Stress-Test

This was the view from the party Friday night.

The roof was equipped with giant gas grills, and the group managed to put away about eighteen pounds of Korean barbecue.  I think I may have eaten three pounds just by myself, because it was delicious.  Our resident Korean (who was the host) also made some amazing yogurt/juice/sake drink combination that I didn't understand but which I nonetheless enjoyed (it tasted as though, if served at a restaurant, it would have fruit and umbrellas in it, so of course I liked it).

On Saturday I went and hung out in Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan, which was really really fun.  They're great areas and sometimes I get landlocked in the Chinatown-Union Station region so it was nice to branch out.  I especially love that DC has multiple shops that only sell cupcakes.  I mean, how can you not love cupcake shops?

Saturday and Sunday involved more set building.  I super-sucked on Saturday and ending up doing more damage to our set than good (I really disappointed my past-tech-director-self) so today I was extra competent to make up for it.  After seven hours down in the parking lot where we do our work without having had anything to eat, I started to fray at the edges just a bit.  It made me realize that the next two weeks are going to be very difficult.  Luckily, I've been in this situation before and know how to navigate it.

I'm fortunate to have put myself through enough ridiculously stressing situations so that I know my limits very well.  The high-water mark, I think, would probably be going through the weeklong rehearsal of Tragedy! for its NYC run.  One night I realized that the show was running ten minutes too long, so after the full day of rehearsals I stayed up all night making cuts, slept for about an hour on a mountain of stuffed animals (which were used in the show), and then did more rehearsals the next day, silently wanting to die the entire time.  And I think that was the second day and it got worse from there. Fun fact: of the couples who were together during Tragedy!- three quarters of them are married or getting married now.  I like to think that if they got through that week, they figured they could get through anything.

The point is- getting through production week of Curtains is going to be about five hundred times easier, so I can relax.

Oh, also, to anyone who is coming to see the show: don't buy your tickets yet, because I can reserve tickets that will be sold to you at the discounted $12 student rate.  Just let me know which day you are coming and I will reserve as many tickets as you like.

Also also, if you'd like to buy an Ad for the playbill, $25 bucks will get you a quarter page and you can just about say anything on it.  Our treasurer has been harassing us to get the word out, so I'll consider this mention to be a job well done.

Onward to hell week, part 1!