The show opened last night. It was a decent sized crowd for a small theatre premiere, and that was good. The show is mostly there. A few missed lines, a few slow cues, some delayed lighting, overamped sound and a collision with a bit of the set failed to mar the experience for our very friendly and supportive audience. Many of these issues have been resolved or will be resolved tonight and tomorrow night.
A critic came and quite liked the show. He asked me questions about my training as a director, which is something I've never been asked before. Other than a single course in college, my training is entirely of the "watch other directors, then do it yourself" school. It seems to have worked well enough for me, as the producers and some of the cast seem quite pleased with what I brought to the table. I pointed the critic to my Flickr page for additional color photos of the show, so between those and the press photos, he has many options to choose from.
The Bay Times has always been very good to my work. Tom Kelly was the critic until recently and wrote fair, honest, and intelligent reviews about the show without telling the reader the plot or droning on about the biography of the playwright. Rather, the reviews gave you a sense of what the play was like, and at the end you would know if it was your kind of show or not. I have high hopes for this other reviewer.
The next hurdle is the Submergency opening. Improv comedy is a radically different beast, but we have the benefit of having done very similar shows in the past and everybody being on their game pretty much all the time.
Still, until we get past the first show, I'm going to worry.
It's what I do, after all.
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