The Perfect Storm
So, let's recap the current state of the musical I'm directing:
I'm missing two actors.
My vocal director/second lead actress may be out of the show for personal reasons.
This morning my pianist called me to say she has tendonitis and has to quit.
My potential orchestra leader doesn't have time to do it.
I have asked a half-dozen people to produce and none of them have time.
I am running out of people to call to work on this play.
We open on July 19.
It's like the perfect freaking storm. I've been on troubled sets before, but I have NEVER seen THIS MANY THINGS happen to ONE SHOW. Even when we had to postpone a play because of Hurricane Katrina, we only lost ONE person.
At this rate, even if I do manage to pull something out of my ass, I don't think I ever want to direct a musical again.