What I liked
As both a stage manager and someone who struggles with depression HOO BUDDY DO I FEEL DRAGGED.
Seriously though. Richey as Travis is a bundle of energy and neuroses that brings alive what could be a portrait of an insufferable person, but instead ends up being a rather caring and nuanced look at two artists: one trying to find his voice…and one just trying to do their job in the midst of another man’s mental breakdown.
I dream of yelling at actors some of the things Jim gets to yell from the booth. If he ever gets sick I’m petitioning the Matts to let me step in ;)
What I didn't like
The only things that “bothered” me are things that are so wildly specific to “replicating the experience of a tech” that they are both 1) inactionable and 2) literally no one but a stage manager would even think about them. Therefore I don’t have any constructive notes.
My overall impression
I FELT THIS IN MY BONES.
