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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
No Rest for the Wicked . . .
Sigh . . . I return home from tour at midnight on Monday morning. I sleep in until 10am (after falling to sleep at 3:30am), then have a relaxing day watching "Definitely, Maybe" and "Across the Universe" with Andrea. Then, we fall asleep at 11pm. Tuesday morning, I am woken up at 7:15 with a text about work. I report to the RB at 9am to collect some tech cases then drive to the HFAC to begin working on Ballet in Concert in the Pardoe. Today is tech, tomorrow is dress, and Thursday is opening night. I can't believe we are able to pull off a dance show in only two days. This job is insane, but I love it anyways. It will be interesting though because Mark is leaving on Folk tour on Thursday, Benjamin is about but still sore in the shoulder, Amanda just caught a virus (and will be working the children's show this week), and I may have just caught something - lets hope not. Therefore, Stephen is stage managing and probably the only one able to work at his full capacity. After this week, we have Cougarettes in Concert at the Covey Center. Hopefully then, I will have a bit of rest - of course there is homework to catch up on. Sigh . . .
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Stagehands have astonishing learning curves. It's not unusual for stage crews to have trucks full of unknown scenery arrive at a theatre on Monday, which we need to assemble and understand to open a show we've never seen before... on Tuesday night.
Most people, if confronted with such a task, would flatly say it was impossible.
Stagehands find ways to make it possible. We learn quickly, we draw upon years of experience, skills and training, and (all too often) we drink lots of coffee and work all night.
I've had one longstanding handicap in my career as a stagehand. I don't drink coffee.
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