First Show

Today was our first show.  We loaded our set into the beautiful Canton Palace Theater at 8am this morning. 

 It took us about 45 minutes to build the set.  Then we did mic checks and got ready for the show.  Monica, our stage manager said that we will get faster unloading the van and building the set as time goes by.  Also, since it was our first time performing the show on a stage, we had to work out how to use the large stage and where to spike our sets for scene changes.  We also had never worked with two set pieces before so it was quite exciting to put it all together in front of a live audience.

The picture is blurry, but the house seats about 1,000.  It was very exciting to perform in such a great house. Our audience today was about 500 children and teachers.  They loved the show!  They responded to lines throughout.  For example I say, "I can't let them take you away from me, Toto," and they responded, "No!!! You have to save Toto!!!"  It was really precious.  

After the show we broke down the set, and loaded up to drive to Lexington, Kentucky.  We stopped about two hours into our drive at a deli in Columbus, OH that made it onto one of those Food Network TV shows.  I'm making this my charge on the tour to find great local eats from food TV.  After delicious food we finished our 5 hour drive to Lexington.  Now I'm enjoying my hotel room and some red wine and looking forward to what is to come.