Tonight was our opening night of How I Learned to Drive. As I said before, I think we were ready. Our energy was up and it felt great to have a full house. The audience was very receptive to the performances, to the humor and to the material.

Our biggest problem of the evening was a small "scene introduction" glitch which resulted in two scenes being switched in order. But, because the play goes back and forth through a 10-20 year period, it didn't impact the show very much. Rather than the actress playing "Lil' Bit" and I having a few moments between scenes, we went right from one to another. Not a big deal and, to my knowledge, the audience never noticed.

After the show, I got to hear what some friends and my wife thought of the production. Their feedback was very positive for me and overall complimentary for the show.

It's sometimes hard to know whether people are praising your work just to be polite or because they really liked it. I can understand that. When you're face to face with a friend who has worked hard on a role, it's hard to be anything but polite, even if you didn't really care for it.

You also have to take into account the taste of the person expressing the opinion. If you tell me that I have wonderful taste in clothes but you frequently dress in a combination of colorful plaids, stripes and polka-dots, I may start to doubt the validity of your wardrobe comments. The same can be said for comments on acting. If someone tells me they really liked my work and then in the next breath praise someone else's work who I personally don't think did very well, the compliment loses a lot of weight to me.

In any case, I felt very fortunate that two of the people who's opinions I respect most came to see the show tonight and enjoyed watching me express myself as an artist. If some big mishap came about and we could only do the one performance, I think I would have been okay.