Opening Night!

I think, all in all, it went off incredibly well.  There were a few snags, as always.  They let us in 5 minutes late, so we scrambled a bit.  Next time we'll set up the stage first and then get into costume.  The sound was a bit low at the very start, but they fixed that.

There were a few line drops but nothing too significant and nobody froze.  The most significant misstep was when an actor skipped pretty close to a whole page, leaving out a song!  (In fact the only song, though intentionally it wasn't an amazing song.)  Amazingly, the other two actors in the scene were able to keep going, even after he realized his mistake and redirected back to the song.  (I would have been upset for the actor who is supposed to sing if his whole moment was lost.)  So it feels like things are under control, and I can probably just leave the script at home from here on out.

One slight downside is that while Alumnae is air conditioned, it is so loud, they only run it between performances, so the audience did start to wilt and I think the second scene suffered a bit due to that.  But there were good laughs in the first and third scenes.  

We had over 40 people for the opening, which is terrific.  Most night we are doing pretty well, though Sat. evening is low, so I will make it one of the Daily Deals.  We have 75 people booked to show up on Sun., which is incredible.

We're sitting at just over 240 seats sold (plus passes).  I will have to adjust my expectations somewhat, as I thought we would be doing pretty well if we got to 250, and we will clearly surpass that.  Maybe 300, with 350 as a stretch goal.  We still won't actually break even, that would take probably 500-600, but it isn't going to be a complete financial disaster...  I thought there was an outside chance we might be Patron Pick at Alumnae, but we are up against a ringer -- Every Fringe Show You've Ever Seen All At Once.  I think the only way we would get it is if they had too many schedule conflicts (as they are already performing on Sunday!) and bowed out, which they would be crazy to do.  So I think I will likely be able to see Whose Lineage is It Anyway again on Sunday, but again I will hold off for a while.  Hopefully that performance doesn't sell out.  (I mean I do have an unused voucher, so I could book it anyway and pass it to someone else if we somehow do end up being Patron Pick for Alumnae.)

Today, I am off to see Little One, by Leroy Company.  I'm still looking forward to it, but am still also annoyed that they moved the venue from Bloor down to Queen, so getting between Little One and Fray will be challenging, particularly if this when we get hit with the sporadic thunderstorms in the forecast.  I wouldn't have constructed my schedule this way if I had known beforehand what the ultimate venue would be.  Interestingly, Fray is in a tiny black box theatre not far at all from Aluna, where we did all our rehearsing.  There is an outside chance that I will hit Potato Potato Saves the World at Soulpepper.  (It's more or less on the way back, though I would have to dip a bit further south, but it is at the brutal time of 10:30 pm.  In fact, I see they made this show a Daily Discount, though I would use my rush pass, given I don't want to commit to going until I know how I feel, and if I get soaked in the rain...)

 

 

Day One (and a Half) of Fringe

Day One got off to a pretty good start.

I stopped by Fringe Central (in the Distillery).  I was there to try to get the artist lanyards, but they still weren't ready!  They will have some temporary lanyards, apparently on Thurs.  Then I will need to stop by one last time when the real ones come in.  Sigh.  I was able to pick up the artist rush passes, so I'll bring those to the show on Thurs.

I also talked to someone about upping the number of comp. tickets I can request for each show, which I do need to fix before I book the next round of comps.

I saw our poster has a decent position on wall of posters in Fringe Central in Distillery.  It has decent but not amazing positioning on the wall.

 

I was also able to leave a decent amount of postcards inside the Soulpepper atrium.

Then I swung by Equity, which has an office on Victoria St.  I was pretty late on the paperwork, and I really wanted to get it in before the first show.  I had to call someone, since you can't just go up to their floor.  Then I got a voice mail saying they had closed early.  I was a bit miffed, but I saw a security guard and asked him if they had a drop box or something.  He actually agreed to drop off the envelope to the floor, which I thought was great.  Then he came back down and said the receptionist was still there, and she wanted to talk to me.  This was pretty baffling to me, but I quickly realized she had thought I was Eric Peterson (whom she knew), but she then told me twice that she wasn't disappointed I wasn't him...  Anyway, she had my cheque and said it would be processed on Thurs.  At any rate, she said she knew Mark Terene, who is playing one of the leads in At Home with the Bards, and that she and a few others were coming to see the show.

