This directing thing’s trying to be the end of me. Here’s been what I’ve been up to lately: wake up, go to work, go to the theater, go home, go to bed, wake up, go to work, … lather, rinse, repeat. Weekends are slightly different in that I get to skip the “go to work” bit. This is by far the biggest production I’ve been in charge of, and while it’s not exactly overwhelming, it’s mighty tough. Hampering things has been my losing my assistant directer early on to some severe health troubles. My stage manager will be getting more involved in a week or so, and that’ll take some of the day-to-day load off me, but until then it’ll be more of the same. Somehow, though, when it’s all said and done, it’s always worth the troubles.