Re-visiting Avenue Q.

Since Saturday, I've been getting calls from certain food sponsors that Atlantis had gotten for Avenue Q's farewell run. I told them that my mobile number is no longer affiliated with the company, and I kept having to forward the Atlantis mobile number to them several times because they still kept on calling.

Lawyn had joked that it's me that they still want to talk to, as I had been the designated contact person for most of our sponsors (specially food sponsors). I took this as a sign that I need to pay Atlantis a visit, as I haven't even given any of them a ring or a text or whatever since January. (Eep. Sorry guys.) So I dropped by late yesterday morning and surprised them. Yep, the whole gang was there, Ate Sally, Lawyn and Kuya Boni. Hahaha, after some major chitchat, they put me to work, slipping the new Avenue Q shirts into plastic bags. I didn't really mind. I missed bagging all those darn shirts, hahaha. As a treat, we patronized the current sponsors by having Yoshinoya and Brooklyn pizza for lunch. Yay! And a late dessert from Krispy Kreme.

The last time I paid the office a visit, the place was a mess, as the entire room was being repainted and all the stuff in the back were to be brought to a new warehouse. Now the dingy white walls were painted a nice yellow, the big old table we stocked in the back was brought out and is in the middle of the room, and all the other office tables were pushed along the walls. New office chairs, a new computer, and (finally) DSL connection. Old posters have finally been framed and hung on the walls, even in the bathroom (make a guess what show that was).

After lunch, more people started coming in. Claire and Steph (who work for Cinderella) found their respective places, and Mae and Gen also came to help out with the shirts. I haven't seen the office so full since the King and I dancers' briefing with Ms. Liza, hahaha!

By 5 in the afternoon, Lawyn, Mae, Claire and I left for RCBC for Avenue Q DTR. Went up to the auditorium first to leave a couple of cakes backstage in the production room (as it was Jojo's birthday), then we went down to Starbucks to kill some time. I found out that Chynna is also part of the production, taking Karen's place as ASM for sounds. It felt weird not seeing Chynna as the SM in charge. Perky took Lambert's place as SM.

There were a couple of new faces in the cast for the farewell run. Carla Guevara took Rachel's place as Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut. Thea, Ric's wife, now takes over Teenee as Mrs. Thistletwat and "others," hahaha.

I love Carla's interpretation of Kate and Lucy. Not that I didn't enjoy watching Rachel before. I just liked that Carla made it different than the ones I've seen. I've noticed a few slight changes as well, but the difference worked wonders.

I missed the cast, the production and creative team. The ushers. All the familiar faces. Even just sitting in the lobby. But no regrets really. I'm happy where I am. I can always go back anyway. If that's what I really want to do. But I do believe that there is something else for me.

Visiting Atlantis and Avenue Q was a time well spent.