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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Ballet in Concert
Wow! This week is great! I am getting design credit for this show, so I am not getting paid for this work and working as much as I can. I show up a bit before Benjamin and don't leave until he does. Therefore, today was fourteen straight hours, and yesterday was ten hours. Yay! It's my job and I love it! Also, my sole job for this production is to call spot cues. Wow am I going to be BUSY!!! All but two numbers have spot cues. I have four spot operators and there is a big variety of cues. Yay! I'm keeping busy and hopefully I'll stay awake. It is definitely some more good experience to get before I graduate!
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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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