Provided the weather doesn’t cause TOO many cancellations, we’ll have Opening Night for Art tonight at Williamston Theatre!

It’s been a great rehearsal process – the actors are wonderful. Also, on this show we did a collaboration with MSU, and I had a great time with the faculty designers and students who handled the crew duties on this project! A great way for some students to get a bit of hands-on experience and college credit, while we get the benefit of their youth and energy! 🙂 The folks at MSU have already talked to us about continuing this collaborative exchange on a project next season, which is a wonderful thing!

So – previews have gone well. Lighter houses than we’d like, but it’s the middle of a Michigan winter, so that’s something that every theatre in the state struggles with.

Once we get this opened, I’m looking forward to a couple of weeks before we start rehearsals for the next one! The next 14 days will be my chance to see a bunch of the other shows going on right now – Murderers at Boarsead, Souvenir at Performance Network, Vino Veritas at Purple Rose, Rabbit Hole at Meadow Brook. (I also want to get down to see Ceremonies in Dark Old Men and Almost, Maine, and fortunately they have longer runs.) And there’s more good stuff going on that my schedule probably won’t allow me to see, sadly – like Blackbird’s Angels in America staged readings – I may have to rearrange some stuff!

Geez, looking back at that list – some great options in the middle of this Michigan winter!