For most involved in a production, hell week begins the weekend or so prior to the show’s opening, when we begin putting all of the tech together with costumes, on a finished set, etc.  My “hell week” always begins with load-in and becomes a mad dash leading up to opening night. The past week was the usual scramble, finishing up the last of the set components to prepare for load-in.  We had some warm weather early in the week and I took advantage of those couple of days to spend some daytime hours in the shop.  After last weekend’s big building blitz (I love alliteration), I had the mine and platform facings to finish.  read more…