Opening night hijinks

Well, our opening night didn't have a dull moment; that's for sure.

Brooke and I got to there around six and it didn't take me long to get into costume. Keeny did my makeup and I was ready to go by six-forty. Six-fifty, we were all in the theatre doing our warm-ups, and by seven, the doors were opened and we were interacting with some audience members in character. Since I started out as the spinster, I was wearing my frumpy dress and chatting up some ladies with an English accent. It was cute, at least I thought so.

We took the stage and during our opening number the lights went off and for the a couple measures, we were singing in the dark! Turns out the light box is duct taped on the floor of the light booth so Steve kept kicking it every time he moved and the lights went off. Another glitch was there weren't any chairs for me to grab for the train scene, so I did that scene standing up the entire time! We figured out a way to make that work. And then James (our dead guy) lost his sunglasses, so he had to keep his hat on over his eyes. Tyler covered and made it work, but it was frustrating.

There were a couple musical glitches as well. When Keeny did her solo number "Speaking French", our accompanist messed up slightly, but Keeny covered it pretty well. :) And then Courtney's solo was done in the wrong key and that threw her off, and us too, since we sing backups for her right behind the stage!

And all that was Act One!

Act Two went more smoothly than Act One (thank goodness!!!). No major glitches or drama, and afterward, we all went to McDonald's for a late dinner or dessert, and then the riverfront to walk the path. We finally ended up at James's apartment, just hanging out and talking and I didn't get home until after midnight, with my eyes barely able to stay open.

And that, my friends, is the story of our opening night hijinks. I'm hoping tonight goes better, especially since Melissa and Jeremy are coming. And they are going to be in for a surprise. :)

Slan go foill...