From the Inside Out

Unfortunately, the only Monday night game of the season fell on the same night as rehearsal for Saturday Night Life. Thank God for technology. We set the DVR and headed to rehearsal knowing we could watch the game later. Since many of the actors were also recording the game, we made sure that no one reported the score during rehearsal — we didn’t want to be spoiled before we got a chance to watch it.

SNL Rehearsals were fun; it was a good night even though we were missing a couple of actors. The sketches are coming along nicely, and some performances still provide laugh out loud moments even though we’ve seen them a number of times. It’s going to be a great show!

No one hung around after rehearsals were over. There was a mass exodus as soon as we dismissed. It was time to watch the game. The cool thing about watching the game on DVR is that you can fast forward all of the commercials and boring moments, not that there were many in this game.

The Cowboys played the Eagles, and they didn’t disappoint. It was an exciting game from start to finish. Dallas had a decent lead until Romo faltered and the Eagles scored 14 points in 14 seconds. Argh, not cool. From that moment onwards, the lead switched back and forth between the two teams. It was a high-scoring, nail-biting game.

In the last few minutes, the Cowboys took the lead and managed to hang onto it until the end. Whew, what a relief. We’re 2-0. Go Cowboys!

One of the funniest moments happened after the game. A female reporter was interviewing Tony Romo, and he mentioned his failure in the first half of the game. The reporter said, “You must be referring to the fumble in the end zone. What are you thinking when something like that happens?”

Tony adjusts his hat, smiles and responds, “Dang.”

Classic.

I know, I know…by now you are probably sick of my blogs about Pirates of Patmos, but I can’t help it. It’s my life. I’m not sure if a moment goes by that I’m not thinking about it. If I’m not running lines, I’m working on some other aspect — promos, props, playbill copy, concessions, sound effect cues, recruiting volunteers — you name it, I’m probably doing it.

I’m in a good mood tonight because we had a decent rehearsal this evening. Things are finally starting to come together. Most of the performances are beginning to gel, and we made it through the entire program twice. Sounds simple, but it’s a big feat for a rehearsal to go efficiently enough to get through it more than once.

The tech crew joined us tonight, so we started working with the microphones and experimenting with the lighting. Next week, we’ll fine tune everything — lighting, sound, multimedia and performances. We’ll also add costumes into the mix to make sure we don’t have any “wardrobe malfunctions” during the performance (it’s a family show, folks).

This is when it gets really exciting. Wow, I can’t believe how fast time has flown. We are opening next Friday — exciting, yet delightfully frightening!