A prayer for my boys as they head off to Tech Sunday:

Oh Saint Shakespeare, may you look down (or up) with pity on my boys who begin the dreary marks of tech week. Protect them from the hell that awaits them as they hurry up and wait. May they be blessed with remembrance of lines, unbroken props, and doors that open. Keep them from the fall into the pit which results in injury. May you gift them with the art of the ad lib just enough to keep the show going but not so much as to have the title of “mugger”. May the director be blessed with patience to deal with the divas and the stage manager with a plethora of shushes. And may the zippers always be up. Amen.

Feel free to add your own prayers for tech week in the comments below.