Pete and I watch a lot of Bravo TV - Project Runway, Top Design Sheer Genius etc. and for everyone who watches those shows, you know there's always a twist in the challenge. I got my twist last weekend when because of a family tragedy Regina was forced to leave Lady Day unexpectedly and at 4:00 in the afternoon before our 7:30p performance. We cancelled Thursday night's show, and because Regina is who she is, she gave us the name of a friend of hers who had done the show, and supposedly knew it inside and out.
After about 5 hours on the phone Thursday night jump ahead to Friday night at 9:30, Thomasina Taylor Petrus arrived at the Rep and we rehearsed until midnight, Saturday we got together around 10:30a and worked until 3p and then at 4:30 (a little less than 48 hours from receiving her first phone call from the Rep) she opened as Lady Day.
Audience was re-scheduled into shows, Ricky and I re-wrote light cues, Will tried to keep one eye on the script while he tried to keep up with a whole new style of Billie! and Kristen restructured the entire drink service to be minimally distracting to a new actress. It was great!
We're all thinking of Regina and miss her a lot, but she took care of us when she sent us Thomasina. No elimination this challenge!
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