NW’s fall musical, Paint Your Wagon, opened Nov. 12 and ran through Nov. 14. Many audience members did not know what the play was about, so they went to the play with an open mind.

Where am I headin’? / I ain’t certain. / All that I know is / I am on my way.” The rousing chorus from Act I of the 2009 musical, Paint Your Wagon, echoed through the auditorium. But this wasn’t opening night. No, it was far from that. Only a few weeks before the show, the student actors and actresses were still turning the wrong way during dances, forgetting lines and missing cues for entrances.