I had a very short stint at work after this, mostly coming in for Book Club, where we were discussing Murata's Convenience Store Woman.  I didn't really care for it, as I am just not feeling up to reading books about autistic characters.  It was a quick read, however.  And Nermean brought in rice cakes as a snack.

On the way up to Tarragon to see You Choose (an improvised murder mystery by the Howland Company), I was able to stop by Robarts and return the book.  It wasn't a bad ride up there, though it was hot.  I was wearing the cast t-shirt and passed out a ton of postcards.  My 5 second pitch is "Stratford bed and breakfast comedy" and hand over a postcard, which worked pretty well.  In general, I think Fringe audiences really respect the hustle more than anything.  One couple I talked to already had tickets, which is a pretty great feeling!  Inside the theatre, I was sitting close to the actor who was in King Gilgamesh.  We didn't really talk about it, but I said I liked it, and then handed over a postcards.  I definitely convinced the woman sitting next to me at the show to come to see our show.  

You Choose is quite good, though it doesn't quite hit the same heights as Entrances and Exits, which was truly next level improv.  I'm actually seeing it two more times, so we'll see how it goes the other times.

I thought the next show was at 9 at Tarragon, so I would go around the corner to grab some pizza and get back in line (as I had almost no postcards left!).  However, it turns out Whose Lineage is It Anyway? is at Factory, so I biked straight down Bathurst to see that (and didn't eat after all).  Because they have added red paint and made the central lanes streetcar only, the cars are in the right lane, and it truly feels like a deathtrap for cyclists.  I certainly hope I don't have any other days I need to go straight from Factory to Tarragon or vice versa!  I'll have to investigate some other routes, as I really want to avoid Bathurst from here on out.

I ran into our stage manager, Victoria, at Factory.  We were both going to the show.  I told a few people in the line about our show (and displayed a smaller poster I had with me).  One woman is going to be at opening.  

Whose Lineage is It Anyway? was outstanding.  They do an improvised show in the style of a Shakespeare history play (using Victoria's prompt no less!), and often manage to speak in rhyming couplets.  It really is impressive.  I'd like to see it again, but I think the only time I could go is late on the last Sunday.  I'll forebear from booking that time slot for a little bit longer, even though I just realized we are up against a ringer for Critic's Choice at Alumnae.  Every Fringe Show You've Ever Seen All At Once is almost certainly going to be the show at Alumnae that gets the extra show on Sunday, and we'll likely come in second.  (Which means I might go see Whose Lineage is It Anyway after all, though I won't book just yet...)

We're still doing quite well.  When I checked on the numbers, we had jumped from 150 to 190 in a single day.  I know I can't take credit for all of that...

Canada Day is a more low-key day, as there are very few shows going on, not least because it is super hard to convince the main venues to open up, so it is mostly stuff happening at Fringe Central and the unconventional venues.

I had certainly considered going to see Such Ado, but it was sold out today!  And I might still have run up and tried to use my rush pass, but I was actually proctoring my daughter taking a math test at that time!

I did get to the gym a bit later than I hoped, and it was so very crowded.  I put in about half a workout (and I still need to make up for skipping the gym last Saturday!).  Then I biked straight over to Fringe Central and participated in the Fringe parade.  Brian (the actor playing Robin Bard) was there, along with the director.  I'm glad I turned up, as they didn't have any posters to promote the show.

The crowds watching the parade were on the thin side, probably due to the extreme heat, as well as competing activities (like watching the World Cup).  Nonetheless, I talked to several people, and I think I convinced some volunteers to go.

Our first performance is tomorrow after work.  I'm excited and yet still nervous all at the same time.  I guess at this point, I just have to let it all go and let the actors do their thing.

Futurama Interlude

My wife is back from a quick jaunt to Chicago.  She managed to see one concert (Patrice Rushen) but Lionel Richie was still recovering (from dehydration apparently) and that Lionel Richie/Earth-Wind-Fire concert was cancelled (and ultimately rescheduled for late Sept.).  This means she will most likely be going back for that.  It reminds me a bit of The Fixx cancelling on me in NYC.  They may have rescheduled eventually, but by that point I wasn't going south.  Interestingly, they have a new tour (where on some of the dates, they are backed by The Smithereens, not that I think seeing them would really be worth it without the original lead singer).  They do have a Vancouver date.  They are slowing adding shows in New York (though the venues are very small).  They actually come to Rochester, which is pretty close but still further than I want to venture into the States.  I probably would go if they came to Buffalo, but I really wish they would just tour Toronto and/or Montreal.

