On the brink of greatness

We’re heading into the final days of rehearsal before our production of “Kafka Dances” opens this weekend. Our official opening is on Saturday, October 22nd, but we’re having preview audiences on Thursday and Friday beforehand, so we really only have 3 more rehearsals before we have an audience! How do I feel? There’s always that part of me that thinks, “omigosh, are we going to make it?” But I do feel that things are going well. The playwright, Timothy Daly, has come up from Australia to visit Alaska and be at the opening of the play. He was at rehearsal tonight for the first time… and I was just a little bit nervous! I think we all were. I feel pretty good about what we are doing with the play, but there’s this little part of me that was worried that Mr. Daly would see what we have done with his work and be disgusted ☺ Fortunately, that didn’t appear to be the case.

I’ll hopefully be posting some pictures sometime soon, but for any of you who are in the Anchorage area, please come and see the show (it’s always nice to have an audience!). Tickets are $15 at Cyrano’s Off-Center Playhouse on D Street between 4th and 5th. You can call ahead to reserve tickets or buy them at the door. The run is from October 22nd until November 19th—so come if you can! For those of you who can’t, I’ll try and get pictures up as soon as I have some.

While I’m plugging shows, I also want to direct locals to go see Theatre for Young People’s production of “The Witch of Greythorn” at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. This Friday, October 21st, is opening night, and they will be running for two weekends—fun and scary stuff just in time for Halloween!