Tonight was our designer run; the first opportunity for our costume, set, lights, and sound designers to see the show run through from beginning to end. It also happens to have been the our very first attempt at actually running the show through from beginning to end. To say that it was a little rough would do a grave disservice to the masterwork of chaos, confusion, and general bewilderment we treated our intrepid designers to this evening. To be fair, I admit that I'm being a bit hyperbolic here. In all honesty, given the complexity of this show, and the physical and emotional demands on the cast, we are about where I expected us to be at this point in the process. Note that "at this point in the process" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that statement. It is, after all, all about the process. "Do the Work. Trust the process." These are mantras every theatre artist learns very early on, and returns to on difficult evenings like this one. There is always, ...