i was on stage in what was apparently a tap dance christmas carol, but we weren't wearing tap shoes and it wasn't at all christmas-y. so, anyway, it seemed to be this dream's version of the cratchit family party scene (except for the fact that there weren't any cratchits in sight). we were playing a trivia board game, but the 'grampa' figure was reading the very detailed directions in a soft monotone voice. i imagined the audience was terribly bored. i did a little improv there and tried to encourage grampa to speak louder. he didn't.

then we went on the play the trivia game and it was going very slowly. the poor audience! poor me!! i finally got up and whispered in grampa's ear that this was really boring and we needed to keep things moving. he suggested we go for a walk and so everyone got up and walked off-stage.

oddly, it was a kind of outdoor theatre and the audience was *really* far away on a little island in the water.