1
Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / UNDERSTUDIES: Our lead role had a heat attack
« on: Feb 19, 2019, 04:53 am »
We’re two days out from opening night and our lead has had a heart attack today - I’m told the doctors think he will be ok but definitely can’t do the show.
We don’t have an understudy and are looking for someone willing to pick up a major role where they need to memorise 20 pages of dialog where they’re doing almost all the talking.
Does anyone have advice to help someone learn the show as quickly as possible?
I’m thinking of wiring up an ear piece so someone can prompt if necessary in the first few shows. Has anyone tried that? I wonder if it would be distracting.
Edited to add topic tag- Maribeth
We don’t have an understudy and are looking for someone willing to pick up a major role where they need to memorise 20 pages of dialog where they’re doing almost all the talking.
Does anyone have advice to help someone learn the show as quickly as possible?
I’m thinking of wiring up an ear piece so someone can prompt if necessary in the first few shows. Has anyone tried that? I wonder if it would be distracting.
Edited to add topic tag- Maribeth