I know I only blogged a few days ago, but I feel like gushing:
I LOVE MY JOB.
We open in two days and it's been a fabulous, intense week. We just keep running the show over and over again all day long, with maybe 20-30 minutes inbetween for notes and 
practicing any cues we need to work on. They've finally started working with costumes, and running between quick changes backstage and fly cues up in the loft is exhausting but a whole crap ton of fun. The really tough cues are working themselves out (i.e., two trusses need to fly in at the same time at a seven count, but they travel different distances so we have to keep our count consistent while going at uneven paces and lock off at the exact same time or it looks really funky), and it feels so satisfying when we nail it. I can't say enough good things about our supervisors-- they expect perfection and are really great about talking out issues and letting us do what it takes to get it right. I've never had a bar held this high and at the same time feel like I can absolutely reach it.
Also, this job has been great in really forcing me to do creative problem solving. Since it's a new show, the problems we come across don't have an easy fix and supervisors trust us to make everything work so I find myself being extremely proactive and inventive with jimmy-rigging all sorts of things. Again, there is a huge amount of satisfaction in making difficult things work with little or no hand holding.
And for anyone who ran crew during Gypsy, there is a confetti drop in this show that I get to sweep up aftwarwards. Karma? I think so :)
We have one day left to get the venue 100% ready for an audience and I cannot wait!
practicing any cues we need to work on. They've finally started working with costumes, and running between quick changes backstage and fly cues up in the loft is exhausting but a whole crap ton of fun. The really tough cues are working themselves out (i.e., two trusses need to fly in at the same time at a seven count, but they travel different distances so we have to keep our count consistent while going at uneven paces and lock off at the exact same time or it looks really funky), and it feels so satisfying when we nail it. I can't say enough good things about our supervisors-- they expect perfection and are really great about talking out issues and letting us do what it takes to get it right. I've never had a bar held this high and at the same time feel like I can absolutely reach it.Also, this job has been great in really forcing me to do creative problem solving. Since it's a new show, the problems we come across don't have an easy fix and supervisors trust us to make everything work so I find myself being extremely proactive and inventive with jimmy-rigging all sorts of things. Again, there is a huge amount of satisfaction in making difficult things work with little or no hand holding.
And for anyone who ran crew during Gypsy, there is a confetti drop in this show that I get to sweep up aftwarwards. Karma? I think so :)
We have one day left to get the venue 100% ready for an audience and I cannot wait!
Confetti is AWESOME!
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