When news of their arrival spread through the township, residents brought their best home-cooked dishes. It was as if they were celebrating a wedding banquet. At the evening performance the audience was filled with many folks seeing U-Theatre for the first time.
在最後的一個半月，突然多了英商保誠人壽的贊助，填補了部分經費；規劃宜蘭站時，一直無法確定落腳處，幸好長期支持優人的王品集團副總經理蕭文傑是礁溪人，一接到劇團電話，馬上動員當地人給予協助；在花蓮，當地政府為優人開記者會向鄉親尋求協助，馬上接獲當地民宿業者的贊助。