Yeah. That’s right.

This day sucks … well, actually, this week has sucked.

Lots of little things have been irritating me until yesterday afternoon when I found out that “The Full Monty” was being booted from rehearsing in the theater because of a show that is going on in the Studio. This really, really pissed me off. We open in a month and have only three weeks until Final Dress Week. There is still so much to do and we really need as much stage time as possible. Next week, two of the reherasals are dedicated to just dance and stripping. That leaves us two nights next week and then two weeks until costumes, lights and orchestra.

What makes me so mad about this is that a Studio production has never (and I mean never) been given priority over a Main Stage show. The rule of thumb for the building has always been that Main Stage productions always take priority over Studio productions. If your Studio show interferes with a Main Stage show, you will probably find yourself cancelled. Studio shows are smaller just in terms of cast (their cast is only three people) and ultimately the attendance as the Studio seats around 70. They were the ones who requested a Studio slot during the Main Stage season and should have been prepared for the fact that we would be in the building doing what we need to do Monday through Thursday. Now, “The Full Monty” has had to scramble to rearrange of rehearsal plans and space to accommodate them.

What this means is that my cast is going to have to work harder and get more done in a little less time. I was told that if necessary we could rehearse on a Saturday or Sunday to make up the time. I’ll be damned is my cast is gonna have to come in on a weekend to rehearse because it’s been deemed (for whatever reason) that the small show is more important than the big show.

As you can probably tell, I am no less pissed off about this today.