The reason I bring this up is that I had a few Futurama items that I picked up where the sellers simply wouldn't ship to Canada.  Mostly they were pins that celebrated seasons 11 and 12 (the new ones from when Hulu picked Futurama up and resurrected it).  I overall enjoyed the new material, with a few exceptions (like a particularly terrible COVID-19 themed episode), though I agree it wasn't peak Futurama.

I also got a grey market copy of what was supposed to be Season 13.  When I finally played it, it was Season 12, which I already sourced, so that was extremely disappointing.  It's not like the seller was going to offer up a refund, and I had placed the order several months ago.

I've read on some forums that Season 13 was actually better than Seasons 11 or 12.  It looks like Season 14 will drop in mid Aug.  I guess I'll consider looking for one of those deals where you sign up for Disney+ for 3 months, then cancel, so I can binge both of these Futurama.  Of course, I wish Hulu would get with the program and sell DVDs of their shows, but that is extremely unlikely to happen, sadly.  I don't have any idea if they will renew once again, but hopefully so.

Canada Day Reflections

Going through the news today is basically as depressing as ever.  Trump decided to tear up the CUSMA trade agreement, which wasn't a surprise, but still will cause real hardship up here, as well as being quite bad overall for US manufacturing.  Such an incredible dolt and a disgrace to humanity.  

I am not at all happy about Carney's recent moves and announcement that he is scaling back Canada's climate change goals to focus more on "national unity" (i.e. sucking up to those horrible Albertans) and economic growth.  This is extremely short sighted, on a week that is breaking all kinds of heat records in Canada, to say nothing of the US and Europe.  This complete inability to force hard choices on the public, i.e. actually making them pay the full external costs of carbon and thus reining in consumption and eventually restoring some sort of balance to the environment, really shows up the limitations of Western democracy (and the general short-sightedness of human nature).  So I am not particularly proud of where Canada is heading, though I guess it is still somewhat better than most of the alternatives (and much better than living in the States!), aside from a few European countries that actually do have their transportation and environmental priorities in better order.  But immigrating to any of them is pretty much out of the question at my age, and unfortunately, they themselves are starting to show their racism as immigration levels increase throughout Western Europe.  I guess not exactly a ringing endorsement, but I am just not in a great mood these days.

On the other hand, Canada will apparently be joining Eurovision in 2027.  I might even watch for once, though I would be a lot more interested if Israeli was booted out.  If they ever come to their senses and stop occupying Gaza and imposing apartheid on Palestinians, I would be willing to cut them more slack...

I might as well cut this short and move on to more diverting and less serious topics.

Happy Canada Day, eh?

More Fringe odds and ends

I do wish I had been just a bit more prepared, as I really should have had the Equity info printed out for the 5 Equity (and ACTRA) members to sign last night.  I've been meaning to deal with this, but the form was lost in a deep email chain, and I have been so busy (including being behind on some work work).  I'm pretty sure as long as I drop this off with Equity (with the cheque* to cover insurance!) they will overlook this, or in the worst case I can get the signatures before the show on Thurs.  (I did get the cast to sign one of the big posters, as discussed here.)

I also got everyone to sign off on their bios in the program, so I will run a bunch of those off, as well as one more round of postcards from the printer.  If I had had them ready, I could have done a bit of a folding party last night at my place.  Oh well.  It would have been premature in case someone needed any rewrites; then I would have had to reprint the programs.

Anyway, the cast came by and we did two more run-throughs of just the lines.  I don't think it was a mistake doing this, though a few of them found it hard to do their lines without all the blocking and the set, etc., since it is all tied together in their mind now.  I'm actually at the point where I don't need to hear the play again; I need to see how outsiders react to it, which is why Thurs. and Sat. will be so exciting and terrifying.  (Tickets here!)

The lanyards still haven't come in, which is annoying, though I worked pretty late on Monday anyway, which would have made it hard to break and mosey on over to Fringe HQ.  I sure hope they are in soon, though I am not sure if there will be a way to get them on Wed. (Canada Day!) if they aren't in today.  I'm not even sure how I would pick them up today, though maybe if I took the Queen streetcar over, then I could hit Equity as well.  That's probably not a terrible plan...  But it does depend a great deal on when the lanyards actually come in.

