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i could hear the audience behind the curtain. i wanted to poke my head out and see if there was anybody that i knew, but to a performer, that has the same effect as the groom seeing the bride before a wedding- bad luck. the orchestra began to warm up, and i ran back to the dressing room that i shared with ashley. she quickly hugged me, offered up a word of prayer, and exited to take her place. the opening strains of the first song poured out of the overhead speaker, and to calm my nerves i sang along.

good news/ she's dead/ the witch of the west is dead/

i had to smile. they were out there, singing about my being dead, but i was in the back finishing up my greening as, we jokingly called it. i had to hurry. the number was almost over and it soon it would be time for Elphaba to go to school and terrify the student body population. i warmed my voice with several scale and random notes, then walked to my entrance, turning on my mike as i walked. calls of "break a leg!!" and "go knock 'em dead" followed me down the hall. as much as i loved the behind the scenes, i was slipping into character, and soon, all i could think, was "go green."

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