October 14: Tech Week, Pt. 1

To be involved in building a new show

Even, as I am, quite peripherally,

Is like a foxtrot: slow, slow, quick-quick, slow-

A slog until it runs, not magically

Because you saw each portion of the trick

Rehearsed, repeated, every cue perfected,

Until at last each tiny cog will click

Into its proper place, interconnected,

Or proximal- oh let it not be long,

Before the show is ready to be run

So there is time for all things to go wrong

Before it will be seen by everyone.

And once performance fears are realiz...