Disaster strikes! The Stage Manager we were hoping to work with is unavailable. And one of the cast is out. Both bombshells occur within the same 30 minutes. Just when things seemed on track started to more smoothly, stress levels suddenly hit a new high. I was reminded of why I haven’t directed in a while. With role allocation suddenly up in the air a mere hour before the first rehearsal with every part assigned, the five weeks prep time was suddenly looking very short.
But then, an idea. God bless the producers because sometimes, just sometimes, one of the crazy suggestions might work: “Let’s not replace her, let’s do it with seven instead of eight.” This, of course, will bring its own challenges – more work for everyone else and a different vibe to some scenes - but it will work. In fact, it maybe should always have been that way. The rehearsal was great. Everyone was enthusiastic and willing to push things. It was the best the play has sounded.
From highly stressed to uber-excited, things could be looking up…
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