The entire morning was spent dealing with our problem person, who simply does not know how to play well with others. He was e-mailing the theater privately - they, of course, know the deal and added me to the string saying Bruce must be included in all e-mails as all final decisions are his. I then responded with a simple, yes, the stage manager and I copied on any e-mail sent and that I was not giving up one more INCH of playing space - he of course said basically it is what it is. I told him that it, in fact, that it will be what works for ALL of us and that I'd already given up five FEET of playing space, which is going to make things very tight for us, and that I was through with my comprising and bending. And that there would be no need for any further e-mails. Then he e-mails the sound people on his own - that was it for our producer who wrote the City folks - I, too, responded to THAT in my customary fashion. Our tech guy at the theater came up with two different ways to slightly reconfigure the space and those are the two options on the table. I said I was fine with option two but whichever worked was fine by me. I then reiterated that no e-mails are to go to the tech people without coming to me and my stage manager first, because he just endlessly confuses everyone with his e-mails. His litany of "this is how it's done" is boring and it's not his show - he is sixteen minutes of a two-hour show.
