Thoughts from the Apocalypse

It's been over a week since my troupe's 5th show, Apocalypse Maybe, and I had some thoughts going into the break.

The first was going into the show. We had rehearsed the show so many times over and worked on the digital shorts for such a long time that going into the show, it wasn't funny anymore. It was either over the top, offensive, or simply not funny.

I think in general, we get too close to the work we do that it drains the life out of what we do and it's a horrible thing in the sense that if it doesn't get a chance to see the light of day, that's the way it will always be. Lifeless, colorless... unfunny.

That's when you find out what you are really made of. Are you still willing to put yourself out there when it's not that funny to you anymore?

For us, yes, we went through with it just as we have had four times before. For me though. I was definitely feeling reserved about it. I suppose that's how it is for normal people. In any case, the sketches that I put up and my performances were received well. Like the LMFAO, ROFL, my chest is about to collapse well. Thank God.

And that's when I realized that YES, I am funny. YES, I have a unique point of view. AND YES, I have the ability to make people laugh uncontrollably. It's within me. It comes naturally to me.