The Quasimodo Point

Well, Happy Valley is over the hump, and it's all downhill from here. It couldn't actually get much more downhill than Friday night, when we discovered (in the middle of the first light cue) that the power outage at the theater had messed with the dimmer packs, and that the computer in the light board couldn't actually talk to the lighting instruments. We were able to fix it at intermission, but it was the worst first half of a show that I have ever called. My fabulous sound board op, Colleen Sommerville, covered her own cues beautifully while I was in panic mode. She had her own issues during last night's performance, but those were smaller oops-es that are expected to happen sometime during the run of a show. Live and learn--it just means that I have a new step in my pre-show checklist. Fortunately, the critics had all come opening weekend!

We had a cast and crew party at the house last evening, and once again I forgot to put out the guest book. My next chance will be at Adam's Birthday Masquerade on October 22, so somebody please remind me.

No time at home tonight, because I'm volunteering at the Ivey Awards. They are sponsored by Ameriprise, and I'll be working at the ticket desk. Then I get to see the show for free. Yay! This is the first time anyone has put together local theatre awards for the Twin Cities, so I hope that it goes well. Don't worry--Adam has a new Xbox game, and won't miss me at all! :)