The show is going splendidly.
The one hitch to this production was that we did not get to do many run throughs during rehearsal. In fact, I think we only did a total of 2 full run throughs. It's really hard for me to get up to speed and completely offbook without running it a lot. So it was a bit challenging. Thankfully, it's easier and easier to do each night.
Saturday's show was by far our best show. The audience was amazing and they really liked Mr. DePinna. It was almost sold out. I got a lot of wonderful feedback afterwards.
Sunday was a matinee and the audience was dead silent. It was a full house but a house full of dead people. :D
We have three more shows this week and a Sunday set strike. And then Sunday night it's auditions again. This summer, the theatre is doing 7 one act plays. Each one act is about 10 minutes long. I've been asked to audition for a couple of them. It's totally flattering. I kind of like the momentum of jumping on to something else right away, so I'm thinking I'll audition this Sunday. I don't know, I'm kind of exhausted right now...

Tonight was so weird. The audience was dead silent. There were a few guffaws here and there but no all out laughing. It was dreafully hard to keep the energy flowing. I come out in a toga and nothing... no laughter. Then at the end of the show, they go absolutely ape sh!t. Applauding, screaming, standing... it was incredible. I guess they were having a good time after all.
:)

Yeah, I love those audiences that don't want to miss a single word ;). LOL.

Ugh! It's got to be pure agony acting in that sort of environment, but tres cool that the audience was appreciative, even if it was at the end of the show. Audience dynamics can be so flukey and hard to read sometimes. I admire people that can push past that and continue on- I'd be tempted to stop and say "What's up your asses, people?!"

Probably a good thing that I'm not an actor.

I'm not sure if I posted this before but here goes:

The other night I had this weird dream. For some reason, I was at a family reunion with all of my relatives that I dislike. They all were laughing at me telling me that I was wasting my time doing theatre. That lasted for about 2 seconds in my dream until I had this 'Harper Valley PTA' moment where I told each and every one of them off. The moment I did that, I was transported to a huge ballroom. In the center of the ballroom was the Mad Hatter's table filled with spinning cups and tea kettles. The table was huge, so huge that the actor who plays Grandpa in the play (the man who tells us all that doing what you love is more important than making money) takes me by the hand and starts to waltz with me on the table. He's smiling, I'm smiling. It was like a scene from 'Evita' where Che and Evita waltz. In fact, that song 'Waltz for Eva and Che' played while we did it.

Tell me before I waltz out of your life
Before turning my back on the past
Forgive my impertinent behavior
But how long do you think this pantomime can last?

The dream ended with grandpa and I having fun dancing.

Great dream! Not to mention that the actor who plays Grandpa is in his early forties and is a hottie. :D

Wow! What a great patchwork quilt of a dream! Now I'll; have the "waltz for Evita and Che" running through my head for a while.

Oh, and Sunday matinee audiences, don't get me started.

I think it's nice to leap straight into another show, as that forestalls the inevitable post-show blues a little. And it is great to feel wanted, isn't it!

I think I will make that leap into the next. If they'll have me. The auditions for the one-acts are on Tues & Wed. It totally feels great to be asked. :) Post-show blues sometimes hit me hard. Other times it's post-show rejoicing. :D I'm not sure what it'll be this time. I kept a distance from this cast for some reason. I didn't want to jump into any 'so in so doesn't like so in so' and 'I'm not talking to so in so' and 'let's pretend like we like each other'. That stuff's just as tiring as rehearsing. :D

My face is totally drying out from all the makeup I wear in the show. At one part a firework was supposed to go off in my face offstage. So I walk on with black soot all over my face. Getting that soot off does a number on my skin. So I do the cold cream thing at night. Everytime I put it on I feel like I'm Bette Davis in 'All About Eve' where she spends a whole scene putting cream on her face. :D

"I'm a junkyard." ~ Margo Channing

Glad to hear things are going well for you, GC.

I didn't say it before so here you go: break a leg! :snap:

But what a junkyard! ~ Bill Samson

Our last show was great. We sold out and some people even had to stand. So cool.

Best part of all was that my friends came from DC to see me in the show. What a great surprise. After the show was over, Ralphie told me he wanted to meet a couple of people from his work. So I go over to a group of people and there are my bestest friends from DC. I was moved to tears. What a wonderful surprise.

The cast party was fabulous. Had a great time...

I also shared my dream with the whole cast for our closing night circle. They loved it. The guy playing grandpa and I waltzed for them. I can't waltz to save my life. But it was fun. :D

Auditions are tomorrow for the Summer One Acts Festival. A Diva's life must go on...
:D