I also have to decide if I'm going to let our replacement actor go - he took a day off today, even though he said he wasn't going to. He actually loudly proclaimed the night before to the entire cast, "I need a fucking day off." Well, boo fucking hoo, don't we all. These kids were appalled at that attitude. They get Sunday off - otherwise they're in that school from nine in the morning until we wrap rehearsal and they've been rehearsing with me for four weeks, not one. He's never sung his song properly (he's under the weather and has no top, whatever the hell that means), but many of my cast has been under the weather and managed to do their work. He knows hardly any of his lines after eight days, can't get through one line of his three-page monologue without calling "line" - I took that away from him yesterday to get that burden off his shoulders, and we spoke this morning and I was VERY strong about my unhappiness and told him he had to show up tomorrow morning and give a damn performance. Will he? Doubtful. I knew this was potential trouble when I hired him, but I was hoping things had changed for him and he was eager to do it. But he brings a completely weird energy into the room. So, the question is, do I call him tonight and tell him he's done or do I give him one more shot at it in the morning - I've already covered everything he does in the show just in case.
