Well...this is [almost] it!
by John Zinzi on 01/21/11
Well, here comes tech week...and opening night is just seven days away. Yow! Five more times before we do this thing for people who have paid $20 each to see it. Pressure? Nah! If anything, the danger at this point is to be over-confident; over-rehearsed. But I think that adding tech and costumes and makeup will add that edge to our performances enough so that we'll be at our best next Friday night... and we'll stay that way for the run! Point some bright, hot lights at us and watch us shine!!
Our Tuesday night Pizza Palace event after rehearsal was very nice... sorry that Director Jim misunderstood the plan and missed it. And I'm rather sorry we didn't all sit at one big table so that we would all be on the same page of the conversation--not that I didn't have a nice time, mind you, but we could all benefit from a little cast bonding right about now, I'm sure. Laurence Olivier said that his favorite part of any performance was the drink afterwards. I wouldn't got that far, perhaps, but I do appreciate being off stage with folks I know from playing together on stage.
Here's my plan: I'll be relaxing and enjoying myself tonight and tomorrow night away from Possum Hall, and then I plan to really enjoy myself the next time I'm sitting at that table with my hand hovering above that bell. Here we go!! -JPZ