Opening Day/Tech for Spring Shorts

The first show of the Spring Shorts run is being performed today, but first...tech!

Since we had to get up kind of early for tech I decided to make peppermint patty brownies to hopefully feed and perk up actors, crew, etc and give them minty breath!:) They seemed to go over well - thankfully - I was a bit worried that the "non-patty" part was a little tough but people went back for seconds so no worries! ;)

After tech we had around an hour break to find some food and get back for the afternoon show. Of course Mother Nature had chosen that block of time to down pour outside. Sigh.

The one-act I am in is the last one in the show so there is a bit of time to kill. I decided to read the other actor's bios in the program and discovered that an actor in another one-act had gone on tour w/ The Christmas Carol thru the Omaha Playhouse! Small World! So I asked him about it and he actually knew people I did and had an appreciation for the kind of productions they put on (because as a general rule an Omaha Playhouse production doesn't mean squat to those in NYC). And he is originally from the NYC area too, so for him to have an appreciation for even Omaha in general was kind of unexpected and nice and he's touring again this year too!

My roommate came to the show so she could actually see me on stage acting and when the person selling tickets asked her how she heard about the show she said - My roommate is in it...and those are her brownies! lol

And as the show run begins I found out that I have been cast in another show w/ Phare Play! Rehearsals start the day after this show closes. It is called Office Hours and I play 2 characters - Pam Gerard (Bitchy News Producer) and Sharon Freeman (Sexually Frustrated Therapist). Should be fun! ;)