As expected
Tech isn't going well, and it's not for any reason one could think. The cast could pull the show together if one cast member wasn't treating everything as a joke. You can have fun and be serious at the same time. Because of one cast member fucking around on stage instead of trying to get through the run, three other cast members were sent into tears after a lecture from Kevin. I'm sure I've worried a few of them because I got stern, and I don't ever. I was trying to not scream, because I knew how sensitive these kids are.
These kids don't know how to work as a cast. I don't know if it's something we did wrong, or if it's because that's just how they are. But they only care about what their character is doing. And that is not good for everyone else. We tried to instill that last night, but I wish we would have done it earlier. I didn't think this would be as big of an issue as it was.
They didn't get good notes on the run, 'cause we didn't finish the run, and I wasn't just taking notes. We were still missing props, because people who said they'd bring them in didn't, sans our stage manager. People were still on book. We still haven't had an honest to goodness tech run, and we won't until tomorrow, which is our preview show. I'm going to try to tech sound tonight, but I've been trying to tech sound since Friday. I don't have much hope that that'll get done. And through it all, I feel like I'm not doing enough, that I'm not good enough for them, that I'm ineffective and unhelpful. I don't know what else I can do. There isn't anything else I can do for the cast or for the staff. I just have to keep doing what I'm doing.
Needless to say, Saturday is going to be getting rid of a lot of tension and stress. And after the weekend, I'll have to have a talk that shouldn't be necessary, but unfortunately is. Le sigh.
These kids don't know how to work as a cast. I don't know if it's something we did wrong, or if it's because that's just how they are. But they only care about what their character is doing. And that is not good for everyone else. We tried to instill that last night, but I wish we would have done it earlier. I didn't think this would be as big of an issue as it was.
They didn't get good notes on the run, 'cause we didn't finish the run, and I wasn't just taking notes. We were still missing props, because people who said they'd bring them in didn't, sans our stage manager. People were still on book. We still haven't had an honest to goodness tech run, and we won't until tomorrow, which is our preview show. I'm going to try to tech sound tonight, but I've been trying to tech sound since Friday. I don't have much hope that that'll get done. And through it all, I feel like I'm not doing enough, that I'm not good enough for them, that I'm ineffective and unhelpful. I don't know what else I can do. There isn't anything else I can do for the cast or for the staff. I just have to keep doing what I'm doing.
Needless to say, Saturday is going to be getting rid of a lot of tension and stress. And after the weekend, I'll have to have a talk that shouldn't be necessary, but unfortunately is. Le sigh.