White light, good vibes, whatever positive energy you've got requested

[WolverineDG]

This is sort of urgent--not in the sense that someone ill needs this, but if you know anything about the theater or theater lore/traditions, it is highly urgent!

So far, the show I'm in has been having a great run. We opened on Wednesday to a huge audience & the whole cast was on fire. I've never experienced that before as an actor--the feeling was so overwhelming, a couple of the others & I were in tears when the show ended. Holy smokes. What an experience.

Well, apparently, this has made the TPTB in this organization a bit miffed. Our show has been the red-headed step-child for the longest time & they've given the director a ton of shit--mostly over casting me (because they wanted one of their BFFs to have my part, but she didn't work out because she wouldn't play the humor---he-LLO, it's a farce) & then have given me a ton of shit too because I'm "too young" to play the part & they cast "age-appropriate" or whatever; this has gone from being a minor irritant to an instant FOAD reaction from me btw, because every night at rehearsals, I was dragged off by someone not the director & told how lousy I was doing because I was just "too young." (I'm getting to it, I promise)

So, last night, before the show, when actors & crew were at 15 minutes, the "executive producer" (who cast himself & his wife as the leads in the next show) comes backstage & drops the "M" bomb within my hearing & several other people. (The "M" bomb is the name of the Scottish Play by Shakespeare; please don't ask me to say it now, after what happened last night, I'm not taking chances) I was stunned. Even though I didn't (to that point) really believe shit could happen if that word was said backstage, I did at least respect others who asked that it not be said in their presence. Our director is one of those people & he has been on pins & needles about this issue because that play is the next one this company is putting on.

SO ANYWAY, last night's show was almost a complete disaster. People missed entrances, I was trapped on stage with someone who can't ad lib to save his life, everyone went up on their lines at one point, & most importantly, one of the cast caught her foot on the stairs & almost fell down them onto the stage. !!!!!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send any positive energy you can to the cast & crew, as well as the set & theater of "The Foreigner" to help clear out the negative vibes INTENTIONALLY SENT our way. I'm going to do a meditation on stage before the matinee today--not sure what time, probably around 12 noon Central time. We have performances today at 3 & 8, and one more tomorrow at 3, so if you can spare a few moments, send positive energy our way during those times (the show runs about 2h 15m btw).

I really appreciate all the support y'all have given me so far. Please help if you can!


dg