I've been through this before. Through my company, SB Dance (www.sbdance.com), I've created and produced 15 original shows-- pure dance, dance mixed with theater, musicals, straight theater. It doesn't matter how many times I've done this. At a certain point, I can't help but feel like they're out to get me—an actor is going to get sick on purpose, the printer is paid to lose my postcards, investigative journalists discover I don't like dogs. It's a stack of cards that's about to collapse, I'm sure of it.

I walk into rehearsal and see my actors. Daniel Beecher—who was brilliant in SLAC's CARETAKER — is fearless, focused and witty as hell. I'm pretty sure he could have written a much better script. Tracie Merrill—who I've admired on the stage at the Rose Wagner—is also a dream, a pure pro. She's articulate, agile and committed. One of the best cold readers I've ever heard, you can immediately tell how quick and smart she is.

Then there's Winnie (Carolyn) Wood. She's a rare subspecies of director known as a Producing Director. While most directors start with a script, a PD starts way before that. Winnie workshops the script with the writer and actors, watching every angle and corner. She tells me when something needs changing. She tells me to stop changing something. As someone who has worn every hat there is in this business—actor, singer, dancer, writer, choreographer, costumer, painter and I could go on—Winnie can shape and shepherd a production like few others.

Finally, there's Salt Lake Acting Company. I love going there. Such a wonderful vibe—creative, energetic and committed. I walk into that building and immediately feel that great things happen here.

So I'm in good hands, right? It's just nerves, right?

Today is a small milestone— the latest version of the script is bound. That ought to be a relief for Tracie. She makes detailed notes on her script (whereas Daniel pretends to write notes and I just look at theirs). She keeps every version for reference's sake. So she has the 6/29, 7/18, 7/23, 8/4, 8/5 (regular) and 8/5 (3-hole punched) versions handy and requires about 40 square feet of floor area to keep track of them. You don't want to put your script anywhere near hers—she'll devour it.

So we're on track. Lots of hard work behind and lots ahead. The team is great, the show is a hoot and the audience is going to love it.

What's that high-pitched whine? There it is again. Oh God, my hard drive...