A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A local field
Fredonia NY – We usually don’t get such beautiful weather this time of year in Western NY. Today the sun is shining brightly with not a cloud in the sky. Temperature right now is 52º. Last night on returning home from Bohème, the sky was littered with stars, with a temperature of about 42º. Perfect bonfire weather, I thought to myself.
The opening was rough around the edges; good performances, but some rough technical moments. I have a freshman music major running the snow bag, and she panicked and dumped the contents of the snow bag onto the stage right at the end of Act 3. It looked liked a lake effect blizzard for a second. Despite myself I laughed quietly in my seat. My stage manager blew her knee out running from our booth to backstage at one point when she couldn’t raise anyone on headset backstage. In short, we had an early technical triskadekaphobic event last night. We just don’t get enough time to train and rehearse these beasts. We really shouldn’t be opening until next weekend, after a week of preview-style performances. Only in academic theatre.
I smell a mental health day coming up soon. -twl
