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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Day Sixteen: Performance
Well, today a small group of people were able to visit the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. With too many groups unexpectedly showing up, only ten people were allowed to tour it. I decided to stay on the bus. Therefore, all I did today was work on a performance. We were able to get in an hour early but we were still rushing to get everything done. Not our best performance in the technical aspect, but no audience ever notices that. Thank goodness.
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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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