The bus ride to New York went by much more quickly than I thought it would. While the bus had wifi, its electrical outlets weren’t working, which meant I couldn’t get all the work done that I needed to, but at least that forced me to try to sleep.

It’s raining in New York, and we spent much of the day running around trying to find last minute props and other things we didn’t want to carry with us. We managed to get it all done and slide into the theatre just in time for our tech run, which went amazingly well. For every problem we had there seemed to be a counteracting pleasant surprise.

After we finished our tech we had to run over to another theatre – still dragging all our luggage with us in the rain – for the out-of-towner’s showcase. When we arrived the show had already started – and the door to the theatre had been locked. After a few frantic calls to every phone number we had connected to the festival we got hold of someone who gave us the door code and we stumbled into the packed room just in time for me to be introduced as the final act.

Sarah and I then headed to our room in Brooklyn where finally, more than 14 hours after arriving in the city, we were able to put down our bags and settle in. As a nice finishing touch on the day we finally managed to get our hands on a copy of the Village Voice, which we’d been told had run one of Tanja’s pictures of the show.

Sleep now. Opening tomorrow night at 9:30. No idea what to expect.