Today began with a circus. Our delightful staff decided to make a presentation to announce the first round of internships, and it was all circus themed. I need to remember to bring my camera to morning meetings, because there are often entertaining things that I wish I had pictures of. (I may borrow pictures from those who were prepared, though). There were elaborate costumes- most notably Jared's purple unitard. There was juggling and "tightrope" walking. We had a daring feat of acrobatics performed by Andrew the sound technician as he rolled down an entire flight of stairs. The tech crew even formed a pyramid. All of this before 9:00. I am not an intern for this round, but have an assistantship as a city runner. That means I get to do research to prep the cast for the next cities we go to and get them pumped. It should be great.

Tomorrow night is our dress rehearsal for the Denver show on Saturday. Our host families are invited as are our real families. My parents are coming as are my host families. We still need a bit of work on transitions, but our show is looking decent. I wish we could have solid run-throughs with notes afterward, but so far it's been all stop and start directing. As a cast I think we just need to run it a bunch of times for continuity sake, but we may only get to actually do one or two run-throughs. My guess is that we'll start feeling comfortable in the show about 3 weeks from now. It's a little frustrating not knowing which parts you'll be doing in advance, as this leads to crowds around every run list so people can figure out which songs they need to be on microphones for and which dances they are in that involve special costumes.

That all said, tomorrow will be a very long day. Here's to hoping I can keep my energy levels up and not get too many blisters from ill-fitting character shoes. Also, if you know anybody who lives in Denver or nearby areas, tell them to come check out our show. http://www.upwithpeople.org/denver/

Oyasuminasai!
~Molly