Here We Go Again

So, Monday night's the big night! The first evening of staging... and, knowing the speed at which David Bamberger works, probably the last. Certainly, Carroll Freeman I admire for coming into staging completely prepared, but David takes it to another level. He comes in knowing exactly how he wants things to be staged. Not only that, but he also has figured out each character's inner dialog. (Sometimes it's as simple as "You've finished singing and so you go off stage.") I imagine that Carroll will get to that level when he's as old as David.

Not that there's much staging to do or learn. The sops and tens probably get the most complex staging in the sacristy scene. We'll probably need to dart back and forth, yadda-yadda. Certainly, with the kids on stage, there will be enough pandemonium to get the point across. The Te Deum is pretty much park-and-bark. We might get to process in during the initial intonation of the Te Deum, but I'm betting that'll pretty much be it.