Show # 16

Today was better.

Even though an unnamed cast-ie slept through all of their alarms and had to take the train to our performance destination, today was better. The thing is that I think we've all maxed out on what we're allowing ourselves to worry about; so many things have already gone wrong that we've sort of gotten the 'panic' out of our systems and are now able to just rationally work through the problem. Instead of freaking out about our cast-mate's absence, we just went through the show and figured out, scene by scene, who could cover for them and take over their scene changes (we did this in the car on the way to the venue).

Of course, we were about forty-five minutes late (and those forty-five account for the bulk of our build-time). But we pulled it together, planning in the car how we were going to organize load-in and then pulling off the plan when we arrived. It helped that we had an incredible IATSE crew. They were probably the most inviting and friendly crew we've worked with, so far - heck, they offered me a job, "If I ever wanted to make some real money"... actually, money sounds kind of appealing, doesn't it!?

Anyway, we had a really good show, where everyone was on and every mark was hit and nothing went wrong - it was about damn time - and then loaded out, quickly and efficiently, before going to lunch at a diner where we STUFFED ourselves with burgers and fries and cheesecake.

Now I'm in Bushwick, relaxing and watching the Ellen Degeneres show.
Yeah, it's been a good day.