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« on: Mar 30, 2012, 12:21 pm »
So, I'm a stage manager/head of crew high school senior who will be doing the second night of "Bye Bye Birdie" tonight. Now, we screwed up a bit last night. The girl I had on main curtain pulled the curtain too early, and pit had to cut short their overture. Not good. Not surprisingly, the pit director (who I know since I am a Tuba player in band) came backstage, understandably ticked and had a little discussion. Apologizing ensued, steps were made to not let it happen again, it's all good right? Well, me being the typical high schooler I am, I went on Facebook after t the show when I got home. To my extreme displeasure I see a very popular little update from the string bass player complaining about the shortened overture. Beneath this are all sorts of snarky little comments like "Oh, you mean the part where crew can't screw something up, and yet they still managed to?" Now, one of my crew people posted something like "yes, we screwed up, no it won't happen again, but those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." They have a point, considering the fact that as a musician, their tuning sometimes horrifies, to say the least, but I don't tell them that, since it's none of my concern. What also really irritated me was the comment in response, which was "Well, we doubt anyone in crew could play in pit, but anyone in pit could open a curtain." While I understand their unhappiness, I find their behavior hurtful, not going to lie, and I am really not looking forward to the second performance tonight. Any suggestions on how to deal with this?
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