The Big Debut of the New Era

Issue 3: It is now the last day of rehearsal.The schedule you created for the week did not go as plan due to the VP's need of more time with her piece. Majority of the second to last rehearsal ended up being used solely on the VP's piece, which left you no time to finalize, audition, and stage the finale piece. So for this rehearsal, you have decided to allow time only for the finalizations of the final piece and the remainder of time will be used to run the show. During your allotted time in the schedule of staging the finale piece, your VP approaches you mid instruction and rudely says, "YOU NEED TO SPEED THIS UP, CAUSE I NEED TIME FOR MY PIECE."

You are obviously upset since you have granted the VP's request for additional time for that one section the entire week of rehearsal. Acknowledging the fact, that you didn't exert any negative energy towards the VP after multiple absences which has caused this conflict.

Tensions are high because it is the last rehearsal, so how do you respond?

• Ignore the VP because of the rude demand and take extra time on the finale piece
• Pop off on the VP since you are tired of dealing with lack of professionalism
• Stick to the schedule you planned, without giving the VP extra time that wasn't inputted into the schedule
• Remember the importance of the quality of this performance and remain unbothered. Trust your skills to finalize the finale piece in the time you allotted in the schedule. Then rework the remainder of the schedule to allow the VP to finalize their segment, and still manage to get a couple of full run thrus of the show.