The cast and crew of Godspell will return to the stage this weekend and McGregor Hall operations director Mark Hopper said response from the actors and from the community couldn’t have been better.
The three shows scheduled for last weekend have been combined into two shows – one Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. “Our patrons and ticket holders have been amazingly understanding,” Hopper said in a statement to WIZS News Thursday. He said each person was contacted and, out of all the ticketholders, only one requested a refund.
Tickets from the cancelled shows will be honored at the upcoming performances, and those who would have attended the Friday show were offered seats for Saturday or Sunday.
The second weekend run was cancelled because a show member tested positive for COVID-19. Hopper said all others tested negative.
“It was like moving mountains to postpone the shows,” Hopper said, adding that dozens of members of cast, crew and orchestra had to shuffle schedules to be available for the additional performances.
“I’ve never in my career had a show go dark for two weeks, so this is uncharted territory for me,” Hopper said. There will be a rehearsal Thursday and then a dress rehearsal on Friday. “They have been consummate professionals, and I just couldn’t ask anything more of them,” he said.
The show got a “glowing review” from Triangle Arts and Entertainment. See it here: http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/2021/08/godspell-in-henderson-boasts-an-exemplary-cast-an-imaginative-director-peppy-dances-and-a-glorious-band/