Opening

Tonight, the opening of
"Small Talk," a musical.
See www.smalltalkmusical.com
for a description of the show.
Playing March 7-24
at the Pineapple Playhouse
in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Opening night, another show takes the stage,
another cast will take their bows, but only after,
as the audience applauds. Till then they work
at the suspension of disbelief, fourth wall
separating them from reality. Connected
only by imagination. Months of memorizing
lines, nights away from home rehearsing, honing,
tightening up. Check the props and makeup,
keep in character, try not to flub the cues,
don't upstage, walk downstage, quiet backstage,
enter stage right. Break a leg!
Each performance slightly different,
special joy of live theater. Even at
the best of times, almost anything can happen,
and usually does.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2013