Circling back round

So we enter our third week of tech and previews. This poor show feels like the bastard child or step sibling of the theater. The artistic director-helmed Shakespearean production was front and center for most of the summer, and it was a beast of a show to put on. Yet we barely bat an eye and Christmas Carol is already taking over. Wait a minute...what about this other little skit that's opening in a week and a half? Does it not deserve our undivided attention for at least a moment?

Truth be told, despite its supposed menial standing in our costume shop, this show (fairly small by the theater's standards...a whopping 20 costumes total and mostly contemporary at that) did receive quite a bit of attention early on. Only the designer deflected that attention.

Scattered. Like the first fall leaves in this evening's billowing wind...or the ashes featured in this modern retelling of Antigone. That is our designer to a tee. Last month's priorities usurped by some flash in the pan idea. Notes lost because they were never written down. Moments of panic, indecision and self doubt forcing wrong choices made. Excessive back pedaling as we try to circle back the way we came...

I really do not wish to redye those military fatigue a third time over because she failed to actually discuss the concept with the director or scenic designer.

I really do not wish to see the list of notes to come out of our first dress, either...