I'm stage managing for the first time in over a year and it is proving to be more of a struggle for me to jump back into the swing of things than I had originally expected.
However:
It is a Fringe festival show.
All the rehearsals are skype and g-chat based.
My computer is a dinosaur and the microphone doesn't work.
So basically during rehearsal, I am the scribe.
The silent SM sitting alone in her bedroom, taking notes about accents and dramaturgy.
Scrolling through Pinterest because they can't see my screen to know that I am not doing anything productive.
I am spreadsheet, word doc template, and google calendar-ed out.
I want to sit on my useless computer and do nothing. Absolutely nothing. No skype, no documents, no internet. I want to just sit and stare at my background with blissful ignorance.
I'm sure that once I actually sit down, print out the script, start color coding and making notes, I will be more in-the-zone than I am now. But until then I will be forced to sit, an isolated Stage Manager, with no blocking, no cues to note, only table work to write down and calendars to create and confirm.
If only I could have Ryan Gosling for an actor... A girl can dream. :)
