A lot of laughs by Annie Foster

With only two performances left of our final show of the first season, everyone is feeling all kinds of mixed emotions around here – The Foreigner inspires a kind of joyful, giddy feeling, but we’re also exhausted from this wonderful summer and sad to see it almost at its end.

Of Mice and Men closed to a fantastic audience that included the president of Christopher Newport University, Paul Trible.  As fate and luck would have it, my family and I wound up sitting right in front of him!  It was nice to have the opportunity to chat with him about TRR as a member of the company, but it also meant a lot as a recent graduate to talk to him about my experiences at CNU.  The show was really stellar that night – we couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful closing night.

Putting up The Foreigner during our two-day turnover was a challenge and a half!  Our fantastic crew worked crazy hours to get up the biggest set of the season, and we had a lot of technical work to do in a short amount of time.  All our efforts lead to a thrilling opening night – I’m so glad we’re ending the show on such a high, happy note with this show.  It really is a feel-good experience.  We had a great time at Brian Hutchins’ opening night party – his house was so beautiful nobody wanted to leave!

Between word of mouth and the broad family appeal of The Foreigner, our ticket sales have been picking up and we’re looking forward to a really special experience this Saturday night at our closing.  We still have tickets to sell for our last two performances, though, so if you’re reading this and you haven’t already told everyone you know about TRR – you know what to do!