We start tech for MDQ on Tuesday, and I am ready. Of course, I’ll still mostly be watching, but man, this thing is coming together so well. Truth be told, we are desperate for an audience, and it’s amazing to remember that we’ll have one in just over a week.

Our team had the rare (honestly, I’ve never experienced this before) opportunity to spend our last week of rehearsal in the space, where we got to run the show, rehearse as normal, and work out a bunch of the audio idiosyncrasies that make this kind of musician-focused musical an above-average challenge, a whole week before our official tech process begins.

This theatre Paramount has built is incredible. There is a strong feeling of immersion that will smack every guest across the face the moment they enter, and it carries through the entire show. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I don’t think the people of Aurora are ready. It’s essentially a show inside Sun Records, and it feels like it.

That said, it’s a brand new space, and I am so grateful that we were gifted extra time to iron out some inevitable kinks before we really feel the deadline approaching.

I am honored and humbled to serve as an understudy for this show. The entire cast is brilliant, and I’m learning so much from sharing the space with everyone here. And I’m going on for Carl Perkins a few times, which is sweet!

If you want to see MDQ, this is the place for tickets. Get on it though, they are selling fast.