After almost three weeks of rehearsal, we head into our first run-thru this Sunday. The process of developing the script has moved wonderfully quickly, the actors are excellent improvisers and thoughtful storytellers. They are also terrific musicians, singers and dancers! We've thrown a lot their way in the past three weeks, new songs, new dances, the challenge of inventing our tale out of thin air in the style of the late 19th century, and all in two languages! They are true champions.

Kudos to our design team who are working diligently to create their pieces of the puzzle with limited information that changes daily as this new work emerges into being. It's been a flurry of activity this week. Tonite Hal arrived with a new corrido that he wrote; on Tuesday Maria refined the choreography of the chotis and polka, adjusting it to the set that was now taped on the floor by Gavin; Mark is in the scene shop, building the set with Becca; and Sarah has crafted her props list from the latest version of the script posted up on the wikisite by Estela. It's a team effort by an excellent team.

So, tomorrow Friday, we'll take a look at the scenes based on Wednesday night's improvs, and create the transitions between the scenes. I'm truly grateful that we have such a great troupe that can catch everything we throw at them and toss it back with grace and beauty...

Tonite they sounded so good at music rehearsal that they began looking for a name for their band. Hal suggested: Los muertos agradecidos!