a kind of magic!!!!!!!

the lights went out and it was then that i realized how much i’d been longing for this moment.

i’m just sitting there, waiting to be entertained and trying to relax and yet, in spite of myself, i’m straining forward intently, peering into the darkness, wondering about what is going to unfold in the next hour or so. i suspect i wasn’t the only one either.

somehow that darkness has a way of fusing each and every member of the audience into one large organism. an expectant hush envelops us and we wait impatiently – fidgeting in our seats, clearing our throats, three hundred pairs of eyes focused on the stage.

let there be light.

a small area of the stage is slowly illuminated. this is a spectacle in itself. the light just slowly seeps into the darkness, uncovering a very small area of the stage, revealing a hazy form that crystallizes into one of the actors.

three hundred jaws drop in one synchronized motion to the floor.

let there be sound.

the first lines are spoken and then you know that the sucker punch has been delivered. there is simply no turning back.

so, this is what alice felt as she fell through the rabbit-hole.

thanks suds!!!!