Which came first? Drama or drama?

So was the term drama created as a comparitve term to describe situations that are as crazy, hectic and problematic as can be in drama productions or was it the other way around....

Whatever... either way they both exist in this situation.

Ok, so at the same time I auditioned for Death of a Salesman I had also auditioned and got accepted for the ensemble role of Tyler in Merrily We Roll Along over at Holy Cross. It's been going on for the past few months here and there, not too hard of a rehearsal schedule, then along comes last monday. That's when the shit hit the fan.

First thing was that the producer abruptly resigned, which is a nice way of saying she bailed and couldn't be bothered with the show any more. Cited in the resignation were comments about increased workload and the fact that there were more problems in the show than were known when she signed up. I can understand that but you work with the directors and other administrative people to replace you BEFORE you resign.

Her resignation was followed rather quickly with the resignations of the Marketing and Fundraising directors. They cited their own concerns and used the producer's resignation as the final nail in the coffin.

Following this the rehearsal pianist resigned citing his own concerns on the viability of the show based on the recent mass exodus. This was then followed by two ensemble actors resigning over the next few days.

Thankfully it seems that, as it should, the show will go on. We've replaced parts that needed replacing, cut out of the script entirely areas that weren't needed with the reduced ensemble, and have replaced the producer. Fundraising efforts have been restrategized and are moving forward to cover all the costs of the production. The initial concept of the stage design has been revealed to the company and it looks good. The remaining company is pumped about the production and looks to be fairly gung-ho about it all.

Life wouldn't be interesting without drama, right? Right....?