Yes! I'm dancing around, so imagine that. Okay, not physically dancing around, but spiritually and mentally dancing around. We ran through the show last night, and it was only 48 and a half minutes. We went from 31 minutes over to 3.5 minutes. That doesn't necessarily mean we're in the free and clear yet, but it does mean that things went really well last night.

Now, it wasn't perfect, but the run time was cut down, there were only a few times the actors missed lines and Susan did this great thing with the Valeri character. She made this whole progression in the relationship/friendship between her and Ayla. And I loved it. When I said something about it during notes time, Susan said she was glad I noticed. It's funny, because sometimes acting is just about fine-tuning a couple of things and it makes the characters and relationships so much more real. I was happy with that.

After rehearsal, which Dana shut down early (this time from joy, not being mad about lines), Maria, Rob, Jeremy and I went to Delaney's. Maria hasn't eaten in three days (she's fasting for religious reasons) and got drunk really quick. It was funny. I had a Sol, which I haven't had in nearly a year. I remember why I like it better than Corona.

We open in 9 days.

Click here for photos from rehearsal on January 31, 2007 (Click here for slideshow)