I don't even know where to begin. If you've been following the sage of The Forbidden Phoenix, you know about the injury to one of the actors. I found out yesterday that the theatre cancelled the performance because not only was our actress still hobbled, but our percussionist had kidney stones. It was a little too much to ask the audience to forgive an actor on crutches with no sound score for the fights. Instead of the performance, the cast and crew rehearsed the new Phoenix into her scenes. The new Phoenix is the old Empress and the old Phoenix will become the new Empress. Make sense, yet?
Anyway, it's going to be a hard week with the actors performing school matinees with the Phoenix on crutches, while the actors playing Empress and Phoenix learn the lines for the other parts. On Wednesday, I think they'll rehearse the new roles and by next week, the two will officially switch their roles.
The percussionist is feeling better and should be able to do the run, but the theatre has another percussionist shadowing in case the wheels fall off the bus this week.
I've never had this happen on any of my shows, and I'm scratching my head about which gypsy I may have upset to receive this curse. I'm sending positive thoughts to my cast as they rebuild the show.
They didn't use Ostrich feathers in any of the costumes, did they?
Congrats on the wonderful review. I am hoping my sister can get to see it while it is in her city.
Thanks for the well wishes. Congrats to you as well. I hear you're heading the Walterdale now.