So we've been in tech rehearsal for almost a week now... What a weird thought.
I'm not used to having so much time for tech, I'm glad though, I feel like I will be very prepared once we start the show.
This is particularly important for me because I will be running lights for this show. I've seen a rough que of the lighting for act 1. It's not as... there is not as much going on with the lights as was in a show like Godspell, but it's pretty good. I came in yesterday morning and helped focus lights.
It was an experience and I'm glad I had it, but I'd rather not do that again. It was a little scary. It was in an attic, it was dark up there, there was conduit and pipes laid down on top of the attic floor. There were large holes cut out where pipes were hung and lights were hung from them. Some of the things going through my head while I was up there was making sure I was far enough from the hole so that I wouldn't fall into it. This building is about 90 years old, and the floor would creek when I walked on it, and I didn't want to trip over something and fall and go through a hole and die. Honestly, I was more scared there than I was in the 48 foot grid. There I knew that I was standing on steel gurders, here I was standing on attic and ceiling... a little scary. To make things more interesting was that I had to replace gels and do the focus for these lights and for the ones that are hanging from the attic floor, I had to lay prone on top of the pipe to reach down and focus the light. For the lights that are closest to the stage, I had to lean out and focus them. I was protected from falling by a wall that was about mid-thigh tall but you had to kneel down anyway because there were things that it wasn't cool to step on because we could unplug them. That wasn't scary, it was getting there that was scary. The two light positions that were furthest away from the stage had a gap in the middle that you could walk through, so it was easy to go past them... the one that was the second closest to the stage didn't have this gap so you had to step over the space where the lights were hanging. If it was something I did on a regular basis, I don't think I would have been so scared, let's just say that I'm glad that Tyler was there, I held onto his hand and stepped over... it was scary.
So I survived and never have to do it again.
Oh and an interesting development with my transportation to work. Today, since people were still on holiday the bus system was running on saturday schedule, which is normally when I get a ride because none of the busses come to my job. So, today, not knowing this, I went out to the bus stop. Well... my bus wasn't running today. That being said, I got taken to the transfer station and to walk seven blocks to the theatre.
There is an episcopal cathedral at the other end of the block from the theatre. I have never been happier to see a church in my entire life.
So on the 11th, the schedule for the bus system is changing. I'm not sure how it's changing so it will be interesting how it impacts my trip to work each day.
So, tomorrow I'm going in at 1 or so to help tie up loose ends now that summer camps are over. Jill and I didn't go in last week during the day, and the week before, Danny had been finding stuff for us to do. His thought was that since these kids were paying about $200 to be there that we should let them do most of the work and gain the experience.
We have two more nights of dress rehearsal, a preview with audience thursday night, and we open Friday night.
Night all, I'm tired.
Nancy
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