a dream that you wish | kasey winslow |

Chapter 15

Tech week was upon the cast. 

Kasey was not mentally prepared, but she found herself sitting in the front row of the Astor Place theatre, being briefed by Gary before he begun tech week.

They were finally working with all of the lights, mics, and everything. Set, stage crew, stage management, everything. It was going to be quite the adventure.

And Gary, being Gary, had made each tech rehearsal twelve hours long. Which meant that Kasey was going to be at the theatre from eight to eight. Practically all her life was the show now. 

"Alright. There's nothing different for you guys. Keep doing what you always do, be perfect. There is absolutely no reason for any cast member to be screwing up. You know the show. I won't tolerate any mistakes, for any reason. I don't care if you're sick or tired. We all are. So get up there, and do what you're supposed to," Gary said. "You have five minutes until curtain."

All the actors stood, hugging and slapping high-fives.

Since Anna was a redhead, Kasey wore a wig. It wasn't quite as fake as the Disney wigs looked. Some people actually thought that she was a redhead, which she found hilarious, because her hair was actually a fairly dark shade of brown. It wasn't as dark as Carleigh's, but it was more of a mix of milk and dark chocolate. 

Jess didn't wear a wig, she just extremely elaborately braided it, and then just took out the crown hair piece and ran her hands through her hair to make it messier for the transformation.

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The tech run went well. The lights and the sets and everything added so much to the performance. Kasey had massive amounts of appreciation for the techies. They were talented people, considering it was their first tech run. She couldn't even imagine only having a week to figure everything out.

It was true that at some points, she was nearly blinded by the spotlight, but she was mostly used to that from Hamilton. The lights in Frozen were toned down more. It was mostly blues and yellows, with some rainbow for 'Fixer Upper'. 

There was also a lot of snow soap. Which looked pretty, but it also made the stage slippery. It wasn't horrible- there was rubber on the bottom of all of the shoes for the show. 

Kasey made the mistake of looking up during the finale and she got soap in her eye, but she was able to get through the song. Which was good. And she vowed never to look up during a snow scene again. 

They all met onstage again for notes. There were more people onstage than usual- stage crew, lights, sound, the managers, Andy, the pit, and all of the designers were there. 

Most of them were tech notes, some went to pit, and some were for the ensemble. The leads had a few, and Kasey had about three altogether. 

She felt good. It had gone well, she hadn't forgotten anything. It was a long time of endless running around and singing, but when it was over, it was somewhat depressing.

"That was one of the better tech runs I've seen," Andy commented. "Kudos to all of you guys, tech especially."

"I did catch some mic problems on Emma, Kasey, and Sebastian," Ryan spoke up. "Just a little fuzziness, maybe it was hair in the way."

"We caught that, too," Matt, the sound designer, said. "It should be okay. I think it was just interference. For all the actors in general, I just ask that you hairspray the hair closest to your mic so it doesn't make any excess noise into the mic."

"I have notes for the spotlights," Stephen, the lighting designer, said. "Please sort out who you're tracking. I noticed that there was a lot of confusion, especially during the quartet. Pick a person and stick with them. And please, make sure you're not bouncing all over the place. You need to sort out whatever issues you had with 'An Act of True Love.'"

"A note for the stage crew. If you can see a chair, they can see you. I didn't notice a lot of people with this problem, but especially when you're in charge of closing set doors onstage- stay behind the door. It might not seem important, but the actors need to get to their next spot, they're not going to close the door. Pay attention," Emalee, the scenic designer, told the stage crew.

"Actors, you did a great job," Ryan complimented. "I know tech is a lot to deal with, and you were splendid."

"Also, I understand that there's soap snow in a lot of scenes. It will melt pretty quickly, but be careful. Make sure the rubber on your shoes is intact, we don't want anyone to slip during the show," Emalee added. 

"Cast, we still have about six hours of rehearsal left. The run-through ate up more time than I wanted it to. We're going to break for twenty minutes and then we're going to clean music and choreography, while tech sorts out some issues," Gary said. "Don't leave the theatre. We need this time, and we can't waste it going to lunch or whatever mindless things you do on breaks. Get water, and sit down. That's all."

Kasey sighed. Six more hours of rehearsal, and six more days of tech week to go. It was going to be a rough six days.