February 4, 2010

• Finally There

  We are finally there = Preview Night.

  Last night was NOT good.  It started out great.  The timing was good, the tempos were right, our energy was up.  Then there was a dropped line and from there it was as if whatever could go wrong did.

  I had several moments of pure stupidity.  At the end of my first song, it took so long for anybody to say anything - because some people wanted us to hold longer at the end of songs - that I thought it was my line and I started saying a line from Act II without even realizing it was from Act II.  Then finally the correct line came out and I was completely lost.  Could not figure out what the hell had happened.  Someone had picked up my prop off the ground on top of that.  I was just lost.  I went offstage before it finally dawned on me that I had said my line from Act II.  Went back out and had to grab a replacement prop from somewhere else so I could use it when I needed it later. 

  Then during Act II, I forgot another prop - a cord to tie around a monk's robe that I am supposed to hand to someone else.  I ended up trying to pull my own robe off to give to him, but the double knot became a problem and by that point I was so frustrated that I'd done two completely stupid doofus moves.

  I am tired, tired, tired.  Am considering asking for a vacation day tomorrow because even though I got 6 hours sleep last night, it feels like I only got two hours.  And my voice is starting to show it.  Cracked several times on stage last night.  Am not hitting some of the very high notes that I can usually hit.

  We have our Preview Night tonight.  They bring in a busload of people from a retirement village to see the show.  And then Opening Night tomorrow night.  I am very surprised at the sales for Opening weekend - they are very minimal.  I'm used to places where the Opening weekend is practically sold out well in advance, but I was told by someone who does shows there that they get a lot of walk-ups.  I also don't think they offer subscription series to people (I could be wrong).  At other places that offer subscriptions, the subscribers like Opening Weekend, so they reserve their seats well in advance.  We only show 28 sold for Friday night and this is a house that hold 188.  And we have 59 pre-sold for Saturday night.  But since I haven't done a show here before, who knows?  Maybe they get something like 75 walk-ups a night for all I know?

  Anyway, time to try and drag my sleepy, sleepy self out the door and to the train.  At least I'll get another half an hour sleep on the train ride in to work!

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