Such a good feeling

I just had a new one-act specifically written for school competitions go up at a festival. It's got a number of theater inside jokes in it, and when we ran it for preview audiences (other school kids, parents) it didn't get those laughs. At the festival, every theater joke popped. It was a great, engaged, energetic house. Several cast members were given awards for their excellent performances, and a director from another school asked if she could perform it. The kids had a blast with the script and it went over well and I'm still riding that high. Off it goes to a publisher next!