Whoa Nelly! It's catch up time!

I know you've all anxiously been anticipating this new post so I'll try not to leave ANYTHING out!

Opening of Shook and the subsequent party
All Shook Up was incredible. I must say that despite having the most ridiculous book I've ever read, it's a lot of fun to do. The music is fun, people really love the show, and I'm not the only person stuck backstage all the time because Cat has to run the projections. There's about 17 million costume changes so actors are back there a lot as well. And there's WAY more space backstage for this show than the other two. Opening was so fantastic and it was really great to see all the board members at the show.

We went to the Bear's Den again after the show, but the food was a bit more disappointing than the previous opening party we'd celebrated there. They ordered cheap Chinese food. I didn't even eat any of it, not gonna lie. I just brought some home. I did, however, drink. A lot. And I talked to some nice boys who I'm pretty sure I ditched at some point when I realized the world was spinning. Luckily I figured this out before a few other unlucky company members. There were a few people who partied a bit too hard, but all in all it was a good night for everyone. Cheers to our final opening!

Fourth of July!
So the next day was our very first full day off, but we still had things to do as a company. Not until way late in the day, though. I woke up around 9 and heard some business going on in one of the other cabins. I went over to cabin 6 to find the gentlemen there cooking breakfast for everybody which was incredible. We ate and played RMRT Guess Who for about 2 hours (RMRT Guess Who will be another one of my later entries that I can tell you all about when life is way boring.) I went back to my cabin and slept some more until about 5:00 which is when we started getting ready for our 4th of July celebration. This guy, Eddy, isn't one of the board members, but he loves the theater and he came into a bunch of money (cough he used to be a porn distributor cough) which he likes to give to us. He rents this place right down by the lake and we all went there for dinner (the theme was Hawaiian food, it was incredible!) and then stood out on the deck to watch the infamous Grand Lake Fireworks. They were thrilling. In all honesty, I've always been a bit underwhelmed with fireworks, they're just colored explosions that liter the ground with trash, but I will admit that these particular fireworks were enjoyable, particularly because we were so close to them. I took a number of pictures that no doubt look awful but I will be sure to post them as soon as I have the motivation.

Sunday, July 5th
This day wasn't too special, in all honesty. At 1:00 the entire company was called for the very last full company changeover. After that, I spent 2 hours vacuuming the stairs from backstage the the costume shop. It was...huhhhh...thrilling. We then performed Brigadoon and following that had our first changeover with the official changeover crew. Now, I probably should have known this WELL before now but I just only realized that changeover does not happen during the day. Rather, changeover will ALWAYS happen right after a performance so that we're ready for the next show. I don't know how I feel about this. On the one hand, I'm so exhausted at 10:30 and definitely don't feel like changing over an entire set with only a 3rd of the people I'm used to doing it with. On the other hand, changing the set over after the show means that on a typical day with an 8:00 PM performance I don't really have to be into work until 7:00 PM. So I basically have EVERY DAY off this summer. I think I'm happier this way, but I really wish I had a car so that I wasn't stuck in this town with nothing to do all day. Cest la vie. Now I will be able to work out and get a tan with no excuses.

I'm tired of writing, I'll continue this post in a few hours...