kaydeefalls | is this a dagger i see before me

I have my next stage management gig booked, finally. And it doesn't start rehearsals until after Labor Day, which is a pleasant surprise, as I still have several more weeks to ~~slack off~~ prep. (I'm coming in rather late, because the SM they'd lined up had to back out for personal reasons; I was worried rehearsals were starting next week.) But, gig! I just spent an hour on the phone with the director, and we clicked pretty well and his concept sounds exciting, so that's groovy. He was also very upfront about a number of technical headaches I'm going to need to deal with, which I approve of strongly -- I mean, I'm not thrilled about the laundry list of challenges, but at least I have advance warning and can start working on them NOW rather than three weeks into rehearsal. So that's a thing. Also, it feels SO NICE to be actually stage managing again -- my last show as SM was LAST fall, I've been assisting since. And this show will definitely be a challenge for me, which I'm masochistic enough to be excited about, because that's the best way for me to improve myself as a stage manager.

Of course, this also means that I'll probably want to kill myself within the month, but, y'know, hazards of the job. I've worked with this theater company once before, though, as ASM, and I know they have some serious organizational issues, particularly in interaction with the venue owners of the theater space itself. Which I'm dreading. But what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?

So, yes. I know myself well enough to know that in the long run, I do better when I'm STRESSED THE FUCK OUT than sitting around at home bored for weeks on end without a show. And probably this will be one of those experiences I appreciate a lot more after the fact than while I'm in the process of running around like a crazy person. I post this now so that you can remind me of it mid-October when we're heading into tech and I want to die. For the record.

Hilariously, this also means I just turned down an opportunity to take over as ASM with my usual Big Equity Theater -- which is mostly notable because the cast of the particular show they offered me includes an actor who is, um, kind of a fixture in a certain very large slash fandom. Like I have read explicit fanfic about his most well-known television role. I kind of wanted to work on that show just for bragging rights, but alas, it was not to be. Too bad, though. ;)