The Countdown Begins

Ballyhoo tech week is here and opening night (Friday, April 8) is just a handful of evenings away. With only a little time left to the rehearsal process, I'm finding myself full of mixed emotions. Of course I'm excited to finally have a live audience to respond to what we're doing. But I'm also sad that just as soon as our play opens, our days of working together will be rapidly coming to an end. I know this is a very "glass is half empty" outlook, but I guess the reality of this possibly being my last theatrical production for some time is starting to hit me in a big way.

This feeling is intensified by the fact that this production has been about as enjoyable as anything I've ever done in theater and I'm truly going to miss these great people with whom I've been working over the past month. It's very rare to have a cast that I feel this much affection for (the last time was Blood Brothers six years ago) and I'm really dreading having to say goodbye. And if all this weren't enough, I love "being" Joe Farkas. He's the closest to me than any other character I've ever played and it's been very fulfilling performing a part so close to the vest.

So on this overcast Sunday late-afternoon, the skies outside might be turning gray. But here inside my house as I sit in front of my computer, things are more than just a little blue.