Tech Week

Tech week is always rough but tonight and last night have been cue-to-cue so it's been unbelieveably long and strenuous.

Being in rollerskates for 5-6 hours a night is really not fun. My feet and back are killing me.
I so old.

Buuuuttttttttt these past two nights have actually been pretty fun and lighthearted.

Most of us work all day and then go to rehearsal all night so we're so exhausted and cracked out that weird stuff happens and most of it is hilarious. But going through the cues so so slowly is difficult.

Yesterday, for some inexplicable reason, I fell like 4 times for the first time in weeks.
I just could not find my balance and what was weird is that I didn't fall hard, I just kind of would slowly melt to the ground. Once during the dance which is actually my worst nightmare.

I feel like if I fall during any other part of the play there will still be that question of whether or not I meant to fall and I can play it off and it won't be so clear for the audience.

But if I fall mid dance it will be painfully obvious that I just lost my balance and I really don't have the level of self-esteem necessary to survive that kind of mortification. Most of the other times I fell just when I was standing around backstage waiting for hours to go on and I would just not be focusing so I'd lose my balance and fall.

No falls tonight, thankfully, I actually just got home a bit ago from the tech, and I got back here early. The poor rest of the cast and crew is still there working. (It's 2am.)

The amazing Bryan Forrest was there decorating the set and painting and hammering and building shit. The guy is incredible. There is seriously nothing he can't do. I can honestly say there is no one better than him. He leaves no detail behind, the set is exquisite and the amount of work and energy and detail he puts into every single setpiece is unbelieveable. I have no doubt he will be there til 4 am working on it and I know I will see him there tomorrow working all night as well. Seriously though. Hire this guy.

Tonight we moved incredibly slowly while the light and sound cues were being set.

There was a freaking long ass waiting period at the end of one scene where we all stand onstage and we literally stood there for 45 minutes while the lights were being set and I guess I was scratching my chest and I didn't even realize it because out of nowhere Brennan just looks at me with this horrified look on his face and is like wtf is on your chest and I reach to my collarbone and my hand is COVERED in blood. Like copious amounts. Sweet Brennan ran and got me a paper towel and I literally bled profusely for like 15 minutes! And I didnt even feel anything! AND the cut is the size of a pinprick! It was really weird. Like someone threw a miniature dart at me and I didn't notice. It was weird and bleedy and gross.

I'm tired. We work with the special surprise guests tomorrow. There is a whole segment of the play we have never done before. So that will be exciting for everyone involved. And I think my sister is going to house manage for us which will be fun to have her around and boss her around per usual. Though it will probably not be me bossing her around since I don't really know what house managers do and she does. hmmm.

Will's dad videotaped us while we were practicing dances at his house the other day and here is a little clip! I'm barely in it seeing as I could not rollerdance on their wooden patio.





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