Theatre Guild of Rockingham County’s production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever packed the entire house for its first public performance: not an empty seat in the place and they even had to bring in some more chairs for the extra-sized audience!

The show was great! The kids in the cast are especially doing a phenomenal job. The one thing close to an Opening Night calamity though happened to Yours Truly, when I was leaving the stage after the fire scene and tripped on the risers in the dark… while wearing all that firefighter outfit and oxygen pack, mind ya. I didn’t “fall off stage”. I actually “fell onto off-stage”, LOL!

The upshot is that I have a slightly sprained ankle. And I’ve still gotta run up that aisle with the heaviest costume in the show three more times. There is no understudy in community theater. But hey: The pain is temporary, the play is forever! 🙂

Next show is this afternoon at 2:30 and then again tonight at 7:30 p.m., with one more tomorrow at 2:30. Performances are at Rockingham Community College Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium. Visit the Theatre Guild’s website for ticket pre-ordering and other information.