OPENING NIGHT

Well it is opening night, the culmination of over a years work. Now we get to see if after all the blood, sweat, and tears, if the shows are any good. (Crossing my fingers)

I used to get really nervous on opening and I probably will right before we open, but right now I am feeling pretty confident about the shows. Not that we haven't had a bumpy ride.

We spent the weekend in tech, and if you don't know already, Tech sucks. For those that don't, Tech is the time when you add all the elements together: acting, props, lights, set, sound, costumes, the kitchen sink. Its a lot like baking a cake, once the cake is done its awesome, but when you first add all the ingredients together, it looks kinda gross.

We had some interesting moments, well no one ran over a homeless guy, but still interesting. During one run of Award, Malorie kicked one of the glasses and broke it. Punted it actually. She could be in the NFL. It was one of those moments where, if she had tried to kick it, she couldn't have. But on accident... she nailed it. So if you watch the show and wonder why there is only one glass in a Four Seasons hotel room, that is why. They also terrorized a script during the show, ripped it to shreds. Again they had never been done this before, yet during one run, this poor prop met it's demise.

Not that Funeral didn't have it's moments too. I am still not sure where, Anne's "Children's husband" came from or Bryce summarizing his monologue to "everything". We also had to ask Tim to wear socks. It seemed like his bare ankles during one run had a special spot light on them.

On the plus side, the Boys in Funeral are happy to finally have a wall. Our rehearsal space most of the time made using the walls for the fight scenes a little hard. For weeks, Ben, Bryce and Tim have been mime-ing walls. So it felt good for them to finally have some walls, so that could start REALLY throwing each other around.

Well just wanted to do a short one before we started letting people in the door. After tonight, in a strange way, the shows no longer belong to Jay and I, but they belong to the cast and the audience. Sometimes it gets hard to let go, but its necessary.

A real quick thanks Aaron Johnson at the Live Bait, Don Johnson and the rest of the cast and crew of "A Murder of Crows" for the fabulous job they did getting the set ready for us. They have no idea how great they are. And to such a great cast. We could not have done it without them.

I hope you all enjoy the shows.