When The Lights Go Out...

The joys of live theatre. Today, right in the middle of act 1 of November, a lightning bolt struck a transformer in Ithaca and killed power to much of the city. Including the Hangar. We were without power for a few seconds. After waiting about a minute, the dimmers were turned back on and we once again killed the power. So we took an impromptu Intermission, assessed the situation and after a brief hiatus resumed the show pretty much where we left off.I had to do a manual fade for the scene change that was originally INT but other than that the rest of the show ran as it normally does, very smooth. The amazing part about all of this was how calm, cool, and collected everyone was during this. Not a single member of the cast or crew freaked out or lost their nerve. It was simply realized that we were doing everything we could and the situation wasn't entirely in our control. It's moments exactly like this that make me love my job. To watch and be a part of a small group of people who don't panic and fix problems when shit hits the fan as is typically the case in live theatre. Things go wrong. Its just a fact. Why overreact and just amp up the stress of the situation, right? Bravo to everyone involved tonight. Bravo.