The Diary of Anne frank

 The Diary of Anne Frank ran for a few days in November and I was not able to see the finished performance during the week that it was being performed.  The reason for this is that I was working backstage on the play doing inventory on all of the costumes, ironing, and helping the actors do their quick changes backstage.  I did get the see the unpolished, un-costumed version of the show during crew view, and it was alright.  Without the costumes, lights, or sound effects, it was more like watching a very unfinished version of the play.  I did get to hear the finished version every single time it was performed, though.  The finished version sounded a whole lot better, and I'm confident that the audiences enjoyed the play.  The actors did good jobs, and crew did good jobs, too.  I think that the actors adequately portrayed how the Frank and Van Pels families would have felt in their situation.  Since I can't quite describe my experience viewing the play, I will describe what it was like being backstage.  I have one word that encompasses virtually every aspect of backstage work for The Diary of Anne Frank: tired.  By this, I mean that I was constantly in a perpetual state of being tired, be it because I had been working for seven hours or because I was up until midnight the night before working seven hours.  Backstage was hectic because when I would arrive everyone would want me to do what they wanted me to do, even though they were not my boss.  I am not sure why so many thought that I could do my required responsibilities and then just do what they wanted me to do out of the kindness of my heart.  Despite all of this, I had a good time crewing The Diary of Anne Frank, and the show was somewhat fun to be a part of.