Final Day: First Preview

This may be my last post from NYC - I really, really, cannot believe, A: I am here doing this, and B: that it is already over.  I will probably post again after tomorrow's first preview performance and if it is possible to be more emotional than tonight's, I may be in for it.  It hit me really hard during the second act that I was sitting in the St. James Theatre, and had been for the past 14 days working on a beautiful show with some of the most talented technicians, performers, designers, directors, musicians, and choreographers there are - and somehow, I was part of it.  If I didn't fully understand what it means to be humbled, I certainly learned it over the course of the past 4 weeks. 
This experience has been nothing short of life changing and how I look at the gifts I have been given to be able to be part of the theatre community - not just here, but at home on a wonderful campus as well. I really began to understand just how blessed we (show folk) are to get to do this for a career and I know there have been, and will probably be in the future, times when I've taken it for granted.  Being here has changed that. I cannot remember the last time I sat through 14 straight days where I was physically in the theatre for over 12 hours each day and really enjoyed my time. It was amazing.
I thanked Christine for allowing me to be a part of her family of creative artists and was barely able to keep my emotions in check - big surprise.  Well, it is almost midnight again and I need to be back at the theatre tomorrow for my official last day of work - it will be bittersweet, to say the least. . .

Official Playbill for First Preview

It may not be on the cover page, but it is in a Playbill!