Our t-shirts came in and look quite snazzy.  (They do run a bit small, which I was pretty sure would be the case.)

I'm off to Tarragon this evening to see two improv shows, so I will wear the t-shirt and hand out some of the remaining postcards while I am there.  Two birds with one stone, as it were...

 

* Between the extra fees and more postcards and covering part of the cast t-shirts, we are back in the red (appropriate given the t-shirts, I guess).  I'm not sure I really want to know how many tickets we would need to sell to cover everything.  Maybe 500 or 600.  Probably even more than that now that I think about it.  But we are at 150 sold, and the Fringe is just starting, and I'm actually hoping for pretty good word of mouth, so here's hoping...

Drawing a Blank at the Doras

The Doras are the local Toronto theatre awards.  Curiously, a few years back Mirvish pulled out from the umbrella organization that supports these awards, perhaps miffed that they often lost out to much smaller theatres in the musical awards' categories, so the awards now generally go to mid-sized theatre companies like Soulpepper, Crow's and sometimes Tarragon, and sometimes to even smaller indy companies.

Generally, I find there is relatively little overlap between what has won an award and what I enjoyed (or even seen).  I had debated going to see The Division at Crow's, but it just didn't grab me, and of course that was one of the big winners of the evening.  I also passed on The Neighbours at Tarragon.  I don't even remember if I heard about Through the Eyes of God, over at Theatre Passe Muraille, but I probably did and decided it was just too damn depressing (like A Fine Balance will be and thus it will inevitably win a Dora next year...).  I actually had wanted to see Camus's Le malentendu (which won in the costume design category), but I thought the tickets were too darn expensive and the one night I could go (when they finally announced there would be rush tickets) they sold out.  Now perhaps I should have still dropped by just to see what would happen as often something does open up, but the Theatre Centre is nowhere near my house.  I probably would have if Theatre francaise was still putting on shows at the space on Berkeley Street.*

Now it isn't literally a complete shut out.  I did see Red Hats' Narnia and Octet at Crow's, and they both won Doras as well.  But it does suggest I am not particularly attuned with the critical community in Toronto (and not just Joshua Chong at the Star).  Well, so be it.

 

* I actually have already subscribed to Crow's for one more season, even though I think this next season is a bit weak, but I am really appalled at the prices, so I think this will be my last go around.  In addition, I am even more appalled at their rush ticket policy, which is if you show up an hour before the show, looking for a rush ticket, they still will charge full price, which I find unconscionable.  I wasn't willing to do that so my wife didn't go see Primary Trust (which was ok but vastly overpraised for what was a low-key retelling of the movie Harvey!  And absolutely not worth $100 for a ticket!!!).  I actually find this abusive, and I told the house manager that, that these policies and overall high prices were going to drive me away from Crow's completely.  She said she had been hearing a lot of that... 

Tech Date

I now have the photos from our Tech. date on Sunday.

Here we are, just slowly getting set up, deciding how much space we need between the table and the cart and so on.  We actually have much more space in front of the furniture, though the stage isn't actually as wide as I had thought, due to how the side curtains are arranged.  (And oddly enough, their back curtain has a bit of a gap in it stage left, which really shouldn't be that hard to fix...)

This is the view from the stage out into the audience.  Not a view I am used to...  (And the ladder will be gone during the actual performances...)

Then we worked on the transitions and the sound and lighting cues, and then had nearly enough time for a full run.  Probably needed 10 more minutes.  So things are definitely falling into place.

Here are some shots from that last run-through.

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And practicing for the curtain call...

We may or may not have time for shout-outs to other companies.  I don't think we'll really know until we've gotten through an actual performance or two.

Anyway, it is all very exciting to see it come together finally.  More info on the schedule and links to tickets here.

Dress Rehearsal - Sat.

Quite a bit of news, but I am running quite late.

Saturday, I did a fair bit of postering, which I'll discuss separately.  I made it there around 7:15, and the actors were just assembling.  Then they ran some lines in the parking lot, making it midway through Scene 3, then we did the first dress rehearsal.  The actors were definitely off book, though there were a couple of weird exchanges where someone skipped a few lines.  I'll post quite a few photos below.

