Current productions: I Hate Shakespeare

I'm directing a two act play called I Hate Shakespeare. It's essentially a parody of ten or so plays, featuring zombies, Jerry Springer, a ghetto Juliet, and pie.
I've never had so much fun or been under so much stress. I have to build a giant cauldron, organize costumes, find a dummy, build two walls, get a life size model of one of our actor's heads, design posters, design programs, and a bunch of other random things needed for the production. By Monday. And the cast is off book next week, so I'll probably have quite a bit of yelling to do when people are not prepared for rehearsal.
It's really coming together though, and I'm quite excited to see the final result.

Did you know high school drama is time consuming?

Happy Black Friday! I've had a nice thanksgiving break, and yet I'm still obsessing over our various productions in Tada!
Dracula went fantastic by the way. I've never seen such a good turn out.
We're off book for The Taming of the Shrew on Monday. Lord, help me. At least it's the super abridged version, so I don't have much real Shakespeare to immerse myself in before the weekend's over. I'm seriously worried about how much the rest of the class is committed to this play. Seems, Pertruchio, Bianca, Lucentio and I are the only ones attempting to get these lines down. Hopefully, everyone will get their shit together come performance time and we'll bring the Shakespearean house down.

Still need to find a Kate costume, I'm not sure what the director has planned for me. I picture Kate in darker clothing, a Helena Bohman-Carter version, but she may think differently.

Another post on I Hate Shakespeare, coming next.