The last 90%

There is a saying in software: "There is the first 90% of the project... and then there is the last 90%."

We are in the last 90% with our play. It is a critical mass/momentum feeling. There is a mountain of work which only can be done now, in the theatre, on set. And, there is another mountain which can only happen in the actors after the whole play is built, and they know the scope of the work.

"Oh, it's THIS big. Okay. Now I know what I'm dealing with, and what to work on." It's like finishing framing a house. Somehow your body knows, then, how much is left to do, and all the calibration gets sharper. It IS another 90% of work; but it's a different kind of work.

Tonight we build the end of the play.