Sunday, March 17th, 2019

Noida, India

Could Not Have Been

There could not have been a more appreciative audience.  We staged, "The Queen's Secret" in the evening, to a paid audience. Yesterday's was sponsored.  The big temptation, for anyone in the 21^st century, is the usage of cell phones, but the crowd remained obedient to our rules during the performance.  “No click! No video!  No flash!”

It was after the credits, the curtain call, that the crowd was aroused for taking pictures.  Good God, it wouldn't stop.  Our cast was made to feel like real celebs! In truth, I consider our group of twenty-five to be like family rather than stars of the stage.  With this being our last performance in India, our group/troupe came to like each other, despite diverse personalities and ages—I'm the oldest.

"The Queen's Secret" was our little project together.  We shaped and molded it to become the feast of words, movement and colour that it came to be.  We learned patience from the practices.  We learned, through the method of acting, how to become someone else.  For myself, it was being the coach all along, and entering into every character of the play.  It was fun.

Admittedly so, I feel more like I'm the Drama Maharaja as opposed to The Walking Monk.  Now that this month's theatre assignment is over, I can shift gears more to the walking side.  Yes, that is a passion I also need to honour—just getting back to an obligation.  That would be a joy, a pleasure.

I lay down to sleep, to anticipate the pilgrimage to Vrndavana and for the morning hours to play out.

May the Source be with you!

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