School Show Day 3 of 3

Ahh Everett.
I'm gonna see you a little more at this ungodly hour but at least I won't be doing this dull show. This nearly 3 hour monstrosity that is slow, lacks characters and who's plot is merely a series of events that follow each other. But that's another post entirely.

Yesterday it became known that the director wanted to give a tour to 50 students, sounded like 15 at first on com but on second hearing it was 50. Plus side of not being in charge: I got to sit in the green room and drink coffee while this occurred. This made the show start late, of course, and why didn't it happen after the show?
'Because the buses would leave'
Apparently schools in Everett charter their buses with Greyhound or Public Transit because most charter buses I've been on won't leave without you. Especially if you're a child. In a seedy downtown. During the day. At a theatre. But I digress.

While this tour went on I sat in the greenroom drinking coffee trying to wake up enough to remember my track. I'm no morning person but I'll try dammit! And eventually we begin and the first 90 minutes goes well enough. Kids don't get it but honestly neither do I expect for an odd mic problem.
Then intermission and this director wants to do a little presentation but wants a mic for it. Which can't be turned on because audio is fixing a show issue. Now with an additional audio person this wouldn't be a problem but you've got to cut somewhere right?

Intermission runs long, act two begins, the kids have woken up a bit and get into it. The awkwardly tacked on romantic story gets a better reaction than any adult crowd but the inflation laugh doesn't get any. ($250 for 4 years in Redmond)It goes on and on and at some point it becomes apparent we might get some overtime today.

Just need to break that hour and we get overtime to do the reset.
Don't break the hour, don't do the reset and go to lunch get the usual wage.
Curtain call ends and I see this.

So close to getting that extra bit of money but 3:30 too far. Just sooo close. So I do what reset I can, check my watch at 1 and ask 'Are we doing overtime?' 'No', my master says 'I'll see you at 7' and I walk away for my break.

Or rather I try to but my car is blocked in by other cars, 2 buses and some traffic. Now I could go and finish my preset (off the clock) or I could go sit in the green room, eat an orange and wait for the blockage to move on.

That orange was delicious.

School Show Day 1 of 3

Being a night person has it's advantages in stage work. Mostly those late nights don't weigh as hard, getting used to a world of night is easy and sunrises are things that spell bedtime. Yet even I must break that routine and have to work a school show.
A school show in lovely Everett.
On the plus traffic was going the opposite direction but on the minus I wake up early to make the drive.

Show should have been easy with a cast performing for kids but a spot ops bus was late, I was asked to step in and be ready to cover the opening until he arrived. Going over the light, checking cues and getting myself into a state of mind to spot the show he rushes in as we begin.
(after holding for 7 minutes)

Damn foiled by someone's close call and I actually wanted to run that spot even for a moment but alas I was denied. Oh well some other time.

Then automation decided to be difficult and that caused an interesting turn of events but mostly the show ran okay beside coffee making its way through people's systems all at about the same moment. Luckily it was slow and turns at the bathroom were staggered.

Between shows I went 7 miles up the road to a casino.
Lost 2 dollars, got a meal and had a good time. A good way to kill hours between shows.

The evening would have been fine had an actor not become hurt thus creating some tension, confusion and taking an otherwise dull second show into a flurry of worries and planning. None of it affected me beside having to announce my own complete but I am, after all, a professional ;)

On a side note is the Zodiac changing really a big deal? Facebook seems to tell me it is but I'm not sure becoming an Aquarius is that big of a deal beside now Age of Aquarius by the Fifth Dimension can be my theme song.

Regardless of Zodiac confusion tomorrow's going to be understudy-tastic.