Trial by Fire

(above, the cast is setting up the stage for the Kansans Kan!

mini-performance in Garden City, KS)

All I can say is "wow."

We performed the first 20 minutes of the show for the Kansas Council for History Education conference yesterday. Talk about nervous-- I was a wreck! Imagine writing a show and presenting it before an audience that knows 10 times more about the subject than I do! They were very gracious and seemed to really enjoy it. The actors did a WONDERFUL job. The first performance is always an eye-opener for a new show. We get to see if the parts we THINK are funny, really ARE funny. They were! The audience laughed in all the right places.

We just have to finish rehearsing the rest of the show this week. We present the whole show this coming Saturday at the Governor's Book Fair in Wichita. We'll be busy!