This is the first week of rehearsals for me at Arena Stage in DC. Having never worked in DC before, I'm very excited. Thankfully, I've worked with half of my design team before and the director has worked with all of them many times. This makes it a little easier for me to get acclimated.
I will say it's been a big shift for me. The last 4 years, I was working in a theater that had a staff of 12 doing everything. Now I've got departments and assistants and assistants to the assistants that I'm dealing with. It's great having the support system though. TheaterWorks Hartford got everything done and you always knew who to go to for a problem but I'm still learning my way around Arena. What has helped is my ASM (though technically I think she's called a Stage Manager Apprentice since she's non-AEA) has worked here before. She's good and has helped bring me up to speed.
Looking forward to the next 3 months!
