Don't Play for the Laugh

And she gets in with minutes to spare! Last night was so much fun, the most nervous I've been which actually, isn't saying a lot since I'm usually hardly nervous at all. But Stacey, Bobbe, and Sheri were out in that audience. After the show, I met up with them, (Stacey gave me a half dozen roses!), and we went out for beer. They told me they hooted when I came out and then tried to suppress themselves which I suspect didn't go very well. They loved seeing me in my role and I loved playing it. They don't know this, well, they will after they read this, but there is a slight unnoticed horizontal slit looking out to the lobby from our dressing room kitchen, probably just above a quarter of an inch, and during intermission, I snuck over there and was seeing what I could see. I saw a little bit of sweater with Sheri's voice ordering wine, (should have predicted that one), and then I spotted Stacey. Usually, I can spot her because of her blond ringlets, but last night I recognized her purse/backpack. I think someone asked Stacy why she was there because I heard her say my name. I know, curiosity killed the cat but I don't play a cat, I play a woman of the night. Thank you guys for coming, it meant a lot to me that you did and even more so that you loved it.

Tonight while I was backstage waiting to go on, one of the other actors and I were having a grand time playing around with some of the movements in the play by using my necklace and his tie, I leave this to your imagination, we were cracking up the Stage Manager, who is also in the cast, and she couldn't laugh out loud because you have to be quiet backstage. It was really funny. Before that, we had been talking with another actor in the dressing room and I managed to stop the conversation in it's tracks because I quipped something of a sexual nature and the first actor was so surprised I was the one who had said it. The second actor and I exchanged a high five while the first recovered. This is why I have the nickname of Sassy. You think I'm sweet until I get comfortable... then comes those comments that make people laugh. I love to make people laugh. I know "you don't play for the laugh", but I had a hard time keeping a straight face tonight with the audience hee-hawing around me.

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