PUSS IN BOOTS

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Sometimes directors need to step in to help out at the last minute.

When I directed Pioneer's "Puss in Boots" at Colorado Christian University, I got a call five minutes before curtain that one of the actors had been in a car accident, had a head injury of indeterminate severity, and wouldn't be making it to the theater. I grabbed a script, put on his costume, went out to the audience before the show started and explained the situation. Because it was a Christian setting, we prayed for the young man (who was fine and came back for the very next performance), and went on with the show. What amazed me was that as director, I had carefully worked out the onstage blocking, and knew the character. However, I didn't know the backstage "traffic patterns" the actors had worked out. The actors were great, pushing me here, pulling me there so that I wouldn't miss an entrance. I was so proud of them because I was no longer in charge. It was THEIR show, and they led me around as if I was the inexperienced newcomer. I'll always remember how it felt for the shoe to be on the other foot, and I'll always treasure how great it felt to know I could rely on my young actors, no matter what happened.  9 application/xml false childrens school plays childrens scripts plays for children plays for schools PUSS IN BOOTS The show I loved but it was a disaster when I directed it! http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PUSSINBOOT&id=73 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mglassman 64.62.58.1 false true false false true 100519 blog blogsite/PioneerDrama/web