Signs I'm getting ready to open a show, or "the cow as white as milk..."

"...the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold!"

Foxy, Sassy, and Rissy all created their lists, so I thought I'd follow suit:

Signs I'm getting ready to open a show

Red, Jack, and Cinderella making plans
for "Happy Ever After"

1. I live on fast food (I'm not ordering fries during this cycle!).
2. I reject almost all invitations by using some variation on the phrase, "I can't. I have rehearsal."
3. I start wishing I was a professional performer because rather than going to my full-time job, I just want to go to rehearsal all day. Doing both is exhausting.
4. My skin starts breaking out -- noticeably -- due to stress.
5. I start telling everyone I know that I'm in a play and they should see it.
   Note 1: YOU SHOULD COME SEE MY PLAY!!
6. I walk around town in curlers and full stage make-up sans false eyelashes like it's a perfectly normal thing to do.
7. I shop for groceries at 11pm or later.
8. I start hand-washing my stage-undergarments every night so I don't have to wear sweaty stuff the next day (sometimes I ask a stay-at-home-mom cast member to throw mine in the washing machine with hers).
   Note 2: Stage undergarments consist of tights, bike shorts and tank top.
   Note 3: I really, really need to get that washer and dryer installed...
9. I make lists with names like: To buy - show, To buy- groceries, To pack, To borrow ("To go to the festival!!")
10. I start praying that none of the tech/dress rehearsals or performances will be rained out.
    Note 4: PLEASE also pray for the above things.
11. The songs from the show run through my head over and over and over. Right now it's the "A Very Nice Prince" reprise, which is annoying, because I don't have the timing down yet. So, really, the song's just mocking me.
12. My voice grows stronger and I develop a wider singing range.
13. I plan my wardrobe for work around what might be comfortable at rehearsal, 'cause I don't want to have to wear and wash additional clothing (see Note 3).
14. Lyrics and lines from the show start cropping up in my daily conversations (see quote in parenthesis in #9). As previously stated, Into the Woods (and any Sondheim show, really) is particularly quotable.
15. I think about my as-yet-unwritten-down character sketch all the time! I really, really need to write it down, along with memories and things I want to remember.
    
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16. I start wishing the experience would never end!

I am so happy with this play so far. I can't wait to start adding tech and props and costumes and running the whole show over and over (aside from the stressed and yelling people, I am one of the crazies who actually likes tech week). I am excited to perform for an audience and show off my fellow castmembers. I am hopeful for big, responsive audiences and cooperative weather.