Second Show

So, last night was our second show.  The midway point of our run.  Once again, we sold the joint out and had people standing along the wall.  That was a good feeling.

The second show was a valuable lesson.  We had an issue with seating before the show.  As people often do with general admission, they choose a seat with a buffer seat between them and other people in their row.  That can't work for a sold out show.  That's where ushers come in or a polite announcement to the audience explaining that the show is sold out and the need to scoot over to make room.  Our announcement was a tad brusque.  One thing you don't want to do is irritate the audience.  I hope we didn't, and apologize if we did.

During the first scene, we still had people filing in and getting settled.  It felt like we stumbled out of the gate a bit.  I don't know if that's because we were out of sync, because the audience was still getting settled, or because the audience was just different.  Anyhow, we know what performers are talking about when they say that every audience is different.  Sure, that's a truism, but when you actually perform, you really grasp what that means.  We did not do a pick up rehearsal during the week.  Instead, we ran lines before the show. And I think at points we were less fluid with delivering our lines.  We are going to do a pick up rehearsal this week.  We want to make closing night as smooth as possible. 

By the end of the night, we righted the ship and picked up momentum.  We improvised a little more later in the show, and some tweaks to other sketches.  I think the tweaks were an improvement.  The final scene of Douchebag had a few more improvised jabs thrown in amongst us guys.  Sam's character "Truth" was the winner -- which we considered a mild upset. All of us in the cast agree that Scott's "Big Dawg" is probably the odds-on favorite every night.  See? Every audience is different.

Afterwards, we returned to the Green Eye for drinks, bantering, and pizza from Piece.  Several friends who watched the show joined us, and we had a great time.  We're excited for next week.