T-minus 6 days and the teachers arrived.
Every theatre department has that group of a dozen students who eat, breath and live through the department. It is this group of students who think nothing of cleaning out a mighty stinky prop refrigerator (milk that has spent way too much time from the cow). They sweep the floor, stack the rehearsal furniture (that can still support weight), roll the cables and welcome more work as they do.
I call these young leaders the teachers. They are the ones set out to bring out the very best in we who are named teachers. They are the ones in charge. It is by serving them that we old folks truly learn our stuff. We teach to learn. They learn to teach – – and they learn quick! Read more