All Eyes on Me

At last, at long last, Hamlet has reached it triumphant conclusion. I couldn't be more pleased and proud with our show. Our cast came through brilliantly and our crew were absolute geniuses. Sheena singlehandedly brought all the elements together so the show got a chance to exist. Mac and Bernie came in with such amazing skill and expertise to run the lights and sound. Emma, Jane, and Ryan were generous with their time and effort to act as our run crew. And, of course, Jared, who was both my brilliant star and my unfailing support. I'm so grateful for everything they've done to make the show a success. And on top of all of that, everyone came who I really wanted to come. Between  flyingstalins, Ernie,  in_water_writ, usernamenumber, rigel,  bleemoo, natbudin, kamianya, and my parents and Jared's, I was more than pleased with the audience.

I enjoyed directing very much, as draining a process as it was, and perhaps I'll do it again sometime. But for now, I need a rather long break. I'm looking forward to not having to be anywhere in the evenings unless I want to be, and I'm excited to go to BSCF this Thursday for the first time in weeks. 

But thank you. Thank you, everyone, for your efforts and your support in bringing a dream of mine to life. You have no idea how much it means to me.

Well, I am delighted to report that the first run of Alice went fabulously. All my fears that it would be boring or confusing or difficult or with some huge hidden game break I couldn't find turned out to be for nothing. It seemed like everyone had a really good time, and I know I was on top of the world. Bernie couldn't have been better help to me, and it ran incredibly smoothly; Vicky was wonderful enough to help us out, but we probably could have run it with just the two of us. And best of all, people got incredibly into their characters. I was so happy to hear the enthusiasm of people like Mac for the Mad Hatter and Jared for the White Rabbit, and Matt was as great a Charlie as I could have hoped for. Also, Matt LeVan was a perfect Cheshire Cat, nobody but Brad could have been the Jabberwock, and Jenn was an amazing Queen of Hearts. And even some of the toughest characters came out great, like Zack's portrayal of the Dormouse. Even now, a week later, people are still talking about it. It needs some editing, which I shall be doing with everyone's opinions in mind over the next few weeks. Also, I have just bid my game for Intercon H, and I am eagerly awaiting the response.