We are performing (using the term loosely) our faculty murder mystery for students for the first time today. And we are doing it without our lead. Wow.
I can't get into all the backstage drama here (to explain the fracas fully, I would have to write, like, the longest entry ever), but it was ugly. We have a friend of a cast member, who is a professional actor, taking over the part, but he will have to use a script for today's performance as he didn't get enough notice to memorize lines yet. I am amazed that he says he can have them down by Thursday, but I guess that's possible for someone who gets paid to act.
But can we really bill it as a "faculty" show if not all our actors are on the staff here?
And how weird will that be to act with someone I don't know from Adam, who will have a script in hand, while trying to be entertaining enough to hold 500 students' attention?
Methinks we're in for an interesting dramatic experience. Wish me luck. Tell me to break a leg. No, really. A broken leg right now seems perferable to the drama ahead.
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