Today was show # 6x6, 12x3, 9x4 and many other ways of multiplying smaller factors to come up with a total of 36. It was... a good show? I don't know. I think it was predominantly good, but we need to pick up our cues.
Load-in was a very smooth, almost regal affair. At this point, we are so entrenched in the sheer muscle-memory of building the set that we barely need to communicate, verbally, and we go through the motions on auto-pilot. It's nice - putting the set together (for me, at least) is almost a ritual before the show. We build it before we get to live on it. I'm not saying I want to do that for the rest of my life, but... it's a nice thing for now.
Anyway, we built the set, had a very leisurely sound-check, sedately spiked and corrected prop and set-piece placement, lacksidasically went back to places, unhurriedly finished make-up and getting into costume and received our places call in due time, when (GASP!) we all had a collective jolt of adrenaline as Ben realized that he had forgotten his bunny ears in the van!
With seconds to spare, he bolted out into the parking lot (in full costume, I might add) and dashed back into the venue as the pre-show announcement was cued. It was... kind of a wake-up. No matter how much we think we have this down pat, we still need to be alert. Oy.
Anyway, I want to describe our drive through the South - but I also want to save it for tomorrow. I'm trying to take pictures with my phone and send it to the blog (we'll see how that goes).
In other news - I won't have my laptop for nearly two weeks. Thank you, Ethan, for letting me use yours.
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