The night was short and morning came quickly! We were all up a little before 6am so we could head to the theatre around 7:30am. The show was a matinee at 2pm so the set up time would fly by and it would be showtime before we know it.
We woke up in Glasgow to SNOW – more snow, LOTS for snow! We drove slowly to the theatre, backed into the loading area (took part of another building with me, but that’s another story) and David started getting the crew to load in the stuff. The guys here were really great to work with and didn’t mind working hard to get the show up in the amount of time we had. We knew it would be a push but everything was ready to go one hour before the doors!
This is a beautifully restored theatre for the 1930’s – amazing structure nestled in Glasgow, KY. It’s only been open since April 2005 so everyone is still excited and learning here. They also have a great group of volunteers to make it all happen.
There was no fly system here which means we had to use their main curtain as our act curtain. This is a motorized, electrical curtain so all they have to do is punch the button. Right in the middle of the first half, the curtain stopped working and it wouldn’t respond to the “button pushing.” Cindy and David figured out how to make the rest of the show work before the intermission break. Steve Jones – executive director – came back during intermission to see if he could get the curtain working again. He was joined by Fred and Jonathan and they just couldn’t get the motor going again.
We were their first Sunday afternoon performance, a little experiment to see if a crowd would head to the theatre on a Sunday afternoon. It worked – we had a great audience and, once they settled in, they were very responsive. So much so that the standing ovation at the end of the show took us by surprise!
We just arrived back in Bowling Green and, bright and early in the morning, I’ll have the trailer at the gate of Trailer World to get that axle fixed!