Sunday was tech day over at Alumnae.  I think the best moment for me was when I realized we did have (just) enough space to get all the props in place, and there is even a bar in our space so the actors can leave costumes if they so choose.  It's good I picked up some extra bungee cords!

It took a bit longer than I had hoped to get the tech down, and there was some miscommunication at the end where the actors thought we were starting with a full run-through, but we were actually working out the cues between the scenes.  We needed perhaps 10 more minutes to get through the whole show, but it looks like we are on track for a 55 minute show, which would be incredible.  And there were very few significant goofs, except one actor missing a cue.  At this point, I have simply seen it too many times.  I'm very curious how it will seem to someone coming at it fresh.

I actually had to cab it over with my 5 folding chairs.  Everything else was brought by other people.  (At least it was only a regular cab and not the extra charge for a cargo van...)  In the end, we only needed one parking permit for Alumnae.  It was a close thing, but I managed to return it to Alumnae before the performer drove off, and then I caught a ride from Lynn.  It was only a few blocks, but I didn't have my bike with me for once.  I put in a couple of hours at work, though truthfully I mostly worked on the program, which I sent around to the cast for comments.  It looks like I did manage to get it down to 1 page, double-sided, though there was no remaining space for ads or sharing space with another company.  C'est la vie.

I missed one group I had wanted to see at the Jazz Festival, but I did make it up to Yorkville to see the Charley Rose Trio.  I was about 10 minutes late, but I managed to catch the vast majority of the set.  I was going to stop in at a Kupfert and Kim's, but they weren't serving any more food, so I backtracked to Spadina and went to the burrito place.  My favorite server was there, and we briefly talked about books.  I left a poster to see if they might put it up, but they didn't really have space for it.

I got home and did a fair bit of work, then just crashed.  My hopes to see Jen Lo at the Pilot were just not that realistic with everything else that's been going on.

Anyway, here are some of the photos from the dress rehearsal.

Jazz Festival interlude

A bit of a break from all the Fringe posting, though it isn't what I planned on posting...

I don't always get out to that much at the Toronto Jazz Fest, as the headliners don't grab my attention (and haven't for many years).  Indeed, at the moment, I've done more at the Luminato Festival (You See, Pearle Harbour Walks into a Bar, and then stumbling across a few outdoor art installations).

I did get a ticket to see the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio at the Rex last week (immediately before Pearle Harbour in fact), and I am just back from seeing Kokoroko at the Phoenix.  If I didn't have Fringe rehearsal, I probably would have gone to see Cassandra Wilson (despite her MAGA-leanings), but I didn't.  I did consider seeing Isaiah Collier at Hugh's Room, as well as Ibrahim Maalouf at Danforth Music Hall, but I didn't.  It's definitely just as well that I didn't get a ticket to that, as we switched our final rehearsal to Sat. at 8, so I would have had to miss it.

What I did do is head over to Yorkville and saw Irene Torres, backed by Eric St. Laurent on guitar.  I did get there about 10 minutes late, since I just did not want to leave until I had submitted this massive report to a client, as well as uploaded the Access Guide to our Fringe show.  (There was a lot of small stuff to do for Fringe, like getting some posters laminated and dropping them off at Fringe Central, but I have to go back on Monday because the artist lanyards weren't ready.  I am maybe 35% done putting our program together, so I need to finish that tonight, as well as just get the Equity stuff mailed off.  Sigh...)

I enjoyed the set, though it wasn't straight-ahead jazz, more of a South American groove.  I was also a bit distracted because I was trying to finish up Laura Graham's Rove, which is due back at Robarts (today in fact!).  I got ready to bike over to the Phoenix and found someone had stolen my bike light.  (As it happens, I had outsmarted myself by taking it off in advance, but I hadn't remembered this, and it did put me in a bit of a foul mood the rest of the evening...)

I made it over to Phoenix around 7:40 and got in line.  I've never been to Phoenix.  It was pretty much an even more bare-bones version of Lee's Palace, though I guess the dance floor is even bigger.  (And my goodness the security guards were handsy...)  It was pretty crowded even for the opening act, Witch Prophet, and there was nowhere to sit, as the very small number of seats up in the balcony had been snatched up ages ago.  I really don't like standing for concerts and it is generally making me less and less likely to go.  I was surprised that I was able to read inside up until the music started, and I finished Rove and started in on her Settler Education. 

