Back from not attending the put-in, due to a huge blow-up with Doug Haverty. I'd sent an e-mail saying I'd be able to get there on time and that I wanted to do act three so I could give notes to Barry's cover and then leave - no reason for me to be at a speed-through. He'd sent an e-mail that I hadn't seen saying that I couldn't throw a curve ball, that people were showing up according to what act they were running. Well, the first people I saw when I arrived were the Banjo and Lorraine, both of whom don't have to be there for the beginning. Then he made the bad error of getting in my face about it and I blew up, and he made the worse mistake of telling me to leave the theater and not come back, and yet following me out when I said okie doke, and screaming at me. I reminded him that I'd just come from a two-hour rehearsal, and that I am the director of this show, not him. I then walked back in the theater, apologized to everyone for the blow-up, and took my leave. And unless he apologizes to me by e-mailing the entire company, he will get his wish - I will not return to the theater, I will not show up tomorrow for the casting session, nor will I show up to any further performances of this show, and if I get really annoyed, he can find a new director for his play, which means he can find a replacement for Peyton, who won't do it if I'm not doing it.
I'm just going to calm down now and relax.
