Top of My Game
Most people say tech week is "Hell Week." One normally puts in a good 60 hour work week and then, Poof! Just like magic: ready or not...the show goes on.
Getting actors off-book for a Shakespeare show is a long, slow process. We're finally over the hump on lines, but damn it if my lead isn't still reading some of his lines in the second 1/2 of the show? There's outrage among the rest of the cast and crew, but I'm certain he'll be ready for tech this next week.
I'm hot shit right now. I've been hired to be a Production Coordinator during the day for American Theatre Company, on top of Stage Managing at night for "Taming of the Shrew." It's performed on the front lawn of a very large, "old oil money" mansion that has now been turned into a very fancy art museum called Philbrook. (www.philbrook.org). We're on the front page of their website.
I'm working for the Artistic Director during the day. She's the Grand Dame of the Tulsa theatre landscape. I go to work everyday and LOVE my job. I've also been tapped to start an Education and Outreach component of the group. I bring in new talent based on my contacts. I've provided them with a new Stage Manager, fresh from a Stage Management workshop I taught at my alma mater, a director from another theatre group, and several other technicians.
My name is being thrown around for membership on the Board of Directors.
Like most professional artists, I'm contantly broke and hungry. I need to take a little better care of myself, but I have discovered that if I get out and garden or paint on Sundays, I'm much happier.
There....I just needed to lay that down here for a bit. I hope you are well.
Getting actors off-book for a Shakespeare show is a long, slow process. We're finally over the hump on lines, but damn it if my lead isn't still reading some of his lines in the second 1/2 of the show? There's outrage among the rest of the cast and crew, but I'm certain he'll be ready for tech this next week.
I'm hot shit right now. I've been hired to be a Production Coordinator during the day for American Theatre Company, on top of Stage Managing at night for "Taming of the Shrew." It's performed on the front lawn of a very large, "old oil money" mansion that has now been turned into a very fancy art museum called Philbrook. (www.philbrook.org). We're on the front page of their website.
I'm working for the Artistic Director during the day. She's the Grand Dame of the Tulsa theatre landscape. I go to work everyday and LOVE my job. I've also been tapped to start an Education and Outreach component of the group. I bring in new talent based on my contacts. I've provided them with a new Stage Manager, fresh from a Stage Management workshop I taught at my alma mater, a director from another theatre group, and several other technicians.
My name is being thrown around for membership on the Board of Directors.
Like most professional artists, I'm contantly broke and hungry. I need to take a little better care of myself, but I have discovered that if I get out and garden or paint on Sundays, I'm much happier.
There....I just needed to lay that down here for a bit. I hope you are well.