We, as an ensemble, had great shows last night; back to back, 6:30 & 9:00 pm. But we didn’t win the competition. We didn’t see the show of the playwright that did win, so we don’t know if it was deserved. It did seem that the quality of the shows was higher than it had been in the first round. The one thing that the group that won did, was book a lot of seats, [when reservations are made there is not financial transaction] and then they did not release the seats when a dozen of their compatriots were no- shows. Clever way to stack the cards. It cut others out of the audience including three of my friends. We really had hoped ours would win as it was such a clever premise. To show his appreciation, the playwright Joe and his wife treated us all to drinks and tapas after the shows until after 1:00 am. Without doubt it was a great experience.