I don't understand what a rehearsal swing is or why they're needed. Can you explain that to me?
The very, very short explanation is that they’re actors who join rehearsals to learn the show and don’t immediately go onboard with the cast, but are prepared to do so later if they’re needed due to injury/illness/etc.
Ships typically try to minimize the number of people who need to be onboard to try and limit the number of resources required - housing, food, dressing room space, etc all has to be provided by cruise ships for their employees. Since space and resources is limited, the number of actors they bring onboard also had to be. But only being able to have one onboard cover for each role also puts them at risk of not having enough coverage.
If there's just a temporary issue that will be resolved with a week or two, they usually just cancel shows until they have enough actors. Of course you know from personal experience that that happened quite a bit with the first casts coming back from Covid lockdowns - they had some Covid outbreaks and between that illness and the initial longer quarantine periods, there were quite a few shows that got cancelled. Six usually only performs 3-4 shows per week and cruise attendees pay for the cruise rather than the specific show, so it is disappointing but won't be a major issue for them.
If there's a significant longer-term issue, like an actor getting a major injury that requires them to leave the ship, they're in a tough spot. That's where the rehearsal swings come in - if any are available, one of them can jump on board to replace that actor (although it's not always as straightforward as a 1-1 substitution). That rehearsal alt allows them to have someone on hand who already knows the show and can quickly join and get into the swing of things with minimal rehearsal. All around it's much easier (and much more cost-effective) than having to re-cast the role, sign the contracts, fly someone in for fittings, teach them the whole show, and have them tech it.
With Six, a rehearsal alt has only gone onboard in that capacity once. In Bliss 1.0, Alicia (Howard) had to leave the ship about halfway through the run. Bryony Duncan (B/S/H alt) took over as principal Howard. They brought in Lori McLare (rehearsal alt A/C/H) as an understudy Howard, but since she didn't know B/S they actually had Bryony continue to understudy B/S while acting as principal Howard, and Lori just understudied Howard. And to make alllll of that more complicated...Caitlin Tipping (Seymour) had to temporarily leave the show for a few weeks, but Bryony was now Howard and Amy Bridges (rehearsal B/S/P) had already joined Breakaway 1.0 as Seymour, so neither of them could replace/join. They actually wound up having Natalie Pilkington add Seymour as her fourth cover, to act as a temporary replacement. At that point they still had alt costumes so she was just able to wear her black Parr variation with no issue. (Noting here that all of this was more complicated than that, but for the sake of keeping things as condensed as possible this is the simpler version)
It does seem like it would have made the most sense for Lori to take over as principal Howard and Bryony to just continue as B/S/H (and maybe take over as S instead). Not sure why that didn't happen. Might have been a costume thing.
Anyway. That's the very shortened version of what their basic, as-advertised role is and the one time we've seen that happen! There is more complexity to it than that, and I did just write up a longer post on some of that here if you're curious! But I hope that's helpful as a Rehearsal Swings 101!
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The Six the musical 2022 covers - alternates, swings, rehearsal swings and emergency covers
A post that has been in the making for seven months or three years if you count everything that has carried over from the first version. And note: (almost) everyone is listed with the first company they covered in.
West End
Rachel Rawlinson: Swing, West End, joined November 2021 covering all six queens.
Esme Rothero: Swing, West End, joined November 2021 covering all six queens.
Paisley Billings: Alternate, West End; Joined November 2021 as alternate Aragon/Cleves, left October 2022.
Danielle Rose: Alternate, West End; Joined November 2021 as alternate Boleyn/Howard.
Roxanne Couch: Alternate, West End; Joined November 2021 as alternate Seymour/Parr, Became principal Parr in October 2022.
Courtney Bowman: Principal Boleyn, West End; joined October 2019, left November 2021. Emergency cover West End; returned March 2022 for one show.
Casey Al-Shaqsy: Principal Seymour, UK tour; joined March 2022. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast for three shows in June 2022.
Monique Ashe-Palmer: Alternate, West End; Joined October 2022 as alternate Aragon/Cleves.
Leah Vassell: Alternate, West End; Joined October 2022 as alternate Seymour/Parr.
UK tour
Cassandra Lee: Alternate, UK tour; alternate Aragon/Cleves, left March 2022.
Jennifer Caldwell: Alternate, UK tour; alternate Boleyn/Howard; became principal Boleyn in March 2022. Swing, West End; joined the cast temporarily in January 2020. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast as Boleyn for three shows in June 2022.
Harriet Watson: Alternate, UK tour; alternate Seymour/Parr, left March 2022. Standby, UK productions; came back as standby alternate for both WE and UKT throughout 2022.
