k has been doing a great job stage managing annie. there were a lot of rehearsals and she didn't want to be at all of them (certainly not with her hair all vinegary and essentially oiled, a necessary preventative that happily paid off), but she persevered and was a big help to director leCee. i hear from some players that she keeps a "strict" backstage (to the relief, i think, of some beleaguered moms) and runs things efficiently. m and c and i certainly enjoyed her brief onstage scene change appearances to carry off large tables with, seemingly, just her pinky.
annie is up and running. we went to see it last night. it was a lot of fun and the costumes were beautiful! it was exhausting (the scene changes can be a nightmare), but k and everyone did a great job and now, hopefully, all will be smooth sailing.
k had a long day doing tech for annie. i took some soup over to her at 8 pm. she got home around 9:45. it was an 11 hour day.
i've been helping out at annie by selling all the delicious food people have been preparing (including some of my own pasta salad). it gets very crazy when intermission happens and it was good i slipped in during the afternoon rush, not that madeline couldn't handle it (she is THE super food seller and organizer), but she did look a trifle flushed, surrounded as she was by a starving pack of nychea members. i stayed for the last show and enjoyed all the final accolades . . kudos to all the players, the crew, the stage manager (!), the costume designers, the set designers, the wranglers . . and to leCee. (m and c and i helped janet load up all her costumes . . bags and bags! we did three trips in someone's SUV.)
