Basically, you overload, you get sick, and then you cant do your job. Is fun!! Or, Someone Hates Me And Its Hurting My Delicate Feelings. I'll be sure to ask and see what they say. Do the same for your meals, gym time, yoga, or other self-care activities that can keep you from losing your head. Because what is this womans damage? Yeppeople like this are one reason Im a recovering actor. Read on for four tips to help make your tech week a more positive experience! In short, do anything that doesnt involve the theatre or your production. Click Here To Sign Up for the OnStage Blog Newsletter, Click Here To Sign Up for the OnStage Blog Newslette. VONS Apple cider vinegar is even better, if you can stomach it adding a small amount to a glass of water is a good way to flush toxins from your system. This seems like an awkward place to insert this but its going to be awkward anywhere and its part of the overall picture, so: last week we lost a good friend (and stellar human) to cancer. The sound tech told me Emergen-C is the best kept secret of the theatre world, so lets not let it be a secret anymore. KROGER fight them off if I get stricken down by one. Be sure to be specific about sound effects. So Id say if this event you want to go to is at all recreational reschedule it. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The bad news is that it was a very expensive way to spend my day while I was already sick and cranky, and were doing yet ANOTHER food challenge type thing JUST IN CASE even though the doc said yeah, probably not food, but I want to be certain we can rule it out, so just go ahead and buy this super expensive stuff made from defenseless bunnies, mmmkay? Or, Tell Me Again Why I Thought I Liked Doing Theater? Tech week has the reputation of being long and taxing. About as many times as the coconut oil; every hour or every other hour. No, you really shouldn't. They came home last weekend to hassle the dogs and complain that theres no food in the house, and I assume that if I had been home at all to spend any time with them, that wouldve been nice. Such different circumstances, and yet so much the same feelings of frustration and overwhelm. Right?? FITZWALLACE I dont understand why the universe doesnt balance out good and bad better, or maybe it does, but not the way I want. Honey and hot lemon is your friend, as any performer knows. Its also important to make sure youre absolutely clear on when each rehearsal begins and when you are to be at the theater for the shows. But before that, theres the exquisite pain of tech week. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, especially. It was the kind of bill that makes you feel a little woozy. (HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA NO THIS SHOW ISNT THREE HOURS LONG WHY DO YOU ASK WHAT DO YOU MEAN IM SCREAMING NO IM NOT. Obviously, I havent been taking them regularly, but now Im taking them to get rid of this monster! And while youre at it, be sure to eat some food and drink some water. BARTLET And that, dear readers, is the story of how I let one person singlehandedly make a tough Tech Week feel one hundred times worse. I just wasn't sure because a few of my theatre friends who are also going to the event, told me to just call out and I was like wait can I do that? However, let the show be your main focus, just for now. His work has appeared everywhere from film magazines to product descriptions of shampoo to the course pages of major universities. Dont exhaust yourself unnecessarily from what is always going to be a tiring period of work. When I take these regularly, I dont get sick. Even better: actually go outside and get some fresh air and natural light. Taking care of your body is as important during tech week as it always is - possibly more so. On a less WTF note, my other daughter is the lead of the costume crew for the school musical starting up soon. GNC The idea of 12 hour rehearsals gets me sort of jazzed. But it does still need to have the buttons fixed before I can wear it. I was assured that everything would be taken care of. When you get a cold, you take a bunch of these (follow instructions on the bottle) and magically, your cold gets cut in half. But also, go ahead and cry for a moment and be upset and then move on. Yikes. I sincerely hope things improve (especially your and ottos health). (If you answered the costume head, the lighting designer/operator, and the stage manager you would be right!) Jessica Ruth Bell for the high-vibe, ever-expanding actor. How is your week going? Put a cup of water in the microwave for 15-30 seconds, put in a teaspoon or so of salt, dissolve it, and gargle MULTIPLE times a day. Even if its during tech week, as long as you start to feel better by opening night, its different. Thats about 4 Swell water bottles. A motley assortment of entertainment savings. At the end of the day "the show must go on" and that means literally anybody can be replaced. Back to the cave for me. This helps with a sore throat so tremendously; the salt will attack the virus, and it hurts much, much less! ABOUT VITAMIN C Maintain your life outside the show remember, once the week is done, youll have to go back to all those other realities you need to attend to. How is the cast supposed to rehearse without key props and costume pieces so close to opening night? Taking care of your body is as important during tech week as it always is - possibly more so. 1031Incorporated. During our first here I am with an armload of clothing, come try things on and show me session, she put me into a dress which was already missing