openings

Tonight, I open "The Fugue Code" at the Ottawa Fringe festival, uncertain of several things. Uncertain my my audience: size, type, responsiveness. Uncertain of tech: although I have a fine stage manager (Alison) and a fine house technician (whom Alison *taught to tech* back at their arts high school), we ran out of time before we could finish a solid cue-to-cue yesterday. Also, the sound system is finicky, and this is an, um, rather sound-dependant show! Uncertain of myself: what will change, and what will stay the same tonight - what suprises will I give myself, despite all the line runs, all the on-its-feet rehearsal?

If I compare my nerves to last year's opening of WOOL, though (in Winnipeg)...I'm a much more put-together person. But WOOL was very personal - it disclosed things - I was ME on stage. Plus, WOOL was put together in, like, 2 weeks.

Yeah, I'm ready. Here's to a new show and a massive tour! Think of me at 9:30.