Weekend Work

Saturday rehearsal ran a little longer than I'd hoped. A bit of miscommunication pushed us out until about 2:10 PM. Sorry for that. Joyce had to leave early, but it was prearranged, and she's already in pretty good shape, line-wise. However, the on-again-off-again issue with master Higashi reared it's head again, so I reblocked and reworked the kids scenes for both a 4-kid and 3-kid version.

Sunday was the set-building marathon. The platforms I'd hoped to alter wound up making the already too-tall flats that much taller, so I had to go with my back-up plan and build them from scratch. I got through two of them, so hopefully I'll be able to finish the other two today and drag them down to Oxnard tomorrow early... wait, that won't work... I have an appointment at CLU on Tuesday. Crap, I'm too busy!

I also trimmed off 1.25" from each end of the already short flats. They are double-sided hard flats, so they're that much harder to handle. I've gotta figure out a way to keep the hinges from showing. I dunno, we'll see.

Monday night is Halloween, so we swapped for this Wednesday instead. Each night this week will be a double run-through, so we'll get (hopefully) six more chances to get it down pat this week. We should have most props here on Tuesday. Wednesday should be the final production rehearsal, but I need to have Jerry remind everyone. Costumes will be the focus. We tech this weekend, so Saturday after rehearsal I'll pull all the lights, check circuits, and repatch the lights. I'll paint when I can. I don't have a solid painting plot, so I'll have to iron that out this week as well. Leopard vests need to be finished, and Kelly agreed to take the Mouse vests from me. Sister Mary Annette needs to be finished, and I still have a bench, a trick Pope picture, applause sign, and a kitchen counter to make (oh, yeah, and a fake fruit cake).


- Sean