Already Only a Memory

The Secret Garden closed on Saturday, and I already miss it... as per normal. I loved this group! Everybody was so different -- some really wacky, some quiet, some chatty -- and we meshed so well! I'm going to miss going to lunch inbetween shows, my fear of someone stepping on my train and ripping off my skirt (you can laugh, but I did step out of it once), watching Cameron/Colin cry backstage, listening to Lucy's stories in the dressing room, begging people to button my gloves, kissing Cameron in the hair so that I didn't leave ghost-lipstick on his face for most of the second act, sitting in the dark behind the stage, hoping that my performance didn't scare any little kids (I was a ghost, after all), playing with Cameron's hair, my one costume change from my "alive" leather gloves to my "dead" fancy gloves, staring longingly at my husband and son when they reunited at the end, "The lump! The lump!", helping Lucy with her costume changes, playing with Gibby the hamster, and willing hugs anytime I needed one.

Here are some photo memories of our fiercely awesome cast and show. It ended too soon!

Our freakishly talented lead actors. I am really excited to work with them again. Not only are they terrific actors, but they are hilarious, really nice people. Hopefully, our next project together won't involve me being invisible to all of the other characters... I'd love some onstage interaction with these kids.

Here our Mrs. Medlock is tying Colin's tie. I just love that it looks like she's choking him. Not that we'd blame her. The kid cried ALL the TIME (onstage, backstage... sure it was part of the show, but it was incessant)!

Backstage Babes. We decided to go out between shows one day while wearing part of our costumes (as shown in this picture). We took fliers for the show with us and even passed some of them out. No idea if any of the people we gave fliers to actually came, but we did run into some people who saw the show earlier that day. It's nice to get compliments from fans!

One of the reasons I love this photo is because I have one of my nieces making the same faces at each other; one yelling and one looking like "whoa! Chill out, doll!" Another reason is because these characters are soo different than the actresses playing them. Lucy is one of the nicest, most together, happiest people you've ever met, and Jessica is so strong and cool and wise. They ROCK!

I asked Ricky and Cameron for a "family" photo, and Ricky came up with this idea. Brilliant! Aren't we a pretty family? All that wonderful, curly hair!

I really, really loved this costume and character. There are worse things than having every other character describe you as a "sweet, pretty thing." As if I'm not already vain enough... :)

Cast photos -- which do you think reflects our personalities the most?