Yelling "Shut Up!" in a Bookstore

We did a staged reading at Barnes and Noble yesterday, and it was quite a success, I think. The thing that thrilled me was that two groups of students, from Hawaii Baptist Academy and Pearl City High School, came. They are both studying the play in class as part of Page to Stage. The Pearl City group will be coming to the Open Rehearsal too (10/29 2pm). I was beaming like a proud mama while the actors gamely worked their way through 4 scenes, miming props and battling coffee shop noise. Two funniest moments: Reb having to provide his own sounds cues for (1) a screeching cat and (2) a ringing phone. The B&N coordinator said that we had about 50 people watching!