September 22

Today’s performance was good, though I was more anxious before the show than I had been in previous days because of AfterWords. As much as I was trying not to let it phase me, I think I was more worked up before the show than I ought to have been because of the influx of questions from my cast members also participating in AfterWords. This was particularly difficult because it was my first AfterWords since Curious Incident and, as such, I knew very little about what it was going to look like anyway. Once I got onstage, I was able to mostly release these nerves and get back into the world of the play, but I do want to spend more time going forward immersing myself in the character and trying more intentionally to release myself from any anxieties I am feeling unrelated to my character and the given circumstances.