Thank you to whoever put Almond Joy's in the dressing room community bucket-o-candy. You truly know the way to my heart...and a mouth full of Almond Joy beats a mouth full of bubble concentrate any day. Let me explain.
Last night, during our final dress rehearsal, I poured bubbles into my I-am-Benjamin-Franklin pipe and upon trying to smoke it I injested quite a lot of "bubble concentrate". This was completely stupid on my part. I spent a few seconds in the scene gagging, making repulsed faces, etc., which just made our small audience laugh harder. Little did they know that I would spend the next act wanting to throw up and honestly believing that if I had the hiccups bubbles would actually come out of my mouth. That would have been pretty cool.
So, tonight was opening night and we had a total blast! Sidenote: I want to thank Cliff for being in the audience. It meant a lot to look out and see a really good friend laughing at our nerdy humor. Seriously, thank you Cliff...you are an awesome friend! The audience tonight was a typical weeknight audience, but it was such a rush to finally have people laughing at jokes that we once thought were funny, but after rehearsing them over and over had completely lost any semblance of humor. Even though, during tonight's show, a few props were misplaced, etc., we were able to cover for each other and ad-lib, such as Brad's a nun, a priest, and a whatever joke to which I came out and cut him off alluding to the fact that everyone, if he had finished where he was going with that joke, would have been scarred for life. We had to do something in order to cover the time it took to get the flip chart out on stage. Way to go, Brad! I told Brad and Eric before entering the stage tonight that I trust them tremendously, and that may have been the only serious thing I said for the next two or so hours. I cannot say I have ever been in a show where I know, no matter what happens, we will be fine. I know if I forget a line, these guys will either say it or give me a cue or ad-lib and cover it completely, and we wouldn't miss a beat. I would do the same for them. Working with such a small cast has its disadvantages...mainly that there are so many freaking lines. However, a small cast has infinite advantages...such as having that immense trust and learning to really play off of one another. I have loved this theatre experience moreso than any play I have ever been in, and its all due to having a wonderful director (Carrie) and two incredible cast-mates (Brad and Eric).
If you are bored or have no plans for the weekend, you should come to the show. Some people laughed tonight, so I guess a few things must be funny...or maybe they were laughing at my cymbal playing. Oh, well...either way I think you should come! You can reserve tickets at 325.670.1405. It will be showing Thursday-Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm in Van Ellis Theatre. So, I have given you the details and now I am going to go climb in bed. Okay? Rockin'.
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