The Time During Oliver Short Story

The Time During Oliver

Pure terror was the first thing I felt when I heard the news. How were we going to fulfill our huge production without it? Oliver was perfect- the lighting, sound, music cues, and the cast. The mixed cast was very large and full of orphans who looked as if they had lost all coordination. But, the actor who played Bill Sykes had forgotten one element of his costume that was so crucial to the show and the meaning of it. His hat. Sure, he forgot a hat. Big deal, right? Actually, yes. Very big deal. Without his hat, so many lines change. During one of the scenes, I am a guard looking for Bill Sykes and one of the lines was describing the way his hat looked. So, we had to improvise.

Since Bill Sykes had forgotten
Once my family congratulated me, I ran into John, who didn’t seem to have a worry in the world. All John had was a huge smile on his face. I was confused as of why John didn’t really care about messing up. But it was so rare to see him grin like that.

“Hey sweetheart!” John shouted across the swarm of people. “Wasn’t that awesome? The audience loved it!” After John had said this, I realized it really wasn’t that big of a deal. Not only that, but the house went wild over it. Since it was such a serious scene, it was so unexpected for something like that to happen. Later on during the night, I was on the way home after the show. Then it hit me. People mess up. Why should I stress over it?

Being in Oliver definitely changed my attitude towards theatre. Actors embarrass themselves sometimes! The audience isn’t ever holding a script! It really is nothing to stress over, and messing up is a learning experience. Even though I was afraid of saying a line wrong, I realized that it really isn’t that big of a deal. Seeing one of my peers mess up opened by eyes for the better, and helped me realize that I had nothing to worry