Last night was our first performance, and tonight is the official premiere of Much Ado. When it comes to comedy, you really need an audience to confirm for you if you’re doing anything funny, and last night’s audience was damn helpful in that regard. I have the great fortune of playing most of my scenes with Don John or Dogberry and the Watch, all of whom were killing it last night. That not only makes the audience much more agreeable to laughing at my stuff, it makes me step up my game so the whole stage isn’t stolen out from under me.
From L to R: Brian Clark as Don John the Bastard, me as Borachio, Harrison Givens as Conrad
I think this is the first show I can remember doing where I wanted to steal my costume at the end of the run and keep it for myself.