Still in early crunch-time for DINNER WITH FRIENDS, the show I am directing for Falcon Theater, my attention this evening after work wasn’t on gustatory delights but rather on collecting and organizing the music for my show.

I went through the drive-through at McDonald’s for their Premium Chicken Strips and some McDonaldland Cookies, which I took back to our rehearsal space and gobbled down before rehearsal.

One of the hard things about doing a show is the amount of time I spend away from home & Wendy. These 14-hour days are a bit rough, especially when they occur with such frequency. The other thing that’s bad is that my food intake, already reasonably crappy, gets even worse.

Today was our tech/build day. We went from an empty theater to a mostly-full set in one long day. A giant thank you to the cast and crew for working so efficiently. We’re mostly there!

Dinner after rehearsal was two of those awful microwavable burritos that you can get three for a dollar at Kroger’s. And they still make a profit on them. I cannot believe it, though my aching gut reminds me that it’s true!

After the tech day, we got home and worked ont he show music and sound effects. They’re essentially finalized; I just have to add the sound of a car arriving and departing as two cues, reorder everything to a more logical order, and we’re good to go.