Well, hello there again! It’s Nell (a.k.a. Tranio), and tonight’s rehearsal was the last rehearsal that we are going to have before our very first performance tomorrow night at the Waldorf College pond. I cannot believe that we will already be having our first audience tomorrow night; these two weeks have definitely gone by way too fast!
Anyway, tonight we obviously did a full run of the show, but we also added in the preshow, which consisted of music and a speech. Before we did the run of the show, we actually had a meeting to discuss concessions, and we will be selling water, pop, sunflower seeds, and Waldorf Theatre pins.
We have also come up with a neat idea, which is to sell programs to our audience members, and the person with a signature of one of the cast members will win the prize of getting one of everything from the concessions. Therefore, the winner would get a free drink, sunflower seeds, and a pin to wear. We have also discussed having a free photo of the cast as well.
Since the weather was extremely hot today, and the fact that yesterday’s heavy rain soaked our costumes, we were somewhat relieved that we didn’t have to wear them for one day since we will have performances four days in a row (and several of us are wearing wool, myself included). Anyway, some of the costumes were still in the dryer, and others were still hanging up in the theatre, so wearing them might not have been the best idea. 
I’m nervous for tomorrow, and I’m hoping that everyone will remember all of their costume pieces, entrances, lines, props, etc. But: ready or not, here we come!
I look forward to our first performance and am excited to see who we will have in our audience, since Shakespeare allows for such a large amount of audience participation!
I’ll be back again soon to give you all an update! J
