ALOHA has finally closed. We finished off with two really strong shows on Saturday and Sunday night. I have been saying for a while now that I didnt think we be able to top Week One's Sunday night show, but Saturday, July 30th took the prize. We had an amazing audience that was filled beyond capacity with an audience that had a great energy and lots of laughter, which enabled us to relax and have much more fun with the whole thing. The cast party was on Saturday night and most of the audience was invited to hang out and have a few drinks with us, so they were probably all happy about drinking free beer. I know I was. I ended up geting home at around 8AM the next morning. I crashed and slept until about 2P, got myself together and headed back out to JC for the final show.
Sunday night was a smaller house but we were fortunate to have a great audience. They were adoring and enthusiastic. Also a bit obnoxious at times (One audience member kept repeating lines out loud, even beating an actor to it here and there). God love em.
Wednesday morning and I'm still going through a bit of withdrawl. ALOHA SAY THE PRETTY GIRLS is over (For now). It's a very bittersweet ending because on one hand...I NEEDED SOME REST. I, actually I think we, meaning the entire cast, have been churning along for months now, giving SO much of ourselves to keep this thing rolling. Everyone was in desperate need of a break.
On the other hand, being a part of this production created so many good things that it was tough to say good-bye...or Aloha (Ok, that was a little corny). I came to really cherish the people involved. I mean I've connected with cast mates and crew in other shows before, but this was much different. There is just something about this play, whether its a blessing or a curse, I don't know, but there was some sort of mysterious spell that threw me into this surreal dimension. Maybe that's why Naomi rarely lets anyone produce this play. Maybe there is a spell, some little dose of awakening.
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