Blithe Spirit Memories

Blithe Spirit closed on Saturday last week, and it's been a pretty bittersweet time. On the one hand, I finally have Saturday nights free again. On the other hand, I don't get to wear that awesome sweater/jacket combo that I wore during Act 2.

So swanky!

Well, when all's said and done, Blithe had a pretty successful run. Good audiences, good laughs, and, of course, some really good memories. Here's a list of those moments I'll always cherish from the Blithe Spirit run.

• "What are you doing in the bathroom?!"
• The vase which just would not break.
• "Think of a colorless color..."
• "Hey, Kristin, you should just slap me."
• Abominable/abdominal
• Wearing my suitcoat like a muzzle.
• Learning how to mix a dry martini.
• Watching hours of Fry and Laurie and calling it "research."
• That one time I got slapped so hard I had to ice my face.
• The vase which broke at totally the wrong time.
• Sitting down with the whole cast and talking characters for an hour and a half.
• Heather screaming so loud that the phone rang.
• It's not nerves, it's delirium tremens."
• An EXTREMELY late-night dinner with Kristin and Larissa after the show.
• The police standoff going on outside during Act 1 on closing night.
• "Once and for all, Elvi- I mean, Ruth."
• *thud* *thud* *thud* "Heather must have just had an entrance."
• Jordan laughing during the show and getting accused of being a plant.
• "I promise Violet will be good. I guarantee it!"

• Choking on my apple-juice whiskey every bloody night.
• Trying to figure out who just texted me while speaking with a British accent.
• "Did Stephen just TOUCH someone?"
• Getting punched out by Iverson every night
• Pouring a drink for myself and a drink for Ruth, and then drinking both of them myself offstage.
• Calvary/cavalry
• "Surely even an ectoplasmic manifestation has the right to expect a little of the milk of human kindness." I don't care if the line never got a laugh - I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY!
• Walk to the window, then the fireplace, then the gramophone, then BACK to the window...
• "I'll do my damndest!"
• Stopping abruptly right before Michaela and I were supposed to go onstage.
• The time I got slapped in the face and heard a very distinct "Ha ha!" from the audience.
• "That cuckoo is very angry. Listen." "CUCKOO!"
• Pouting.
• "Bless us so we don't fall down."
• Forgetting to tighten the cap on the cocktail shaker during the producers preview (and the subsequent geyser).
• "I'll stop in and look at your patient tomo-... oh, um, you talk too much."
• All the little Blithe Spirit sendups during the Jesters improv show: "Try to see things from my point of view." "What, you mean drunk?"
• The vase which EXPLODED on the mantlepiece.
• Having my grandmother come and see the show to support me, even though she HATES Blithe Spirit.
• Having friends I haven't seen in three years come to the show (love you, Matt and Carolyn!).
• Heck, having everyone who came to Blithe Spirit come to Blithe Spirit. Thank you all!