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tonight's the night!
Jul. 17th, 2009 09:56 amIt’s opening night. I’ll be running around like a crazy woman today trying to take care of last minute details – (while pretending to be doing actual work work). But I’m so glad we’re finally putting this thing on it’s feet. We’ve been rehearsing off and on since FEBRUARY and I’m kinda over it.
In the “yes I am a dork who can’t read” category … I screwed up one of the four recorded sound cues last night because I suddenly had brain!fail and couldn’t remember the difference between the play button and the skip button. I hate sound cues. My brain does not accept their reality.
But despite a number of really little things that didn’t go according to plan… tech/dress went pretty smoothly. So now it’s just down to niggling out the deets … and we’ve got a show!
If you ignore the random dudes … here’s the best shot of the front of the theater I could get last night standing in the street and dodging traffic! But there we are up in lights. I used to work at this theater/theatre as an usher so it was fun to watch the staff change out the posters and the marquee and stuff without feeling like I had to help!
so I’ll leave you with Emily’s words. I think I could post a poem for each show day from the ones we cut from the script! This one is supposed to be the curtain speech.
It’s all I have to bring today --
This, and my heart beside --
This, and my heart, and all the fields --
And all the meadows wide --
Be sure you count – should I forget
Some one the sum could tell --
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the clover dwell.
ETA: Also. Am being theater rebel and am wearing WHITE, and not the traditional black of stage hands everywhere. It seemed only appropriate for a show about Emily Dickinson. Apparently I had to wait til I was 42 to hit my rebellious phase?
