Slogging towards the finish line

We have tech tonight (no actors called) and then rehearsal from 1-6 tomorrow. And then rehearsal for Michael's reading. It will be my eighth day in a row of Pirates rehearsing. AM EXHAUSTED. All this week I've been getting home and just collapsing. The runthroughs are going very well but I really have very little extra to give, and all I can say is everybody had better be on their game. I'm getting a little annoyed at actors who miss rehearsal, get the blocking and then stop dead in the middle of the scene "I haven't run this yet." Yes, well, you have the blocking, now go and execute it. If you have a question, you need to bring it up beforehand. Don't stop the runthrough for me to explain it to you.

And there is one person to whom I explained the extremely simple choreography for a scene...and then during the runthrough, it all went out the window. SIGH. This choreography is not difficult at ALL, guys, but if you have difficulty with it, PRACTICE IT AT HOME. Over and over, if necessary. Between people being out and people being lazy about the choreography/blocking I've explained some of these things so many times, it's really starting to stress me out.

I love my cast a lot--they're all great and there's a really good feeling with them. I'm just so tired. I can't wait until Sunday--NO rehearsal. I can just lie in bed and read and play with the cats.