« Jitters | Main | Another Op'nin'... »
September 11, 2004
Honey vs. Vinegar
So the previously mentioned "minor tech bugs" are being caused by our light board op, who is a really nice person, but is having a bit of trouble with the equipment. There's also a very large language barrier. Anyway, tonight during the first scene, not a single cue was played correctly. At one point, a single gunshot is supposed to be heard, which signals an actor to fall down. The gunshot didn't play. I didn't see what the actors did (apparently there was some brilliant improv) because I'd yanked off my headset and run to the sound side of the booth. My first instinct was to scream "push the fucking button," but suddenly I got this powerful feeling that it would be a very, very bad idea. Instead, I just said "take a deep breath. It's okay. Just get to the right track."
It was really weird. I didn't freak out and rip her head off. I wanted to, but I didn't. That's so unlike me.
Otherwise, the show was good. We had nearly a full house, and they seemed to like it. We'll see how the opening night crowd goes for it tomorrow. There's a debate going on whether 9/11 should be acknowledged during the curtain speech tomorrow (I guess it's today now). I'm on the "not" side. I think people will have enough reminders throughout the day.
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.kateschmidt.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/20