Goose Bumps

A year and a half ago I was in Albuquerque, laid up in a recliner with an oxygen tank wishing I could go see "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" to be wowed by the many fluid scene changes. Colby Landers designed the eleven sets and between us we engineered how to make them work. The situation at Albuquerque Little Theatre was a lot better than Meadville Community Theatre in that sets not in use could be rolled out the back of the stage and into the shop. The shop was pretty full of scenery during most of the show. I bought a DVD of the show, but the scene changes didn't give me goosebumps watching the little TV screen.

Wednesday night I watched a rehearsal of act one of "The Secret Garden." The first time the interior of Misselthwaite Manor magically spun to become the Garden, I got goosebumps. That's what I'm in it for, the goosebumps. The actors that turned the rolling double sided pieces did so flawlessly more times than not. By Friday night opening it was even better.

After all these years, I still get a kick out of show biz.