There were, at the outset, some environmental concerns. Rain seemed likely, and given the weather pattern that Wilmington, NC had been experiencing over the week or so prior to Saturday, July 8, a torrential downpour was well within the realm of possibility. This was on the minds of those of us who climbed the wooden ramps to the open-air fantail of the USS North Carolina, permanently berthed on the Cape Fear River and functioning as a WWII monument. It is open for daily tours, and playing host, so it has been said, to a few ghosts. The weather was on the minds of the cast and crew of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, as well. With a curtain scheduled for 8 p.m., and the skies growing grayer than the gunmetal of the ship itself, some were convinced that everybody would be ducking for cover before it was over. Possibly before it even started.