Slice of sunshine

Sunday night's show was AMAZING. After a small, timid crowd on Saturday night, we were filled beyond capacity on Sunday and the audience was great. They laughed at everything, which really inspired the cast and crew to step up and deliver the best performance yet. I was so happy to end our first weekend on a high note. I was saying a few days ago that I thought we would hit our stride on Sunday. Once we got a few performances out of the way, and more importantly, we all got a chance to catch up on some sleep, I knew we'd turn it up a notch or two and really get going. "Super-smooth Sunday." That's what I was calling for. But at first, things didnt seem that smooth at all:

Before the show started, I thought we were in big trouble. We had some issues at the front door because some of our guests had arrived early and there was noplace to seat them. Someof these early birds were family and friends of certain cast members. Now, normally, folks will just hang out on the street, but this time it started to rain, and some of the cast members got upset that their family and friends were expected to stay outside and get wet. Words were exchanged between cast and crew, tears started falling (yes...again), more words were exchanged and the doors were opened a few minutes early. Once the house was opened the actors were asked to go backstage, but once we were all backstage, the verbal sparring continued. The exchange got heated enough that the entering theatergoers could hear it all. One of the company members tried to intervene and received a little lashing of her own for doing so. More words, more tears and then...silence. Man it was tense back there.

But hey, after that, we put on a kick-ass show! The lovely ladies of Management Company should brawl before every performance!.

So now it's Monday night and I am SOoooo tired in more ways than I care to explain. I spent a good portion of my day on a loading dock loading boxes into a storage space. It was crazy humid and I was drenched with sweat.I left the docks for an audition at Beth Melsky for Optimum online and then to Acting Management on 22nd Street for a Haagen Daaz audition. I blew off a film audition that was happening down on Lafayette St because I was just too dam tired. It was a posting from Backstage, chances are I wasn't missing much (Although ya never know).I stopped at a newsstand to pick up a NJ STAR LEDGER so I could read the review of our show and I was very pleasantly surprised. The review was fantastic:

ALOHA SAY THE PRETTY GIRLS Star Ledger review, July 18th, 2005

The guy who wrote the review loved our show and I even got a nice mention in the article. A small slice of sunshine on a very dark day.