"My Fair Lady" - First Weekend

Left: Mrs. Pierce (Dannette Vassar), Henry Higgins (Steve Isaacson), Eliza Doolittle (Lauren Miller), and Colonel Pickering (Herb Schultz).


First weekend down; three to go!

I forgot the extent to which the Stage Manager has to have a steel trap of a mind, when confronted with the challenge of knowing where every piece of furniture is located, and needs to go next. Anything that goes wrong is the Stage Manager's fault; the Cast generally takes credit for anything that goes right.

I flubbed up the headset system in Act I on Friday night, so there were delays in bringing up the lights. We also had to tighten the bolts on the wheels of the rolling bookcase during Friday's show, when we nearly lost a wheel. There were technical problems with several audio cues during the weekend. We even had a brownout on Sunday, when significant portions of Davis lost their power. After losing track of their locations, I turned up the lights on two people who didn't clear the set in time, on Sunday.

Nevertheless, especially after opening night, we had largely-smooth set changes and few problems. I pray this situation continues. Because, if it does, then the cast did their job well. And if the situation deteriorates, we know who gets the blame!