This morning we moved our set into the theatre that we will be performing in for the next two weekends. This is my first acting performance in a decent theatre. It has clean dressing rooms below the stage and reasonably up-to-date lighting and sound capability. The theatre seats 400 and has been well refurbished over the last few years.
We have a tech crew running the lights and sound, a props & costume crew for scene changes, a makeup person, a set builder, and a few other gofers who handle the 10,000 details. All we have to do is remember our lines and avoid falling into the orchestra pit. The lead character has been sick for the last 10 days, so the producers have been nervous. He is a quantum computing physicist who happens to dig acting. The physicist gets the girl. The chemist gets to shout at people and whittle.
Last friday’s local paper featured a full page closeup of me, Th’ Gaussling, hamming it up on stage. Mother of pearl! Today’s thrill of standing on the set and looking into the auditorium was soon replaced by waves of nausea at the realization that this thing is really going to happen. Holy smokes. What have I done?
Lamentations on Chemistry 
Propranolol and stage fright,
http://www.ethanwiner.com/BetaBlox.html
“… it is important that each person experiment, under medical supervision, to find the ideal dosage for a performance situation. Similarly, it is important to take the beta blocker a few times and under different circumstances before a major performance to be sure the individual has no adverse reactions.”
Elsewhere,
“a single dose of 10–40 mg may be administered 20–30 minutes before the event.”
Or wear red satin boxer shorts. It is all a matter of perception, like closing your eyes on the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland.
You might take a look at http://www.infowars.com. Supposedly it is one of the most watched websites in America.
They have the most current ‘Bilderberg list’ for 2009.
If you don’t know what a Bilderberg list is, then just ask Uncle Al. Seems right up his alley.
P.S – you didn’t mention the play name. Crime and punishment??
“What have I done?” – You blew it man. You should have majored in phisiks.
(break a leg)
Les, I told him physicists are sexy.
Let’s not unduly encourage the physicists. They’re insufferable as it is.
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So has it been since early November 2008. Some four billion rounds of shotshell and pistol have flown off shelves. Federal, Remington, Winchester, Hornaday are manufacturing 24/7 and cannot fill orders. Isn’t it time for the EPA to ban private lead ownership (and Homeland Severity to enforce it)?
Blessed are the paranoid for they shall have made backups. It wasn’t paranoia if it happens. After a mob tosses a Molotov cocktail at your home, what good will the 911 busy signal do you? Support evolution – shoot back.