Well, our fall play's over. It was amazing and fun, but it's the end now. And since I didn't want to post four journals detailing the events of each production, here's an overview.

Thursday
Opening night! Our audience was a little flat, but we did AMAZINGLY. I cried in our energy circle, but I always cry the first and last nights. It's my pattern. Our show had so much energy, and even though we fudged a few lines, we got it together enough to fool our audience. And I got laughs with my character's stupidity!

Friday
Can we say "backstage drama?" Before the show, Martin and Zach were being idiots and horsing around, and Martin got shoved against the wall and jammed his pinky. No big deal, right? Just get some popsicle sticks and medical tape, splint it up, and ta-da, right? Wrong. We tried that. While we were splinting his finger, he started to feel dizzy and lose his balance. Thank God Pat was right next to him, or he would've hit the floor. Yeah, Martin passed out for a few seconds. But Pat caught him and carried him to the couch we have in the tech shop and we elevated his feet, got him some water and something to drink, all those things you're supposed to do. His pupils were really dilated, and we're pretty sure he went into shock. Luckily our tech director's sister, a registered nurse, was in the audience. She came back, we raided the nurse's office for supplies, and she took Martin's blood pressure, pulse, etc. Everything was normal except his pupils were still really dilated, so she decided to see if he could stand. When he did, he got really shaky and his pulse immediately dropped from 102 to 88. So we sat him back down and got his feet elevated and called his parents. Martin was being really stubborn and didn't want to go home, but we convinced him he had to go see someone. His dad came and picked him up, a group of us had a prayer circle, and that was about all we could do. Kat, Kelsey, and I went backstage to go get into character for our scene in Act II, and I found myself starting to cry. Now, you have to understand that I'm a very selfish crier. I don't get all worried over others and I especially don't cry over them. But there I was, curled into a ball in a corner backstage left, dabbing my eyes on the hem of my skirt and crying for Martin. The weirdest thing is, we hated each other last year. And I mean pure, I-am-going-to-strangle-you hate. So it was just...odd. Kat came over and she and Kelsey helped me feel better and we got into character and the scene went fine, but it was weird. Joe went on for Martin and everything was okay, and he was back the next day. And our audience was great.

Saturday
It was a pretty smooth run, okay audience, generally a normal night. The best part was after it, when we all went to Denny's as a Saturday-show tradition. It was wonderful. Most fun I've had in a long time. ...I love theatre kids.

Sunday
Last show. We were a little flat, but that's because our audience was totally and completely DEAD. x.x So many of us (me, Eileen, Zoe, Antoinette, Shelby, Tori, Kelsey....) were absolutely bawling our eyes out. After the show, we had strike. It felt really good to be doing techie work again. I missed it.

Our next show is Anne of Green Gables. Not too thrilled about the choice, but the director likes me. I think she's already given me a part. (Pre-casting. Joy. </sarcasm> ) So I'm auditioning for that in a week. Then all the hectic fun will start all over again. =]


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Computer Status: Sadly, my baby's still out of commission. I need a new restore disc for it, but once that comes, I'll be able to do digital works again! <3