One Week Away!

Wow....one week away from opening. I can't believe we're thisclose to completing this process. It's a little surreal to be quite honest. I began this journey on May 6th and it's pretty much demanded all my since then...that's almost twelve weeks of work! And it's finally coming to fruition.

I've been apart of a lot of rehearsal processes and the amount of readiness one feels before opening varies quite a lot. Some shows you feel great about...the feeling of, "We were ready to open weeks ago." Others not so much...the final week of rehearsal is a mad scramble to present something halfway resembling a finished product. In our case, luckily, we are experiencing the former. We're in EXCELLENT shape heading into our final week of rehearsals. We now have time to fine tune the show and smooth out the last minute details, which as any director can attest to, is a very good feeling.

I'll be working with Brian Scruggs this weekend to cement sound and lights. It's really quite interesting working the transitions between scenes. Because the actors are changing and applying makeup in full view of the audience, we've discovered that the transitions are little scenes in themselves. They're incredibly engaging to watch. I think people that frequent the theatre will find that we've made some very interesting choices and discoveries. And it will be even more fascinating for people who don't normally go to the theatre...people who don't know exactly what goes on "behind the scenes."

We've made some interesting song choices for the transitions too, though we're still making some final tweaks to those. I'm finding when a song works, the transition can go on forever...when it doesn't I want it to hurry up and get into the next scene. I'm confident that we can really make some strong choices this weekend...especially with how amazing Brian has been at finding just the right song to capture the mood.

As I end most every update, I'm terribly excited for everyone to see this show. We've poured everything into it that we could and I think that shows.


One week away!