4 JEST any more after this and she said probably not. She's not happy with the board and the way things are run-- the people at the top. The JEST regulars who arn't at the top r good, and it's the teens doing quite a portion of the work who r good too-- but as a professional theatre group it shouldn't be held up by those of us still trying to get thru highschool, u know what I mean?
posted by Leenie ;-) at 12:58 am
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this cud be rilly good 4 ur career in acting or anything that hasta do with it becuz now they might call u back to have u help again for them and then maybe u can even ACT in a jest play and if u are im comin
I changed a few things in the post just now.
I, on the other hand, have no problem with JEST. Maybe that's because I'm not the one in contact with all the people at the top, I dunno. Also, about the school thing-- it's more like "people trying to get through bagruyot" since actual school isn't really an issue-- David does this stuff in school, so it's not like school would distract him from this, and Toby and Josh are homeschooled so it's really not an issue 4 them either-- they spend their spare time juggling.
I know I'd certainly like 2 continue working 4 JEST.
whats davids last name? is it Kalman?
Yes it is, how do u know him?
OMG it sounds like it was a blast! Do you think that you are gonna work on "Wicked" next year?
Wow, funny how much has changed in a year. David turned out to be quite the talker... "Highschool" was indeed the right term 2 use, not necessarily "bagruyot"... Yamin probably deserved more credit than I gave him... JEST isn't as bad as Pnina said, but they have other issues... Joshie isn't really a "little kid" anymore, lol... and that smiley, that "gr8 group of people"... well, it was just so sweet and innocent.
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