I stood clapping and cheering loudly for the last curtain call. The pride I felt watching Jamie and the rest of the cast bow for the last time paled in comparison to the pride on their faces. I hadn’t told Jamie that I’d be there. My latest show had opened two nights before. He had seemed disappointed when he thought that I wouldn’t be able to see him be Peter one last time.
But instead, I’d chosen to surprise him. John was at the third show, making sure it was running smoothly in my place. I certainly wasn’t making the same mistakes with that show that I’d made with this one. Two shows and I was out. John was observing the third and then he’d be out as well. It turned out it was all a lot easier to follow my own rules when I wasn’t secretly in love with the lead actor. I laughed to myself as I watched the cast make one last wave to the audience before leaving the stage for the final time.
Tori