"A bad dress rehearsal means a good performance".

I have no idea where I heard that line - to me, it seems being overly hopeful. Luckily, in the show I'm involved in, we don't have to rely on mere good fortune to get us through.

Last night we had our first dress rehearsal - and it was the usual scramble to get into the right costumes at the right done. A major wrench in the works was that our costume lady was out sick...and none of knew quite what we were supposed to wear and when...but we made do.

It's crazy to think about - it seems like auditions were just a few days ago and I was looking forward to starting rehearsals. And now they're ending. What I'm hoping for, is a happy ending.