Hello again Doing something for the first time is in many ways easier than being able to follow up a success with a second act When you accomplish some thing you’ve never done before whether it’s composing a song learning a gymnastics pass or making your school’s basketball team that first attempt you have trying to make it happen comes with the exhilaration of doing something new and is filled with novelty and anticipation But then you want to continue the momentum And that can be frustrating and scary Suddenly there are all these expectations Can I do it again How can I make it better Will I have the stamina and patience to overcome obstacles In real life the second Random Farms musical almost didn’t happen but I won’t go into any more detail so as not
to spoil the book Figuring out how to make modifica tions and adapt when there are complications are skills I developed quickly during my adventures running Random Farms In live theater you never know what will happen when the curtain goes up I’ve had mics go out before an actor’s big song a costume piece Belle’s hoopskirt during Beauty and the Beast to be exact fall off during a waltz and a six-year-old Snow White who refused to go onstage right before the opening number Looking back I think I learned more from the crash and-burns than when everything went according to plan I suppose it’s those bumps in the road that make life interest ing right Now on with the show Anya
CHAPTER The day after the first Random Farms production was one of the most amazing days of my life Austin Susan and I had decided to give ourselves a much-needed day of relaxation so we packed up our towels and sunglasses and went to the town pool where we met up with Becky and Kenzie and a handful of other kids from the cast I was in heaven All afternoon people kept congratulating us and asking about joining Random Farms That wasn’t even close to the reason I’d started the theater of course but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t kind of a cool perk I was proud of my cast and proud of myself But a producer’s work is never done which meant it was time to start preparing for our second show So after our lazy relaxing Sunday Austin and I arranged to meet up late 1
