The Six Hour Drive

The Theatreworks manual for actors states it very clearly (in all caps, and underlined): "YOU WILL SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE VAN."  And this tour is no exception.  Usually, Theatreworks seems to schedule no more than a three hour drive on a performance day.  However, after our 10am show in Delevan, NY, the orders were simple: get back to New York City.  Problem?  Delevan is about 45 minutes south of Buffalo, NY.  Other problem?  The Yankees had a home game.  And so began our six hour trek back to New York City.  Accompanied by the audio book of Patti Lupone's new memoir (which has created catch phrases for the cast such as "MY MOTHER!" and "Oh God!"), we headed out on the open road:

Hour 1: Kristen "primes" for the trip

Hour 2: Courtney is perky as always in her middle seat.

Hour 3: David employs the ideal coping mechanism for long drives

Hour 4: It's starting to get to me.

Hour 5: Nick's descent is apparent

Hour 6: Need Jonathan say more?

It is worth mentioning that Jonathan, who loves his long drives, sat behind the wheel for all six hours.  He is our hero.

Call tomorrow: 10:30am, Upper West Side garage.  Yes, there's a show tomorrow.  Two actually: numbers 10 and 11 for the week.  And Theatreworks is videotaping for posterity.  Gulp!

Kid Quote of the Day:  Backstage after our first evening show of the tour, a little girl introduced herself to the cast.  "This summer I went to Dollywood and saw Dolly Parton's touring van and, and, and you expired [sic] me to be an actress and tour like you ."  But she didn't stop there.  "Oh, and, yeah, I guess y'all were pretty good."

Adult Quote of the Day: From a teacher in a teacher's lounge, as we enjoyed a provided lunch, "So, you're NOT college students?  They actually PAY you to do this?"