Curtains: Ang Mga Propesyonal.

One month had passed so quickly.

Yesterday, we performed Ang Mga Propesyonal as our recital for Rehearsal and Performance Techniques workshop.

As usual, I arrived a little earlier in Batute and found my own little corner. I stayed there until Gigi arrived and we started throwing lines as some of the others walked around the stage. As the crew did a paper tech for the lights and scene changes, some had already gone to the Conference room to prep up a little early. Headed over there at 4pm as well.

Hahaha, as it turned out, Rayna and Trency had established "Ampy's Salon" as was willing to do people's make-up. Half the girls had to put their hair up in buns, and Kris and I lucked out finding a bunch of hairnets in one corner because we had forgotten to bring our own.

A little past 5, we all trooped back to Batute's dressing room through the buff. A little warm up, then we closed the dressing room for open house, and we said a prayer. Woohoo, showtime! A whole bunch immediately went backstage while Gino, Gigi and I stayed in the dressing room until after the National Anthem. Then we joined the rest.

Everything went pretty smoothly when the show started. Of course, the permit for food and smoking wasn't approved so we never got to use the food. I didn't even notice how fast everything was happening until I realized that it was already the 4th scene. I barreled through, and then Louie missed his cue, hahaha! What's even funnier was that he came in and started smoking, which got the OJTs backstage into a panic. By the time our scene had ended, we were all cracking up backstage while the drama concluded onstage during the 5th scene.

We did it! Hahaha, and what would even be funnier was that we didn't receive our certificates right there and then, as it was still missing a signatory. But even with that, Sir Dennis still acknowledged us one by one.

One final company call after the show with Sir Dennis, Mayen and Tara. The usual "How do you feel?" question was thrown, ahehe. Of course, they did mention a few points here and there, plus Mayen's "Masasama ang mga kaibigan ko." Hahaha! But hey, I liked what Sir Dennis had said, hahaha. "Put it this way. You performed a show with only 19 rehearsals. That's a feat."

I didn't exactly invite people to watch this year, but what's pretty disappointing was that my parents didn't even try to go, and I didn't even hear a good luck, break a leg, or congratulations anywhere. Oh well. It did make my day, though, when Tad managed to make it even though his rehearsal in Makati had ended late and had to endure the rush-hour traffic just to reach CCP in time, yay.

As early detachment, I didn't join some of the guys for dinner, and opted to have quality time with Tad instead. Since the workshops began, we never got to spend much time together because of our contrasting schedules. Dinner and talking, with a side order of notes (hahaha!) was a simple pleasure that I was thankful for last night. I was so giddy for many reasons.

Photos to follow.