A fun and enjoyable weekend was had by all. Since I spend a lot of time moving large and cumbersome set pieces around on stage right, such activities loom large in my memory.
Friday night, set disaster clouded the horizon. The traveller curtain got hung up on the theater set piece during the first Deadrock scene. Even though we had taken the precaution of moving the set piece well downstage of the set piece, we set it in place before the traveller curtain was opened - a big no-no, and cause of the trouble). Later, the stressed and undermanned set change into the first saloon scene was pushed beyond the breaking point by addition of a new element (ladder) and by trouble getting the chairs out of the wings (lights were brought up before we were ready). In addition, apparently a wheel broke of the car set piece.
Nevertheless, the Friday opening-night crowd was full of enthusiastic theater participants of all sorts (e.g., MikeMac, Darryl Strohl), and their raucous support helped erase any bad set-change memories.
Saturday night, set changes went smoothly, with a few exceptions (the fender fell off the car). Sadie from aerobics class and her husband Herman came to see a show at DMTC for the very first time, and I was very happy and relieved to hear that they really enjoyed themselves. Sadie wants to make a class announcement in aerobics class on Monday recommending the show to everyone!
On Sunday afternoon, at the start of show, Steve presented two $500 DMTC scholarships to graduating high-school seniors (and YPT veterans) Nora Unkel and Chris Petersen.
Sunday set changes went well, with the exception of a wine bottle that fell off the rolling bar during a set change, which shattered on concrete. We were very quick at sweeping up the debris, however. With the exception of a tiny pinprick cut I suffered, the accident cleanup was uneventful.
Now, some down time!
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