I sat in my chair in the audience, waiting to get notes following our run through during that night's rehearsal.

Notes are the standard practice after being on stage. You rehearse on stage, say your lines, concretize your blocking and movements, dive deeper into character -  do your thing, whatever that means.

You pray you don't make a complete jerk of yourself up there and then come the notes. It is the time the Director gives you suggestions, assists in molding your performance so that his or her vision comes to life on stage.

I don't know why I was so happy as I sat waiting for notes, I just was happy.

Close to giddy.

Maybe it is because I adore this character I am playing: the slightly ditzy.. and sometimes much more than slightly ditzy Miss Prism in "The Importance of Being Earnest," a classic play written by Irish Poet and Playwright Oscar Wilde that opens at the Empty Space on November 9.

Maybe it is because I get a kick out of this entire show and each person who is a part of it. I could have been working on my lines when I wasn't on stage and yes, I did that - sometimes, but much of the time I sat and watched, delighting in what was unfolding on stage.

Maybe it is because I was wondering - wondering about what got into my portrayal of Miss Prism, she was so, well? Different tonight. I wondered what new stuff my cast mates would bring, what creative suggestions Director Bob Kempf might bring into the process. I wondered if I might learn any new words.

I learned "sylvan" at our last rehearsal.

I just never know what will happen, except I know I will have an incredible time. I trust the end result will be something that will make me proud - and by then I won't worry about making a complete jerk of myself - unless, ofcourse, it is on purpose.

Maybe that is why I was so happy.