So good night with lulla-byyyyye...

So as everyone has said already, both shows were rained out yesterday. The timing was dead on--it had been spittin' off and on and I was hoping it would hold off, but just before 1:00 the skies opened. It was especially frustrating because when Chris, Jason and I arrived at the space at 11:30 I discovered that I'd left my makeup at my apartment, so I bounded home and back in an hour. But something nice happened--first off at Saturday's second show, two adorable little girls and their dads were eyeing the show from afar--Sami talked to them briefly at one point, and then I was crossing behind the audience to get something from our right wing area, and they buttonholed me and asked about the show. I was explaining to the girls what the show was about and I said it had been written by a man a long time ago. One of the girls chirped "William Shakespeare!" I applauded her and said "Yes, that's correct and when you get to high school you'll learn a lot more about him." God, I love precocious New York City kids--well, I should say that's the cute (not annoying) level of precocity. I told them there were a bunch of lovers who were under magic spells that made them act crazy, and some fairies were behind the whole thing playing tricks on everybody. I said they should hang out until the fairies come out, and I told them about the four fairies being Earth, Air, Fire and Water. They watched the show for a little bit until the third act or so--I was hiding behind the rock when I saw them go. The girls spied me and waved to me, and I waved back and then they gave me the thumbs up signal. SO cute! Aaaaughh! My ovaries hurt around adorable kids like that.

ANYWAY, as I was tearing down 72nd Street toward the park with my makeup yesterday morning, I passed them and I heard one of them squeak "HEY! That's her, she was in the show yesterday!" They recognized me from my hair, in my Puck hairstyle (which I wanted to suggest to be horns, because Puck is frequently portrayed with horns). They were on scooters and I chatted with them, still continuing toward the park. Their names were Libby and Rebecca. (I wanted to say "nice Biblical names" but then I thought maybe their dads would think I was some kind of Xtian evangelist.) Their dads joined us and they asked about the play. They ended up joining us--they were going to try to watch the whole thing but of course, the shows were rained out.

( So foul and fair a day I have not seen... )

( And we faeries that do run... )

So damn cute!

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Saturday, Midsummer

So Saturday, as Jason and I were walking down 72nd Street toward the park, we were walking past the Dakota and guess who passed us? Yoko Ono!

Anyway, Saturday's shows were terrific--good crowds, especially for the second show (due to the sign, I'm sure) and the Roller Disco thing was MUCH quieter. Seth and Rachel came to the first show and at the end, when the fairies walk through the audience, they played a lot with both of them. Ryan also came, as did one of my co-workers. Michelle came and RAVED about the show--she said some extremely nice things about the show and everyone's performance. Paul also had some friends (relatives?) who were very complimentary afterwards--we were talking about Puck and I said he's a hyperactive kid, very mischievous and sometimes that spills over into disturbing, that there's a darkness there that's interesting to explore. One of them said "Okay then--you looked a little disturbing!" Which I loved--Puck is NOT safe, he is a little dark and disturbing. I was finding a lot of new beats in my Puck stuff--for example, when Oberon says "Thou see'st these lovers seek a place to fight:/Hie therefore, Robin, overcast the night..." I found a new way to play "Up and down, up and down,/I will lead them up and down..." I had a ton of energy for the show too. For the second show, Michael came, as well as my friend Amanda with some of her friends, one of whom had cast Patrick in something, but then he dropped out to do Midsummer. Mike and Holly were also there, as was Marion. Doug had called me between the shows--he'd been planning to come but had to pick up a suit for Jon and Joanne's baby's baptism, and didn' think he was going to be able to get there in time. We talked about getting together later that night. It started to spit a little bit during the second show but everyone in the audience put up their umbrellas and after a few minutes the rain stopped. No crazies for the second show this time, thank goodness!

Saturday was cooler than the previous weekend, which is probably why I had more energy at the end of the day. Jason, Chris and I went back up to my place to drop off stuff, and then we repaired to the Gin Mill. Mike, Holly and Marion were there, along with a bunch of cast members. I'd called Doug to let him know where the Gin Mill was--sometime after Mike and Holly left, he showed up! I introduced him to Silas, since both of them went to the same acting school at Rutgers.