Toto, We're Not In Kansas Anymore

I really need to learn how to keep blogging up for more than a couple of months.

So, last you heard, Closet Land was invited to the Region V American College Theatre Festival. It was one of four productions. The week we spent in Kansas was also the best week of my life. I quite literally have never been happier.

From the first day that we got there, whenever anyone at the festival found out that we were from Meramec, they would ask us tons of questions about the show and tell us how excited they were to see it. We were all brimming with anticipation all week (we weren't to put the show on until Thursday).

We passed the time well - there were shows to see, workshops to attend, a pool, hot tub and sauna, a workout room and a racquet ball court. And we also just hung out in our rooms a lot. I didn't even sleep in my own room for over half of the trip.

That being said, I've never been so blessed to work with such a wonderful crew. I mean, I've never worked with a bad crew, but the Closet Land crew, we all get along with ease, and we all enjoy each other's company. There is no tension, no arguing. We couldn't be happier working together on this exceptionally stressful (and emotionally draining) production. It was a great week!

And Thursday came. Our wake up call started at 5:00am, and we had to take all of the moisture and temperature sensitive equipment we were keeping in the hotel and reload it back onto the truck and bus. Then we rode over to the college to start our load-in at 7:00am sharp. We worked straight through the day with staggered short breaks, until about 5:30. By then we had finally finished our build and tech. We then took a short dinner break before our 6:00 call then it was back to the theatre. Our creepy preshow started at 7:00 and the show started with a bang (literally, courtesy of me! XD) at 7:30. Then after the show ended, we had a break while a short awards ceremony happened, after which we immediately struck the set until about 1:00am.

And then we went back to the hotel and partied till sunrise!

Kansas was great. Friends, fun, great food, parties, ridiculous times, a new boy?

But, sadly, we're not in Kansas anymore. We all miss it. We'd all love to take Closet Land back on the road.

Maybe we can. Closet Land was held for judging to go to the national festival and get put on at the Kennedy Center. We find out this week.

Holy. Crap.