"...The endless hunt to find fruition; I'm insatiable..."
Okay, Friday night perfromance was ridiculous. We started the night down two actors, and ended it sending one to the hospital. Yeah. Everything in-between was pretty much "holy crap, did that actually just...yes, yes it did." Needless to say, I can tell that I've been around theater forever because absolutely nothing phased me. At all. Actors are going to be late? Whatever, we'll cover. Actors missed their entrance? Ad lib 'til someone comes in, no big. Actor tripped and knocked himself out on a cement post? Hold this ice-pack and tell me your name, it'll be okay.
Some people were really impressed with how I stayed cool about everything. I think some of them were a little freaked out by it. Let's look at this realistically though. I got my start in a youth theater black box with no money and few resources, and in the three years I was there it went through three names, seven directors, and two sets of owners who both have outstanding lawsuits mounted against them for financial mismanagment issues.
Nothing phases me in regards to theater anymore.
Speaking of theater, when I start my theater company, I am going to do it right. I am tired of watching small groups with great ideas tank because someone screws them for the money, or they don't think about that fact that thater is a business as much as an art, or because they don't hire/cast people who are qualified. I am a mean person for the sake of quality. I don't care if you're my best friend: if you aren't right for the role you want, I won't cast you. I don't care if your resume is six miles long: if you aren't right for the role you want, I won't cast you. I don't care if Julie Taymor, Trevor Nunn, Cameron Mackintosh, and Hal Prince all write you glowing letters of recommendation: if you aren't right for the role you want, I won't cast you, dammit. I will get all the business aspects of my company squared away before I even start mentioning that I'm planning to mount a production. I will not promise a stipend unless I'm sure I can pay it in the end. I won't start casting and rehearsing a show until I know I've got a production team, a venue, and some kind of capital to cover cost. And I may be a bloody control freak, but I know I can't do it all, so I will bloody delegate tasks to the rest of the team.
And now that I've gotten all that out of my system...
Hi! How are you, flist? I'm heading off to Ashland for a few days, leaving tomorrow morning with my family. I'll be coming home Thursday afternoon with Laurel and Mike so that I'm home for the Fridays shows but my family doesn't have to rush. I'm most likely taking Wentworth (my new laptop, who will be replacing Lucy) with me, but I don't know if I'll be online at all. Not that I've been online very often of late anyway, but y'know...
I might do a room tour picspam later, because my camera is charged and my room is kinda clean.