Road Woes

Well it's been 2 months on the road, and we've run into more problems than I've ever had on any production I've ever been a part of. I recently had the opportunity to go to New York when we had a few days off, and I was able to sit down with some of the production people in the New York offices, and I thought it went really well. They were very happy that I was able to come in, and inform them of many things they had no idea about. Most of the problems we've had, were the result of a communication problem. It seems that there were changes made on the production side of things that the cast was not informed of, which made things very confusing for us.

Now, after thinking everything was resolved, we've been hit by an even bigger blow. Hopefully everything will be settled by tomorrow, but the company running our tour has asked us to take the week of Thanksgiving "off", in hopes that they would be able to cut our pay to less than half. We were supposed to go to Las Vegas, but that got canceled, and the company has been losing money. Probably because they also produce Spiderman on Broadway, and there has been a lot of money lost there, I'm sure...This of course, is not our problem, but we are trying to work something out so that we get our full pay and still get to be with our families for Thanksgiving.

I for one, cannot afford to not get paid, so if they do not pay us, than that could be the end of tour for me. But I doubt it would come to that, because after the meeting I had with the production office, I have a hard time believing they would do that to us. We may also be able to negotiate on an individual basis. It's times like these I REEEEALLY wish I had an agent!!!

Here is our confirmed performance schedule for the next week:

11/14 (tonight): Rocky Mount, NC 7:30pm
11/15: travel day
11/16: Jackson, MS - Thalia Mara Hall, 7:30pm
11/17: Jackson, MS - Thalia Mara Hall, 7:30pm
11/18: Montgomery, AL - David Theater, 7:00pm
11/19: Oxford, MS - Ford Theater, 8:00pm
11/20: Longview, TX - Belcher Theater, 7:30pm
11/21: Texarkana, TX - Perot Theater, 7:00pm

I'll keep you posted on what happens!