All in the Timing; The Audience

Upon entering the theatre there was a sense of excitement. The people sitting in the rows in front of me were deep in conversation about what plays they have and have not seen. And everyone seemed to be talking to one another. As for myself, I had been out of town the entire weekend and went straight to the theatre when I got back, so I was pretty tired, but I brought my cousin with me because she is pretty hyper and I knew it would keep me awake just in case.
I had no idea what the play was about, except that it was a comedy, so when it started I was really surprised on what was going on with the "ding"-ing, which i am going to call changes. When the changes first started the audience seemed confused but eventually started laughing. And my cousin leaned over to tell me she wished this could happen in real life. At the end of "Sure Thing" the audience clapped, which follows the conventions of an audience but I feel everyone did really enjoy it.
One of my favorite acts was "Words, Words, Words" I thought that the actor who played Milton was awesome. He really knew how to use his facial expressions to completely bring the character to life. And during the whole act I heard the audience laughing, which goes to show you that a chimp is always amusing.
In “The Universal Language” I had to try really hard to figure out what was going on through most of it, and people seemed to laugh just because he was saying weird things, though I do admit it was funny how he used some words. During this act I decided to look around and my fellow audience members to watch there reactions, and on the right side of the stage about the 2nd row I saw a heavy set woman with her family who looked like she had fallen asleep. This really surprise me because the whole audience seemed to be really engaged in what was happening on stage, and with myself being as tired as I was, I was no where near falling asleep, but I guess she had a rougher weekend than I had.
One thing I really enjoyed about the production is how the cast would stay in there characters during scene changes, so even when the lights were dimmed and they were just moving props around people where still laughing because of the chimps running around and messing with people while also picking up props.
Over all I found the play really amusing. And by watching the audience, I feel I could say the same for them. While walking back to my car I could hear other audience members talking about the play and the characters. My cousin kept talking about the guy who played Ramon, because she said that was the kind of person she would hang out with, which I agree because he seems like he has A LOT of personality just like she does.
But once we were in the car we didn’t talk about the play anymore. I’m sure we would have, but because I had been in Gainesville all weekend and we hadn’t had a chance to talk about it before, she started asking me about the game and other homecoming events, so we talked about that. But we did talk about the play on the way to the play, so there was a reversal.