I'll just cut to the chase and say I didn't care much for Kokoroko.  They were so vocal heavy and basically were playing a bunch of nu soul tracks.  They didn't even play that much off of Tuff Times Never Last, and I don't think they played anything from their latest release, a self-titled EP (which I do enjoy a fair bit, definitely more than Tuff Times).  I'm sure a large part of it was standing for 2 hours before they even came on (and the 30 minutes or so in Yorkville).  And it was even more cramped on the dance floor by this point.  I finally fled to the back where I was able to get some water and lean against the wall.  I guess I stuck it out another 25-30 minutes, but I still wasn't having a good time, and they still were basically playing nu soul, so I left.  It's incredibly rare I leave early from a concert, esp. when I paid for the ticket.  I'm struggling to remember the last time, though I guess my wife and I finally bailed on Stevie Wonder before his second or third encore...  So I certainly won't see them again.  And I am almost certainly never going to go to the Phoenix again either, unless it is a band I simply cannot pass up.

Had I had perfect fore-knowledge, I probably would have stayed in Yorkville and seen the Orbital Ensemble (and skipped Kokoroko).  Oh well.  There is a small chance I will see the Orbital Ensemble on the 30th after work at Sonic Boom, though it likely conflicts with my Fringe schedule.  In addition, they are opening for Tinariwen in Sept.  This is quite exciting, as I wasn't even aware they were coming back.  So I will just have to check my schedule (and clear it if at all possible) and go see them then.

In terms of the rest of the festival, there is a moderate chance I will see the Stuart Brignell Organ Trio at the rock in Yorkville at 5:45 tonight.  Then I'll come home and try to rest up a bit.  I was going to go swimming at Jimmie Simpson, but the pool is closed this week.  I guess I'll see if I can convince myself to get over to the gym for a bit, and I can go swimming on Sat. in Regent Park.  Now Virginia MacDonald is playing a free set at the Pilot tonight at 10:30, but I am not sure I am going to want to get back out for that.  I guess I'll see how I feel in a few hours and how much I manage to get done.

There isn't much that grabs my attention at the Jazz Fest on Sat., but Sun. after our tech time at Alumnae, I may try to see the Tak Arikushi Trio at 5 (@ 55 Bloor St. W), perhaps the Charley Rose Trio at 6:30 in Yorkville, and much less likely the percussionist Agneya at 8:30.  The Jen Lo will be playing a free set at the Pilot on Sun. at 10:30, and I'm more inclined to see that, but again it just be one too many things going on.

There is a Herbie Hancock show at Massey Hall in late July, which is sort of associated with the Jazz Fest.  I am leaning towards going, as he is really getting up there, but I haven't picked up any tickets.  And with that, I need to get back to work...

 

Back from the Printers

Last night, I got dragged into a meeting right before I had to leave to pick up all the posters and post cards from the printer before rehearsal.  I left the meeting a bit early, but this really through me off my game.  Also, I had the large backpack with me, in addition to my already full pannier.

I ran upstairs to the printer and suddenly realized I didn't have my pannier!  I guess because I am used to having one thing or the other.  I had them ring me up and ran back downstairs.  That would have been quite tragic had the pannier been stolen, as it had the script, my second pair of shoes and my laptop.  I can't quite imagine what explaining this to IT would have been like if the pannier had been stolen.

The printer liked the poster quite a bit, and said they wished they could stay at the Bed and Breakfast.

I biked over to rehearsal, not having enough time to go to the Indian place after all.  I stopped in a tiny variety store on Symington, but I don't plan on going back after they gave me so much grief about using a debit card.  Rehearsals are almost over anyway.\

I thought rehearsal went well.  We are running about 8 minutes long, but if the actors really get their lines down and we pick up the pace, we should be fine.  Fingers crossed.

I managed to get the whole cast (minus Victoria, our stage manager) to sign one of the posters. 

I distributed a bunch of the larger posters and most of the postcards. 

This is what I have left:

I wonder if I am going to have to do another run of postcards.  I guess that's fine as long as it actually leads to some people buying tickets.

Anyway, we have one more rehearsal Sat. evening (and maybe I will finally get to that Indian place near Lansdowne that evening), tech on Sun. afternoon, then a night of running lines Monday evening at my place.  And then it's three days or so before our opening.  It truly is right around the corner!

Happy Fringing!