So much to say, so little time

It has been quite some time since I wrote. I had been meaning to, but then work came up instead... which is good, right? :-) So a few days after the final callbacks were held, the final cast was selected for the fall show. The first read through went very well. It was great to be there, because I got to be there with all the actors (principals, understudies, dancers, and all), as well as every other person involved with the production behind the scenes. It went very smoothly and of course there were other things to take care of, such as equity forms for those that are members of AEA (Actor's Equity Association). Things were run much differently than I had seen from school theatre. It almost seemed like it was a performance in itself. Since the read through, initial blocking has been going on, as well as dance rehearsal, and every other department hitting the ground running, particularly the publicity department. There was a photo-shoot for the posters, and those results should turn out swimmingly.

Last week's show was a variety show: 'Boy Whores in Underpants: Live at John's'. I was basically a presence in the theatre once again, helping them talent out along the way and also ran their projector (as their were some new media elements involved) and sound during the performances. What I got most out of this show was the fact that since it was a variety show, a lot of it was improvised, so I got to see how the basic structure was used versus how spontaneity was used and effected each night's performance. I learned so much from being able to see that.

This week, sadly, is the last week of shows. There are two different ones: One that is being shown Friday and Saturday; Dirty. The one that is being shown Saturday and Sunday is Bible Bootcamp Revelations. Today I spent the day with Carla Jo, as her stage manager, and stepping in as a producer as well. Carla Jo, wrote this piece, and she also is directing and acting in it. Today, I basically was in charge of making sure everything ran according to schedule. we are on a tight deadline, and many other projects we are working on within the company are using the space before/after, so we really do have a small window of time to get the show back up and running. I also worked on inventory of the many many boxes of props (both angelic and satanic), setting up, taking pictures, and spiking of the props she knew she wanted to use during this performance. Along with this we went over every single thing that needed to be done, bought, altered, rehearsed before the show opens up again Saturday. I gave a lot of direction and opinion on what I thought worked and did not, and it was great to be able to just throw that out there and have that taken into account for the show. it was just the two of use working on it today, and that made it pretty cool.