When I got home tonight, I finally realized that I don’t want the show to be over.

I always want shows to end by the time they end, and even today I said that I was glad it was over. But our adventures tonight reminded me how much I’ve fallen in love with this cast (and its groupies), and now I’m actually sad that the show is over.

It’s true that I’ll get to see most of these people again: quite often, in fact, if I can help it. But from this point on it’ll require effort. People will eventually start other projects and cease to be available, and the group will slowly but surely drift apart. That feels tragic to me.

I feel very lucky right now. I’m so lucky to have done this show, and to have met all of these people, and to have found a huge, wonderful group of theatre people whom I care about and who care about me too. It’s been years since that’s happened, and I am truly grateful.