7-19-12 The crazy last night of rehearsal

Crazy.

Started at the outdoor rehearsal space... things were nice and sunny.  We did a mic check.  I like the mics... I think they'll be good.  Nothing more dreadful than bad mics.  It just makes me feel helpless when my mic is bad.

Then we moved to Indiana Repertory Theatre's mainstage space.  No mics... no costumes... no outdoor lighting...  just the cast and crew with a bare stage in a 400ish seat theatre with four people sitting in the audience.  And the rain came.  And we ran the show.  And it was kind of nice.  Actually it was really nice.  Really fun to tell this great story at a good theatre with a good group.  Really fun that, although we'd never rehearsed there before, everyone figured out what they needed to do to make it work.  It was kind of magical. 

Now we just need to do that tomorrow outside. 

After the run of the show we went back to the outdoor space.  There was no more rain.  We saw what the lighting will be like, so at least that won't be a surprise tomorrow.  Then we briefly worked on curtain call and well... that's it.  That's the rehearsal process.

Tomorrow most of us will be at the space by 7:00pm.  Whenever there is stage combat in a show, we always do the fight once or twice before the show, so all the fighters will be there at 7:00.  I think the pre-show entertainment actually starts around 6:30.  That is always fun.  It's always fun to walk to the space and see a crowd already there.  And you kind of walk through the crowd knowing that you are about to tell them a great story and, at that moment, they have no idea who you are... yet.  That is fun.  Earlier this summer I was walking outside of a theatre in NYC and walked past a lady and thought to myself "that lady looks like she is walking through this crowd as if she knows she is about to tell them a great story."  Sure enough, she was the lead actress.

Tomorrow I won't do anything crazy.  A little lifting... a little cardio... perhaps some laundry... go over lines... that's about it.  It's not about getting amped up... it's about relaxing.  Maybe I'll spend some quality hot tub time... hahaha.

No rain... no rain... no rain...