We have a schedule and we have to stay on it. We can't go into overtime here, since we're doing other shows that we have to respect. That's proved by the Saturday rehearsal of Cat , which runs out of time before getting to the last act, which the cast must squeeze into free hours on Sunday. ART Station artistic director David Thomas, directing Cat , says that logistic complications aren't that different from helming a single show. The reality for actors in Atlanta is that everyone's always doing more than one thing at the same time, so whenever we're doing a show at ART Station, my cast will be off doing something else during their free time, so we have to plan around that.
Actors extol the advantages of appearing in multiple plays rather than bemoaning the challenges.
It triggers different ideas and different thoughts, not being lulled into just doing a technical performance. I can let go of Cassio and be something opposite, and it's not often you get the opportunity to do that, which is a good thing. You can live so much in a single character in ways you don't notice. It's great to be in a rep situation because you don't get locked in one character. Even when actors get huge workloads, they get a lift from the experience.