Showing posts with label tech week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tech week. Show all posts

21 November 2008

one moment at a time

First tech is done. This has been a day of strange ups and downs. One, I woke up late, but hurried through my morning routine in order to be on time for my meeting. Then I arrive (on time!) to discover that they started my meeting without me.

So I go along through the day, and I recover my equilibrium only to suddenly be struck in the middle of math class by the realization that half of the run crew won't arrive until Monday. And I need them today! So the rest of math was an agony of trying to figure out where my brain had gone. I made a lot of panicky phone calls, bought treats at the store that weren't in my budget for the cast and crew, took a shower, and was back to doing okay, when...

The set fell apart. Broke. Kaput. They don't know if it is fixable. The scene changes are at this moment, crippled. Immediately I developed a stomachache and a kink in my neck that wouldn't let me turn my head. Started techs, and managed to climb into my happy thinking tech stage manager state, despite being denied a god mike. Sigh.

It did not go as badly as it could have. And they will try to fix whatever it is tomorrow before rehearsal. One moment at a time. To my list I would like to add: A gift certificate to Sephora's.


20 November 2008

plotting and planning

Light Cue
Sound Cue
Sound Cue
Full Black in
Light Cue
Legs 1, 2, 3 out
Full Black 2 out
Revolve out
Light Cue
Legs 1, 2, 3 in
Light Cue
Tree Move
Scrim In
Light Cue
Sound Cue
Full Black out

That's something like the scene change that takes us into the end of the show for Merry Wives, though, the Cues are happening in a separate time than everything that is moving on stage. Also, everyone is changing costumes, grabbing instruments, and plotting and planning in front of the down stage black, distracting the audience from the suspicious rumbling from behind.

Exciting times.

18 November 2008

stress and scissors

I go through strange outlets to relieve myself when times get busy. Tech week haircuts seem to have become a tradition. It just gets to be too much, and I am unsatisfied with everything, and especially myself, and oh look! a nice sharp pair of scissors--it is too much temptation. There goes two season's worth of hair growth. At least I look cute.

17 November 2008

well, what am i forgetting?

this is how i will survive this week:
  • one (1) bottle of Green Defense drops
  • one (1) bottle of St. John's Wort pills
  • one (1) bottle of Zicam Cold + Flu Nighttime
  • one (1) box of satsumas
  • four (4) bars of Cadbury Chocolate
  • endless cups of tea with lemon and honey
  • clean laundry
  • escapist books on tape
this is what i have to survive:
  • a rapidly dwindling run crew
  • conflicting work schedules for my actors
  • scheduling fittings for all my fairies
  • props showing (in less than an hour!)
  • photo call
  • a stressed out (but with a plan to finish on time) costume shop
  • a stressed out (and rather disorganized) scene shop
  • a scene change rehearsal with no one to attend it
  • paper tech
  • a math test
  • a partially broken computer
  • directing scenes (from Melencholy Play)
  • acting scenes (from Clean House)
  • theater history project and paper
  • finishing the blocking script
  • sending actors off to interviews
  • finding my lost keys