Long Days…

Mandie, Vic and I have been here all day. Did I mention that none of us are really lighting designers? Did I mention we have an invisible set? Lighting something invisible can REALLY be a challenge.

We had to get this done today because we needed to do a cue to cue for the actors tonight. Vic also has to have a moment to transform himself from techie to actor. Mandie and I get the whole show cued, right before we need to let the actors in the space to do a warm up and fight call. We know we will have a lot to redo as we are rushing rushing rushing.

Actors are getting into costume for the first time. Yahoo to Paula and Peggy our costumers! Actually I’ve decided to call them each Pleggy cause my brain is so fried I keep calling them by their wrong names. We decide to do a cue to cue of Act I only, so they can do their first run in the space. As you can imagine this makes for a long night. They are figuring if they can haul and row without splitting their pants. We’ve had a heck of a time figuring out Ahab’s peg leg. Vic has been scrambling to try and make something that looks realistic without having to tie up Nicholas’ leg. Ugh.

Cue to cue goes well and so does the run. Our last run through at the rehearsal hall came in at 2 hours 8 minutes with intermission. We were ecstatic and hoping it would hold. We’re REALLY close.

I. Need. Sleep.