Update 9: The Home Stretch/Putting it Together

For those who are not theatre people: a sports metaphor. This is the home stretch. You're close enough that you can see the finish line, but you have to hold on until the very end. The past few days and the next few have been and are going to be exhausting.

For those who lean towards the arts: a theatre reference. Right now, we're working to put everything together. On Saturday, we will work in our run crew consisting of Daniel Waxman-Lenz, Tim Foster, John Walker Moosbrugger, and Maeve Kolk. There's a song called "Putting it Together" from Sunday in the Park with George which basically sums up our whole project in this moment.

When something new pops up every day
It's only new, though, for now
Nouveau
But yesterday's forgotten
And tomorrow is already as passé
That is the state of the art, my friend,
That is the state of the art

Stephen Sondheim's lyrics capture the essence of what putting a show together is like and it's always nice when art mimics life and vice versa.

On Saturday we will also have our full band again and we hope to run through the show twice with lights and sound -- the whole shebang.

If anyone is interested and has nothing to do next Monday, having since become a high school graduate, they should come back to school to catch our production of Edges! If anything else, it's for a good cause. https://www.facebook.com/events/716430761728593/

The clock is ticking down to show time and at this point, there's only so much we can do. All can do is hope (fingers crossed) that people come and that everything goes as smoothly as possible. But, really, when has that ever happened?