4:30 PM - 7:00 PM, THE BROADWAY THEATER. Lew, Dave and Leslie arrive for set strike. Leslie forgets her tools and is practically useless. We all think that the photos of set strike look a lot like photos of set construction. We settle up the finances and put this show in the can. Thanks everyone! See you in February, 2003.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: None, it's time to de-tox.

1:30 AM, COOK'S BAR AND GRILL. The director is relaxing with Fran, Clark, Mark, Brandon, Damian and a few of our closest friends over a lovely pint of Guinness, when she glances over in time to see Mark, with his head back and his eyes rolled up into his head, and Brandon shaking him slightly saying "Mark? Mark? Come on buddy, are you alright?!" To make a long story short, the EMT's were called because Mark had, apparently, passed out. The director follows him to the hospital, relunctantly leaving her unfinished Guinness, and is soon joined by Brandon and Damian. We all wait for Mark's wife Laurie to arrive and leave the mess in her capable hands. Laurie calls the director in the morning to say that Mark is fine, he was completely dehydrated and will be doing the show Saturday. Clark calls the director to ask how Mark is and to tell her that he finished her Guinness. The director removes another ten years off of her already shortened life.

Total Guinness consumed by Leslie: 3.5 ....By Clark: .5

7:40 PM, THE BROADWAY THEATER - UP STAGE CENTER. The cast looks a lot more confident than the director feels, since she ended up having to stage manage the show and is a little too tired to successfully multi-task. Still photos of the show are limited because the director will be backstage throughout the production. Lew will tape it on Friday night, so she'll have to catch it when it comes out on video.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 2

4:00 PM TILL ???, THE BROADWAY THEATER. Lew and Leslie are still working on the set, expecting to have to wrap it up at 6:55 PM because the movie starts at 7:00, when Dan announces he's going to cancel the movie for that night. Lew and Leslie almost weep with joy. When Dave arrives, the good news sends him happily up three stories on a rickety ladder to fix the 75-year-old curtain. It's dark up there, he says.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 4

8:00 AM - 7:30 PM, THE BROADWAY THEATER. The director calls her brother-in-law, Mark, last night and asks him to come in for some last minute, emergency set construction. He graciously complies and we get a lot done in the morning. Construction stops for rehearsal at 10:00 AM, where the actors finally have a chance to rehearse the show both in the theatre and with props. Damian has Eagles tickets and takes Brandon and Mark after rehearsal. Leslie works in the theatre with Mary Ann until 4:00 PM, when she leaves and is replaced by Lew and Mark (the brother-in-law). Construction cointinues until the movie starts at 8:00 PM.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 10

HOW MANY TIMES CAN I SAY IT?

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 5.5

ALL DAY LONG. EVERYWHERE. Trips to the printshop, running lines with Brandon, stopping by the Music Museum in Pitman to pick up the bells for Act I, Scene III, Staining the tables Calvin built for the set, stopping by the theatre to see how Lew and Bob are doing with the set construction, swinging by Jen's to pick up the sewing she did for the show...it's all too much. And we're not even close to being done. Sheesh.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: Not Nearly Enough, Thanks For Asking.

8:30 PM - 10:30 PM, COOKS BAR AND GRILL. Mark leads the cast to mutiny and declares that rehearsal is over. As his car sped away, he was heard saying "We did all we could without Brandon, now it's time to drink. Hernia my eye!". Such dedication to the craft.

Total Maraschino Cherries Consumed: 24

3:00 PM AT THE DIRECTOR'S HOUSE. Len shows up to review scene designs and makes thousands of educated suggestions on what artists work should be considered when decorating the set.

But first they gorge on shrimp and crab legs sent home by Betty after the party she had yesterday. Thanks Betty! (she always makes too much, thank goodness!!)

Len and Leslie spend five hours on www.art.com ordering posters based on set designs. Director is amazed at how much she doesn't know about art when Len starts talking. Both agree that they made great choices. Both agree that they are nearly blind from looking at a monitor for five hours.

Total delicious shrimp consumed: Approximately 30

9:00 AM AT THE BROADWAY THEATER - BEFORE EAGLES HOME OPENER. Cast blocks all of ACT III, minus the "portfolio" scene, since Brandon can't do any stunts until after his hernia operation. No one is really concentrating anyway because they are constantly reminded about the Eagles game every time they look at Damian.

Cast signs a homemade Get Well Soon card before Brandon shows up. Director asks the Cast to "be nice" when signing the card so no one in Brandon's house reads it while he's asleep and gets offended. They ignore her.

As the witching hour finally approached, rehearsal was constantly interrupted with cheers of E-A-G-L-E-S...EAGLES!!!!! Director gives up and sends everyone home. Damian is the first to leave because he has a 65 inch TV screen.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 8.5

8:00 AM AT THE BROADWAY THEATER FOR LEW, DAVE AND BOB, 11:15 AM FOR LESLIE WHO OVERSLEPT. The Director tries to explain her tardiness with a halfcocked story about lost-time and alien abduction, but no one believes her. She brings coffee as a peace offering.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 4

7:00 PM TILL ????? - DAMIAN'S PARTY DEN. The cast couldn't rehearse at the VFW on Friday. Oh, by the way, Happy Birthday, Kitty. So they were forced underground into Damian's basement, to rehearse next to his pool table. Mark makes his argument for rehearsing on the pool table, but is outvoted. These shots were taken from a web-cam secreted in the Director's turban. Rumor has it that they "rehearsed" into the wee hours.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 1.5
Total Yuenglings: 12

9:00 AM AT THE THEATRE. We normally rehearse at 10:00 AM but Mr. Wonderful had a wedding to go to (yeah, right) so we all dragged ourselves out of bed an hour earlier so he could get there in time. Rehearsed Act I and II. Director tells cast that they have to be off book for Act I by next rehearsal. Ha.

Act II, Scene II is rehearsed for the first time. Damian and Christina have to kiss for, like, a whole five minutes while Brandon talks to the back of their heads. Brandon and the director take their sweet time blocking Brandon's movements just to force Damian and Christina to have to kiss way longer than normal. Because it's funny, that's why.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 5

8:00 AM AT THE BROADWAY THEATRE. Lew, Dave, Bob, Leslie and Len show up for set construction. Dave brings donuts. Leslie brings donuts. But Dave's donuts are better. Leslie is stuck with her stupid Tastykake donuts and gives them to the neighbor kids so she doesn't eat them all.

Lew, Dave and Bob started the set last week, but today need Leslie to be there to answer questions, as her demands are so unreasonable that they insist that she gets up at the crack of dawn to suffer along with them. Walls are framed out and locked into place. The solution to the "moving artwork" dilemma is finally solved.

Len and Leslie review layout and lighting and go to their separate homes to plan for set decoration, with promises to meet for a production meeting later in the week.

We eliminate using the Arc Spotlight because it hums so loudly.

Total WAWA 20 oz. coffees consumed: 6