So Friday we opened Pirates and it was fan-freaking-tastic. Seriously, people were saying it was the best show they've ever done here and that is saying A LOT because pretty much anything this company does is gold. They loved it and Pirates is so much more fun than Brigadoon even though I only do the pirate ship in the beginning and pulling down the portrait of the queen at the end, but it's so nice hearing the response from people. I've also been sitting backstage with the score in my hand and singing along when possible. I'm trying to learn all the voice parts by the end of the summer. I def think it's possible.
The cast party was really pleasant. There was a lot of food and I ate waaaay too much and made myself feel sick. A nice boy did buy me a drink though =P so I felt special. There was a fire after that back at the cabins, but the combination food plus alcohol plus more episodes of LOST pulled me back inside and I slept very well.
The next day, we had off until our show at 7. What did I do with my time off? Well, I woke up at 10
, packed an apple and peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my backpack and climbed a mountain with two of the musicians and an actress. It was delightful, seriously. I'm really proud of myself for doing it cause it wasn't particularly easy. We hiked up a trail that took just under 2 hours. The trail wound back and forth up the mountain and was r
eally steep in a few places. The whole hike up was totally worth it though. Not only were there so many different interesting types of flowers and birds, but the view at the top was incredible. Again, totally worth it. We decided that we would go straight down the mountain and see how much time we saved by going off the trail. That was probably a bit dangerous, but it was SOOOO much fun and I only ended up with a minor cut on my leg. Again, I'm really proud of myself.
When we got back to the cabins, I took a 2 hour nap and then left to do my mopping and sweeping which I'm really enjoying. I think I get as much physical exercise mopping and sweeping as I do riding my bike to school every day. Actually, that's a huge lie. In fact, I REALLY need to get back on this water drinking thing. Kent H, the scenic designer, stocked the mini-fridge with whatever soda we requested, and so I've been drinking soda and not water. In addition to that, I've been eating pretty much all the time. I'm sure I've gained 7 pounds at the very very least. Everyone keeps feeding us though! I'm not used to being hungry in the day, either, but I think I'm starving all the time because I'm working so much every day. I don't think it's evening out though and I really need to start watching it. I'm thinking about trying to start jogging in the morning later in the summer when the shows are all up. Not the worst of habits to pick up, right?
So Sunday wasn't AWFUL, but I was looking at the schedule for the next week or so and was really frustrated all day because one of my good friends from Philly will be in Denver from the 29th to the 2nd and it seems that there's literally NO TIME that I'll be able to see him. We're loading the set of All Shook Up in and rehearsing that and teching that in the day time, then changing over the set, THEN performing Brigadoon and Pirates, and THEN changing the set BACK to All Shook Up for rehearsal the next morning. Joe couldn't possibly come at a worse time in the summer, and he'll be missing my first full day off by like one day. So that was a bummer, but again, yesterday wasn't awful.
Today was AWFUL. It started off pretty decently. I was really excited about getting to work the the carpenters a lot today because the props for All Shook Up are really minimal. So I worked and the morning was great! And then lunch happened and everything turned to shit. I thought things were bad enough when I had trouble locating 2 receipts that needed to be turned in to the shop for props I bought. Then I found out that the reason my acrylic shot glasses never came in is because Crate and Barrel shipped it POSTAL instead of FedEx. While I was on the phone with them, Sally, the company manager, comes into the props loft and says "Biebs, did you leave pink nail polish in your blacks that you asked Elisa to wash?" And that's when my heart dropped into my stomach and everything was sad. All the clothes in the machine (my blacks, Elisa's blacks and the musicians' blacks) are ruined and the machine is hardcore messed up. I feel awful. The company is paying the musicians back for half of their clothes and I'm paying the other half. Honestly, it's not even the money that gets me, it's just that I feel like I've messed YET another thing up. This job is hard and this is not the first mistake I've made. Last week I was reprimanded for yelling places up the stairs to the dressing rooms while a town hall meeting was going on next door. I'm also quite accustomed to the directors being frustrated with not getting exactly what they want, but I'm really trying. I just feel like I'm one step behind where I should be and I'm so not confident in myself at this point. A lot of small things here and there have happened that I usually don't write about here because nothing is disastrous on it's own, but together I seem like a hot mess. I know I'm a great stage manager, but here I feel like a little kid and way overwhelmed sometimes. I shouldn't need the TD and the lighting designer reminding me not to take anything personally when I'm reprimanded for making a mistake, but it just feels like one thing on top of another and I start to second guess my skills. I've heard horror stories about a girl in my position about 2 years ago who they fired and I'm so afraid that I'm not good enough and eventually they're gonna figure out I'm more trouble than I'm worth and send me home. But I'm just gonna try and keep my head up high and work twice as hard this week and give everything my 200% and prove that they didn't make a mistake when they hired me.
Of course, that would require that I get a good nights sleep which may be difficult as I am scared to go home. Elisa is waaay pissed at me from the laundry... =(
Oh dear. You can't get down on yourself that the directors can't get their heads around the plain FACT that if they want something, they have to get it for themselves. Exactly what they want probably doesn't exist unless they make it perfectly themselves. People suck. Don't pay attention to them.
ReplyDeleteAnd the nail polish was an accident. You did not mean to do it. Accidents happen and life goes on. Sending big hugs to you now!