The differences in venues for library shows can be enormous! In two days I did a library show that had about 75 people in a packed meeting room.
Then the next day I had a library show for over 300 people in an old auditorium!
The skills needed to work in both venues are very different. When you’re standing on the floor a few feet from the audience is easier to control that in a giant theater that’s super echoy and everything in it makes noise from the floorboards to the chairs.
I heard that a previous performer in the auditorium struggled with the echos and crowd control. Being armed with knowledge of this, I really had to keep on top of crowd management and my expectations of the audience. In a giant room with a lot of echo, it’s really easy to lose control and hard to get it back!
-Louie