Our opening night performance went pretty well, all things considered. The kids remembered their lines and so did I, although the person playing opposite me in one scene dropped a line and I had to come in at the wrong time. The speaker that we can listen to off stage to know when we go on wasn't working, which caused a minor panic, and there were some jitters among the children. Some had never been in a play before, although several have been involved with FW Youth Theater for years. Parking was a problem, since our play (in the sanctuary) and Frozen II (on our stage) are on at the same time, but just for this weekend. On the positive side, and there were lots of positives, part of our musical interlude was the Amistad choir singing "Feliz Navidad" (beautiful) and one of their singers is a friend of mine so we got to catch up a bit. Our head pastor was shown a back stairway she didn't know existed (not too surprising in our building). All in all, quite an interesting experience, although I think the next time I audition for a play I might try for one with fewer children. Ouch! That makes me sound like the Grinch, doesn't it? There are only 14 of them but they are a busy bunch, I do think it's amazing how well our director works with these kids. He is a very patient man.
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