Opening night!
We had two "pay-what-you-will" previews today: a matinee and then opening night, and I think they went rather smoothly.
We changed the end of the wrestling match after the matinee. Orlando's language says that he's ready to keep fighting after he takes down Charles. For the first two previews, the audience gave Orlando a big cheer before he says those lines. We had some action that indicates the fight is clearly over. So we cut some business to make the end of the match a little more ambiguous before Duke Frederick officially declares him the winner.
For the evening show, Greg suggested to me that I enter first in the beginning and immediately head downstage. He has been entering first (since he's the first to speak), I hang up stage a bit and then make my way downstage. Admittedly, that cross has been feeling weird for the couple shows we've done. This solution has solved two problems. The Ren Season allows for changes, even after we've opened (something that usually doesn't happen).
I don't really have anything else to report. There was a fun opening night party in the Cutaia Lounge after the show. It was fun to chat with the audience (and eat some delicious smoked Gouda).
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