6.25.01

wow, how time flies. amadeus opened saturday, at last, and after a sunday show in 40 mph gusts of wind (we had to cut all the scenery, and chairs kept blowing around knocking audience members in the head), i spent today recovering from tech week. (for those of you who haven’t had to live with me through a tech week yet, the last week before a show opens, the play is loaded into the theatre and all the technical elements are sorted out, and stage management-types like me work 12-14 hour days. add to that the fact that ISF is an outdoor theatre baked by the desert sun, and that i’m on my feet working for all 14 of those hours each day and you get the general idea of the tech week brutality and why the rest of my life goes to hell and i stop answering phone calls, email, communicating in general or washing my dishes). the company recovered nicely today by rafting the payette river. white water rapids alternated with water fights, a beach party on a sand bar in the middle of the river, and lying on my back on the raft, drinking beer and getting sunburned. it was a good day, despite the fact that my sunburned knees are now radiating heat through my jeans.

so now amadeus goes on hold for two weeks while some other shows do their thing, and i have a little time off. i’m on the 11:40 am flight to sf tomorrow morning. those of you who live in the area…i’m coming for you. or, if you don’t hear from me, i’m staying at lauren’s place and playing with her new kitty all day long, so call me there. vacation, whoo-hoo!