Today we had our first full run through with all the technical elements except for costumes and orchestra. By all accounts it went very well. We didn't have but a couple of hiccups which to the average audience member would probably have gone unnoticed. Our stage hands have done amazing work putting the show "up on its feet." It still amazes me how the show takes on an entirely new feeling with the addition of sets and lights. They truly become "actors" on stage with us setting and adding to the mood and atmosphere. If done well no one leaves talking about the lights or sound which is the way it should be but is also kind of unfair considering the amount of work and talent it takes by those folks to pull it off.
Tomorrow we have our first rehearsal with the orchestra. We will do the choreography/blocking for the songs without the sets and get accustomed to how different everything sounds with the full orchestra. This is another very exciting and sometimes difficult day. We will then break for dinner and come back for our first and probably only full dress rehearsal. I anticipate it being a great night! I am a little worried about my quick change at the end of the show into the tuxedo but I am confident that we will once again pull it off flawlessly (just maybe not the first time.)
We are now only four days away from seeing Cay in Raleigh and only five days away from our opening night in Raleigh, NC! And then it will be "Christmas, every day." Only in the world of theatre and "Annie" can dreams like this come true.
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