Miss Hannigan and Wacky

The Historic Morton Theater

Bittersweet feelings this morning. The play went well. Everyone has been quite nice about it. And now it's over. Good, I have time to do some other things. Sad, I will miss it and the people. Rain on the roof--good for the garden and we have the wood we need for a fire today.

orphans playing in their dressing room between scenes

Mary adds a seam to Lilly's stockings

Sandy spent a lot of time off stage

Yesterday morning, pancakes and church. Ray and I squeezed in lunch buffet at Peking. A lot of good food for under $10 each. Last show, lots of excitement. A little loud for me. Lots of picture taking. We did a good job and the audience really liked it. Lots of kids since it was a matinee. O.C. and Manita and their granddaughter, Sophie. Nancy and Elise S. Those are the ones we saw afterward. Change out of your costume for the last time and goodbye to the ouchy shoes. Carry them to the costumer's van. Make sure to take everything of your own. Meet on stage to take down the backdrops--9 of them! They have to have the pipes taken out (weighing down the bottom of them), then be untied at the top (24 places), then folded and put in plastic bags in boxes that are sealed with tape. It doesn't take long if you have a dozen or more cooperative people, which we did.

Arabella off stage

A gaggle of orphans getting some dance notes from Leia

Orphan in her Christmas party dress

There was mention of Barberitos, but we weren't exactly invited, plus we thought going home sounded really good. So we ate frozen pizza, watched TV, and went to bed before 10. Ah.