The show has almost made it trough opening week. The final dress performance was awesome, opening night was OK, and things picked up again yesterday. There are still parts that make me laugh every night.
I get a bit bored backstage because there's not a whole lot that i'm responsible for doing. My only real task is to ring a phone once during a scene in the first half of the show. To pass the time, i've been going over my lines for the show i'll be in or i'll snack on the backstage food (which seems to be quickly disappearing). I would chat with the rest of the crew on comm, but the headsets are right next to the audience where you can't really talk. If i don't find a distraction, i wind up thinking what i could be doing rather then spending three and a half hours, six nights a week at the theatre.
While i've previously mentioned things the theatre is lacking, the one thing i'm glad to see is the return of a couch to the green room. When i first started doing shows at Civc there was this cozy sofa just off stage that everyone wanted to get their butt on. It wasn't in the best shape, but it was wonderfully comfortable. It has since been replaced by boring chairs. Now at Circle, outside of that twenty second window where i'm actually pushing the Tele Q button, i can nap on the couch. It is not nearly as comfortable as the old Civic one, but there's plenty of room for me to lie down on it.
Posted by Matthew at June 5, 2004 11:07 AM