I should start labeling all of my posts like we label the shows at the end of the day in the light board. But that would get super boring.
Anyway.
So we had a show tonight. It went pretty smooth.
I got there, the SM was there. He thanked us all for being awesome. He bought us lemon cupcakes (because the actor's name is Lemon, haha). We fixed some cues and some timing and he went through the cues that I had and marked which ones not to call. So the show tonight went a heck of a lot smoother than it did last night. It helps when the stage manager actually starts getting organized and on top of things.
We had the change over afterwards. There are no lights on the 2Beam that are listed to rep, but I always run through and check to make sure everything is plugged in. So tonight I went through and one of the Taylor Mac lights was not plugged in. Some other extension was plugged in to the circuit. So I plugged it in and moved on. Then I went back to the board for circuit check and one of the lights was wrong and it wouldn't come up and Jarrod was getting frustrated. So I pushed to go check the connections on the 2Beam, thinking maybe I had missed something or screwed it up when I tried to fix it. So he tried a bunch of other things and then let me do it. And what I had plugged in was right according to the label, but I guess the light got switched but the label didn't, so I had unplugged the right light and plugged in the old one. So I felt bad that I had caused the delay. I apologized when I got down to the stage, and Jarrod made it clear that when he gets frustrated it's not at Sean or me, it's just at the situation and not being able to figure out the issue, which is understandable when it should be the same and run smoothly every night. That's why we have the system that we do. So it was okay and we got the problem worked out and moved on.
Tomorrow we are shooting for a perfect changeover, with no stumbles or frustrations during circuit check. So I guess tomorrow will be the time to start practicing my focus and thoroughness on my tasks.
We'll see how it goes - fingers crossed.
Anyway.
So we had a show tonight. It went pretty smooth.
I got there, the SM was there. He thanked us all for being awesome. He bought us lemon cupcakes (because the actor's name is Lemon, haha). We fixed some cues and some timing and he went through the cues that I had and marked which ones not to call. So the show tonight went a heck of a lot smoother than it did last night. It helps when the stage manager actually starts getting organized and on top of things.
We had the change over afterwards. There are no lights on the 2Beam that are listed to rep, but I always run through and check to make sure everything is plugged in. So tonight I went through and one of the Taylor Mac lights was not plugged in. Some other extension was plugged in to the circuit. So I plugged it in and moved on. Then I went back to the board for circuit check and one of the lights was wrong and it wouldn't come up and Jarrod was getting frustrated. So I pushed to go check the connections on the 2Beam, thinking maybe I had missed something or screwed it up when I tried to fix it. So he tried a bunch of other things and then let me do it. And what I had plugged in was right according to the label, but I guess the light got switched but the label didn't, so I had unplugged the right light and plugged in the old one. So I felt bad that I had caused the delay. I apologized when I got down to the stage, and Jarrod made it clear that when he gets frustrated it's not at Sean or me, it's just at the situation and not being able to figure out the issue, which is understandable when it should be the same and run smoothly every night. That's why we have the system that we do. So it was okay and we got the problem worked out and moved on.
Tomorrow we are shooting for a perfect changeover, with no stumbles or frustrations during circuit check. So I guess tomorrow will be the time to start practicing my focus and thoroughness on my tasks.
We'll see how it goes - fingers crossed.
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