The Director's Role

The Director's Role: You are the obstetrician. You are not the parent of this child we call the play. You are present at its birth for clinical reasons, like a doctor or midwife. Your job most of the time is simply to do no harm.
When something does go wrong, however, your awareness that something is awry--and your clinical intervention to correct it--can determine whether the child will thrive or suffer, live or die.”
― Frank Hauser, Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair 

We're all trying to pull together to get "Fawlty Towers" on the stage.  There's not much more I can do.  I've paid for the royalties (so we have a great script), I chose the cast (and you're all more than capable), and Mr. Price has given us a really beautiful place to show off!  Rachel and Noa and many of you have supplied great props and costumes and we've made things and borrowed them and found them.

For those of you who don't know your lines yet, LEARN THEM!  It is so frustrating to see things bouncing along and think "oh, this is going well" and then you skip THREE PAGES so that people who are in the play wouldn't even get on stage!!  You owe it to your castmates to know your part and your cues and to listen to each other on stage!!  If people on stage miss your cue and jump ahead, and you're waiting backstage, come on anyway!  They'll deal with you once you're there!

The baby is almost ready to be delivered.  We need to get his room ready, and make sure he has warm clothes, good food and fun toys to play with when he arrives!  (On Tuesday of next week!!!!!)