two buttons, with the remainder barely hanging on, plus there were snaps added between the buttons to hold the thing closed which were ALSO falling off. Better, I guess, because she didnt puke.). Various combinations for many shows. Zinc is one of those minerals that cancels out when mixed with certain other minerals, so if you dont pay attention to the directions, youll be getting nothing for you money. Youve just never ready because its not fair and it sucks. But, depending on the show and talking to the stage manager (or whomever is in charge) ahead of time and arranging it (if they are agreeable) would be the way to do it. Experiments with the tech will cause your schedule to overrun, and the likelihood of solidarity pints after leaving the theatre space is strong. Edit: Thank you everyone who commented! The reddit community for all production designers and technicians! In general, dont leave anything about the week up to fate be as prepared as you possibly can be. Look how far youve all come. MEIJER ), 7) General life implosion. How you feel is most important. But there is an event I want to go to that lands on one of our tech week days and I'm wondering if it's okay to call out that day. WALGREENS feel better after a retail customer at her job called her racist for doing her work properly). (See you Friday. While youre fighting off an infection or a cold, you need more liquids than you normally do. When asked to come help build a set I always come and work on the set. A group collaborate to conjure an entire world, a compelling set of characters, and a story for audiences in what was previously an empty space. If you can find an oasis of calm in these little breaks, rather than getting frustrated at the delays, youll be nice and balanced mentally and physically. (She will never read this. Costume Nazi, if you ever read this: Grownups working together suck it the fuck up and play nice. They are working hard to learn everything as quickly and efficiently as possible. The director though thinks shes working on Broadway instead of an award winning program at a Junior High. You might remember that I can no longer eat wheat without turning into a ball of eczema and sadness, and one of my castmates cannot eat dairy, so I offered to come up with an allergy-free liver substitute at some point. So we know all about the crazy hours. Please tell everyone to stop it. Just take some time for yourself every day to decompress. I can only assume all of her spare time is spent making voodoo dolls.). Yes, you can decide to let yourself be bothered by this to a point. Not rudely. I always seem to get sick during tech week (aka hell week) before a show. ), Anything else necessary to maintain your health and safety. I'm still new to working as crew in theatre and not sure what the etiquette is and all that. Costume Nazi does not know a fine human being when she costumes one. If you're not there for a non-emergency reason, you're kind of wasting everyone's time. Given that its a Neil Simon play this seems far-fetched but who knows. You have been let down by the people you are working with and hopefully this will all blow over and the production will be a huge success (Im sure it will be) and you will feel better soon and this will be just a blip in the radar and a funny story someday. (1) I am seized with the impulse to custom order you a t-shirt that reads Im a special princess with whimsical pocket demands. [Not to worry, I wont, because my life is nearly as demanding as yours and Ive already gotten *my* amusement by imagining it. (Otto has been coughing for a solid month, seems like, but save for a couple of days right at the beginning when I didnt feel so hot, my superior powers of excellent hygiene and mind over matter have completely circumvented any pesky illness issues! You may feel a little guilty at the prospect, or even feel like you havent the time, but the long-term positive effects of just chilling out whenever you can are immeasurable. Maintaining a sense of composure during hell week requires the sort of patience usually attributed to saints. She blogs at, Theatrefolk Featured Play: Humbug High A Contemporary Christmas Carol by Lindsay Price. Because bless his heart Im not taking that stress on right now. Thats contrary to what you wanted in the first place! It is these moments when we still have to go on and do what we still would be doing in any other case, and it is these moments that just so happen to be the worst possible times in which you could get sick. Ive already gotten out of bed, made myself some tea, irrigated my nasal passages with saline (sexxxxxy), taken some of the good, meth-making kind of decongestant where you have to go to the pharmacy and hand over your license and a bag of magic beans, and whined to my husband about how much I hate everything. Be aware of crucial tasks that will need to be completed during tech week, such as: I am not a technical pro in any way, so this advice comes from a true place of learning: The more you plan ahead, the more stress and heartache you will save your technical director, sound designer, lighting designer, and yourself. Iwillget through it and Iwillget you through it, too. I knew a director that once postponed the birth of an actors child so he would be in tech. What I am talking about, however, are the potential culprits that cause others to get post-show sickness. FRYS Tempting though it is, the ease of a takeaway meal is severely offset by the negative effects when its all youre eating for days on end.

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