stage production logistics 2025-09-27T10:52:43Z

Opening night jitters hit differently when you're staring at an empty prop table where Juliet's dagger should be. Thirty minutes until curtain in Portland, and our London shipment looked like a tornado-hit storage unit. I was knee-deep in unmarked crates, smelling dust and desperation, when the lead actor's voice cracked backstage: "Where's the damn poison vial?" My clipboard system had just become confetti after tripping over a foam column. That's when I fumbled for my phone and tapped the blue