THE RIGHT SHOES by Julie Jordan Scott
I have yet another strange confession. Are you ready to hear it?
If I were utterly truthful, I would admit to coveting character
shoes.
I have seen musical theater actresses glide, dance, move across
stages in many places, times and contexts and they all shared that
one, common element.
Character shoes.
Not owning a pair was yet another check in my column marked "Not an
actress."
This weekend all that changed.
I experienced two less than stellar rehearsals this weekend. Each
was punctuated by my inner refrain: "At least I have the right
shoes" and "Well, finally I join the Tribe of Musical Theater
Character acting shoes" and "Hey, I might have forgotten that line.
at least I have the right shoes."
Life can be that simple.
It is as simple as feeling joy from a pair of shoes and knowing that
in wearing those shoes I was issuing an invitation marked "Temporary
Discomfort Welcomed" to the Universe.
It is as simple as hearing the sound of laughter and choosing to
join in without needing to have a reason behind the laughing.
It is as simple as stretching today beyond what and who you were
yesterday.
Charles Dickens said "Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a
pimpled, ill conditioned state from mere excess of comfort."
My character shoes are a symbol of my stretching from my former
state of mind comfort of "not an actress" and into my current state
of niggling "ohmigawsh, we open in less than two weeks!" discomfort.
In order to own character shoes, I had to be willing to step into
that context of being uncomfortable. That state of taking
responsibility as a cast member, a community member, a thread in
this special tapestry - this work of art also known as this
incarnation of "Into the Woods."
What is your symbol, your token, your totem of stretching from your
current state of comfort?
Saturday's rehearsal required a lot of movement.
In my character shoes I was racing around the stage slipping,
sliding, trying to keep up with the blocking, the singing, the
acting, all of it. Tt was indeed a stretch.
I laughed as I tried to keep up. My director said, "It's different
in those shoes, isn't it?"
"YES!"
The object of my coveting - the character shoes -- propelled me into
temporary discomfort.
It's all a glorious component of the stretch.
It is in the trust that I will move beyond the discomfort. It is in
the willingness to continue growing. It is in the joy which comes
with accomplishment which is silly, sublime and everywhere in
between.
Gratefully, I have the right pair of shoes.
What do you have?
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