昨夜いつものようにお稽古後、うちの部屋でごはんを食べていたところ、卯瀧くんの実家より急用の知らせが届きました
直ぐにでも日本に飛んで帰りたい気持ちと、情熱を持って学生たちを指導していただけにここに残りたい気持ちとの葛藤に、どうしたら良いものか直ぐに答えを出すことができませんでした
ご家族は、仕事を第一に考え帰ってこなくて良いからと仰っていて、役者は当たり前のように身内の不幸であってもそのまま舞台に立ち続けるのが当然ですが、今は大学に指導来ている身
ジュリーも、どちらでも卯瀧くんの良いようにしてくださいと寛大な言葉をくださいました
そして残り約10日間のお稽古も卯瀧くんが、後悔が少なくなるように数を減らしましょうと提案してくれました
ただいずれの選択肢をとっても彼には後悔が残ってしまうだろうと心配してくれています
結局彼は、今回は帰国する道を選びました
今夜は、しばしのお別れ会
門之助🕊️
Utaki kun received a call from his family something urgent coming up last night while we were having dinner.
He was feeling very torn. Though his family says there’s no need to stop everything and leave Hawaii, he wants to share important moment with his family of course.
On the other hand, he knows he should/wants to stay here to continue teaching the students till the last day of the schedule, he is such a passionate teacher.
As an actor, there’s no excuse to leave stage on his private issue. We need to keep on performing even if your parent or family passes away.
But this is not a stage. Julie showed warm-hearted understanding that he can leave or stay whatever he chooses, of course.
But whichever he may go, he is going to regret the way he didn’t choose.
And she decreased the numbers of rehearsals so that he would feel less pressure to leave earlier.
Eventually, he has decided to go back.
He is flying back to Japan tomorrow morning, leaving about 10 more days of rehearsals.
And as a short farewell, we had dinner at the famous Cheesecake Factory in Waikiki.