Two More Days Down, Tomorrow We Open

Yesterday was spent moving and organizing the array of set pieces (that were finished) under the stage. I spent the morning using tissue paper to make stained glass. I then spent the afternoon going through the script with the ASM in order to figure out who was going to have which mic at which time, and obviously when to bring mics in and out. This doesn't seem like it would be too bad... however: I have used more sticky notes to mark cues for this show than probably any other show I've worked on. I also then had to go back through the entire script to figure out the exact moment that mics were coming off one set of actors and being transferred to others, make a chart of said changes, and relay that information to the backstage mic change crew person. We actually have a fleet of mic change assistants as well, since we only have 10 mics for about 60 people. Today we had a tech rehearsal that was supposed to start at 6:00am. Of course, half the fleet of tech personnel was there by 5:30, yet we weren't able to even begin a tech run until after 6:30. It seems that both the stage manager and one of the ASMs were somehow MIA today, for the tech at least. And, since we were only able to have the rehearsal space for two hours, we were only able to run 31 pages of the 77 page script. I feel awfully sorry for the poor lighting designer, who had to attempt to set the rest of the cues in a mad 10 minute scramble at the end of the tech rehearsal as we were being kicked out. I also feel sorry for the poor mic change crew backstage, though nothing too awful seemed to go wrong with the changes from what I could hear in the booth. I just wish that we were able to run everything and see if the planned mic changes were feasible throughout. We open tomorrow. Call time is 8:00, but I think that's when mic checks are supposed to happen and I am also responsible for applying makeup to seven actors. Before 8:30 when select scenes are supposed to run. Fingers crossed. Smiles engaged.