I survived the blackout of '07

There was a big storm in Chicago that caused the power to go out in the neighborhood around the second city. I was in the theatre when all the lights went out. It was in the middle of the second act of the matinee but the actors just kept rolling with it and finished the show. They couldn't use any special effects, music, or even lights for scene changes but the just kept on going. Bravo Blue Co.
Anyways, it became mass organized chaos behind the scenes. We had no way of running credit cards in the computer so we used old fashion carbon copy papers. Thankfully, people were very generous because they thought we were working so hard. we were, but it really wasn't that bad. And for some reason, I think everyone at the second city thrives on chaos. We all just want to be part of the action. Everything went smoothly, all the emergency flashlights were in place, and no body walked out on their check= success.
After we washed all the dishes by hand, we just hung out and waited for the power to come back on. Unfortunately we had to eat the ice cream because it was melting, too bad for us : ) The managers decided that if the power didn't come back on by 7:30pm, we would have to cancel the 8pm and 11pm shows. I was fine with working that night but I had also starting psyching myself up to having the night off. Sure enough, the power came back on right at 7:25. So we scramble to put the theatres and the bars back together and open the joint up on time. It ended up being a great night, I love the people I work with so a couple of hours of just hanging out time (all be it in the dark) was fine by me. Plus, the customers in the 8pm show were also very generous tippers because they thought we were working so hard. Its a good thing the shows weren't cancelled. Seth Meyers and two other producers from Saturday Night Live were at the show scouting actors. Good thing they made it, these actors are so smart and talented they need to be scooped up by something like SNL, they deserve it. On top of an already great night, I got to wait on Seth Meyers who let a big fat tip even though we didn't charge him for his drinks. Three cheers for nice people.
So that's that for the night the lights went out in Chicago.