{"id":156,"date":"2009-02-02T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegobutton.net\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2011-06-28T21:13:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T01:13:47","slug":"on-the-road-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/headsetchatter.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/on-the-road-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Road, Finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Well we finally did it! \u00a0We finished our run at the Guthrie last night, and after about 5 hours, closed the door on our tightly packed truck and hopped on our bus, where a bunch of take-out bar food in styrofoam containers awaited us. \u00a0Within a few minutes we started to roll, and finally hit the road!<\/p>\n

We ate for a while, watched the highlights of the Super Bowl we missed during the show, and then got into our bunks exhausted. \u00a0 I for one slept really well. \u00a0I’m a small person, so I don’t feel as much like I’m in a coffin as some of my colleagues. \u00a0 That’s my bunk in the foreground, the lower frontmost bunk. \u00a0I found the motion of the bus was actually very soothing while trying to sleep. \u00a0We all pretty much slept until about 12:30PM when I slowly got up and wandered into the front lounge where Nick already had his computer out. \u00a0I also sat with my computer out, and had barely begun checking out Facebook when Nick pointed out the window over my shoulder and said, “Look! \u00a0There’s our truck!” \u00a0Sure enough, the Acting Company truck was waiting at an intersection as we passed it. \u00a0Moments later the front divider slid open and our driver, Bart, announced we had arrived. \u00a0We were all taken a bit by surprise, and stumbled into our shoes and out the door to meet the local crew here on the campus of Purdue University, in snowy West Lafayette, IN.<\/p>\n

Nick and I helped direct the unloading of the truck for a while, and brought some of the small items that travel under the bus into the theatre, until our work box was off the truck. \u00a0Then we set it up in a corner and began hanging signs, assigning dressing room space, setting up the callboard, etc. \u00a0There wasn’t all that much for us to do, so a lot of our time has been spent on the bus updating paperwork, or just hanging out and watching TV. \u00a0One of the main tasks we’ve taken on is to make coffee for the crew. \u00a0We all carry walkie-talkies, and they can just radio ahead a few minutes in advance when they’re going to be wanting a coffee break, and we get a pot going on the bus and begin making their orders. \u00a0It’s not our job, but I think considering they’re in there doing heavy labor for 10 hours, and we hung some signs and printed some documents and sent some emails for a few hours, it’s a fair trade. \u00a0We also took on a project for our wardrobe supervisor, who didn’t have enough of the little plastic things that divide each actor’s clothes on the costume racks. \u00a0We got some cardboard and made a bunch more for her.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we begin (or re-begin) teching The Spy<\/i>. \u00a0Tonight when the crew is done at 11PM Bart has offered to take us someplace to eat, and then we will go to our hotel, where everyone is going to appreciate a good shower (we were running late last night so we didn’t get to stop at the hotel in the morning, we just got up and went straight to work). \u00a0I’m having a lot of fun with this aspect of the job so far. \u00a0I think the longer multi-day trips will be really cool. \u00a0The unfortunate thing so far is that from the moment we got on the bus in the parking lot of the Guthrie, I didn’t see the outside world until we got on campus at Purdue, so “seeing the country” isn’t really happening yet. \u00a0Also, the windows on the bus are so heavily tinted that you can’t see anything at night. \u00a0A couple times through the night I used the GPS on my iPhone to find out what state we were in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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