Aaarrggh!

So I get a call at 6:30PM last night from the accompanist telling me he won't be able to attend the Monday evening vocal rehearsal. I was polite and understanding and told him we'll work through it.

Then, this morning, it hit me.

We have 24 total rehearsals, eight of which are vocal, and we have ten cast members expecting to be taught parts starting Monday night.

So, get another accompanist for those nights, right?

Umm, yeah, but our accompanist also brings his own keyboard. We're already displaced from the theatre for most of the first week, so the portable keyboard was key to the equation. Also, there's the subject of pay. The fraction of the money we're giving to our current person for these two nights probably won't get us a good accompanist to fill in, so that's another hit to the budget.

I'm going to have to urge the producer to deal with this.

So, to the cast members: we ARE rehearsing on Monday night from 6:45 PM to 10:30 PM. Kids will be let go as early as possible. We will be at Leanna Bowman's house, directions to follow.

Why does this happen? Isn't there enough drama on stage without it having to backwash into the production itself?


- Sean