First day of tech!

First day of tech in San Diego. Everyone was very glad last night to get into the hotel and unpack, stretch out, have a good dinner and get to sleep. Tech started today at 1pm at the Balboa Theater in San Diego, an old and beautifully restored theater right downtown in Horton Plaza. (Complete with twin working waterfalls on either side of the proscenium!)

We all arrived and checked out our dressing rooms. We got the intro speeches from Kimberly, our company manager, and Eric, our stage manager, met the crew and house staff, and then we got the backstage and dressing room tours.

Tech – always a long process, but everyone’s in good spirits. The set’s almost exactly the same as Broadway – same dimensions and everything – but there’s one wall hanging on the back wall that’s new. (If you’re in San Diego and a fan of the Broadway production, see if you can spot the addition!)