Sets and props at the ready. Costumes neatly lined up backstage. Final clean-up rehearsal last night. We are in countdown mode.
Opening night is always a wild card. Jitters, butterflies, tech glitches and just plain nerves sometimes cloud the landscape of the stage as we approach the opening overture. From here there is no turning back and perhaps that is the most exciting challenge of all. No matter what happens, as they say, the show must go on.
Coaching cast members to pick up lines, look to the audience, stay in character...all come into play in but a single moment. You hope that everything they have worked on for the past 3 months is in the queue and ready to burst out on stage with confidence and resolve. With so many being in and out with sickness, I think everybody in the almost 90 member cast for Annie could pick up anybody's line and move on.
The Eugene Weekly did an outstanding job of reporting the truth and nothing but the truth as they covered the show from audition to final curtain. That along with our entry into the Pepsi Refresh Project, hopes are riding high that the best kept secret in town (Upstart Crow Studios) is finally going to burst out and be heard!
Doors open at 6:00 pm, we "Green Room" at 6:30 and the virtual curtain for Annie goes up at 7:00. With community support, we hope that next year, there is an actual curtain to go up in the Crows Nest Theatre and demonstrate what creative expression is really all about!
If you are reading this...stop and go vote for Upstart Crow Studios Curtain Call at the Pepsi Refresh Project for Arts and Culture. Make a difference without spending a dime! Set computer alerts - you can vote everyday!
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