WOW, excellent rehearsal last night. These ladies have definitely been spending the time and effort outside of rehearsal to delve into the characters and the beautiful, beautiful language in “Voices”. With the exception of minor stumbles in two or three places, judging by acting alone I would have put what I saw tonight on a stage… well done actors! This leaves us with two more rehearsals to really hone the nitpicky things that get us as close to perfection as we can go, and then two tech rehearsals and we’re live!

The music and costumes that the tech team have selected are brilliant; the lighting concept is great, but yet to be tested, as the equipment is not quite finished (it has been expanded to a 9-piece setup instead of 6). We just mounted the rope line that will carry the curtain fabric, and measurements have confirmed a 25-seat house. We also purchased an evap cooler for these summer evenings… it’s a bit loud to leave on during the show, but I plan to start it up an hour and a half or so before curtain and let it cool the place down.

I had expected that about $500.00 would get us to our first opening night, and that it would level off a bit after that, as the infrastructure (lights, etc) would be mostly done. Well, we are well over budget, at $742.95 spent so far… and the curtain fabric and any remaining chairs we need after begging/borrowing still have to be purchased. Ooof! I can’t help but be even more committed however when I see how far this crazy idea has come, and the beauty of the art we are creating. WELL DONE, TEAM!!!

T – 15 days and counting to opening night…

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