October 25, 2006
Twelve hours from now we’ll be opening this season’s Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer. I’m excited, nervous, happy, and basically feel like I’m going to explode with energy. I love this feeling, and I love the feeling that everyone involved has come together. That unity is my favorite thing about performing.
We’ve been doing hours and hours of rehearsal, all to get this show off the ground. And for the ten year anniversary of Rudolph, this show is going to kick some tail. We’re already sold out for Saturday night, and I suspect I’ll be reporting many more sell-outs as the run progresses. As much as I like playing to a packed house, I’m happier that the show will be making money for Handbag Productions, my company. Well not my company, but the one I work with. Money is good and money means more opportunities for the company to do great productions.
I just talked with my mother about when she is coming to see the show. She’ll be bringing her friend Marlene, who I’ve known all my life. The two of them are great together, bickering, joking, pointing out each other’s flaws, and being good friends. I wouldn’t ever change them, and I hope that as I continue to grow up (I still feel like a little kid around them) I’ll have people in my life who stick around 30+ years.
I can’t help but look back to last year. I wasn’t involved in the theatre scene at all. Now I am. Thank you Richard Bluestein for introducing me to David Cerda at the taping of the original Caged Dames. It was one of those moments in my life where everything changed. I didn’t know it then, but really, when those moments-in-between-moments happen, you never really know how pivotal things are until much later.
Just goes to show you that every time you meet someone new, no matter how brief the encounter is, it can become a major event in your life. October 25th 2006, the day I met Miz-ster David Cerda, will remain etched in my brain forever.