Natalie Pilkington: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 1.0; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr, also covered Seymour. Swing, alternate, UK tour, joined June 2021 as swing, became alternate Seymour/Parr March 2022. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast as alternate for a few shows in June 2022.
Cherelle Jay: Alternate, West End; joined October 2019 as alternate Boleyn/Cleves, was announced to be principal Cleves in the cancelled drive-in tour, left November 2021. Alternate, UK tour; joined temporarily in February 2022.
Harriet Caplan-Dean: Swing, UK tour; joined March 2022.
Grace Melville: Alternate, UK tour; joined March 2022 as alternate Aragon/Cleves; acted as temporary replacement Cleves between March and May 2022. Emergency cover, West End; covered Cleves for one show in July 2022.
Leesa Tulley: Alternate, UK tour; joined March 2022 as alternate Boleyn/Howard; acted as temporary replacement Howard between August and October 2022.
Elèna Gyasi: Principal Parr, UK tour; joined the cast at reopening in June 2021, left March 2022. Emergency cover, UK tour; returned as an emergency cover in July 2022.
Broadway
Mallory Maedke: Alternate, Chicago and North American tour; alternate Boleyn/Seymour/Howard, was temporary principal Seymour during the St. Paul run. Alternate, Broadway; covering Seymour/Parr (first cover) and Boleyn/Cleves/Howard in 2020, switched to Aragon/Seymour/Howard in 2021, left December 2022.
Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert: Alternate, Chicago and North American tour; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr was temporary principal Cleves during the St. Paul run. Alternate, Broadway; covering Aragon/Cleves (first cover) and Boleyn/Seymour/Parr in 2020, switched to Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves in 2021, left December 2022; came back on standby late December 2022.
Courtney Mack: Joined as principal Howard in the North American tour; became alternate Boleyn/Howard and later Boleyn/Seymour/Howard. Alternate, Broadway; covering Boleyn/Howard (first cover) and Aragon/Seymour/Parr in 2020, switched to Boleyn/Howard/Parr in 2021, left December 2022.
Keirsten Hodgens: Alternate, Broadway; Joined September 2021, covering Seymour/Cleves/Parr. Emergency cover, Aragon tour, covered Cleves for two performances in March 2022. Left December 2022.
Hanna Stewart: Alternate, West End; joined October 2019 as alternate Seymour/Parr, left November 2021. Alternate, Broadway; joined March 2022 as alternate Aragon/Seymour/Parr, left April 2022
Keri René Fuller: Principal Seymour, Broadway; was a temporary replacement between March and May 2022, rejoined as principal in August 2022, left December 2022. Alternate, Broadway; was listed as alternate for a week after her first principal run, likely as a Seymour standby.
Ayla Ciccone-Burton: Alternate, Broadway; Joined August 2022, covering Boleyn/Cleves/Parr.
Holli’ Conway: Alternate, Broadway; Joined August 2022, originally said to be covering Aragon/Howard/Parr, switched to Aragon/Cleves/Howard shortly after.
Aubrey Matalon: Alternate, Broadway; Joined December 2022, covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.
Kristina Leopold: Alternate, Broadway; Joined December 2022, covering Aragon/Seymour/Parr.
Keri Fuller*: (not pictured) Principal Seymour, Broadway; Did two runs as principal Seymour between March and May, and August and December 2022; after her first run was listed as alternate on the playbill for a week.
Aragon US tour
Kelly Denice Taylor: Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Cleves. Standby, Broadway; became standby for broadway starting June 2022 with the same covers while still being alternate in the tour company.
Cassie Silva: Alternate Broadway, joined January 2022 as alternate Howard, left March 2022. Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Boleyn/Cleves/Howard. Standby, Broadway; returned as a standby in July 2022 with her tour covers while still part of the tour company.
Kelsee Kimmel: Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Parr. Standby, Broadway; became standby for broadway starting September 2022 covering Seymour/Parr while still being alternate in the tour company.
Erin Palmer Ramirez: Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Boleyn/Howard/Parr.
Boleyn US tour
Cecilia Snow: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate A/S/C.
Aryn Bohannon: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate B/S/H. Standby, Aragon tour, temporarily joined the Aragon tour with her three covers.
Jana Larell Glover: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate A/C/P.
Taylor Pearlstein: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate B/H/P.
AUS
Karis Oka: Swing, Australia tour.
Shannen Alyce Quan: Swing, Australia tour.
Chiara Assetta: Swing, Australia tour; joined when the show reopened in December 2021
Cristina D’Agostino: Alternate swing, Australia tour; joined the company in June 2021 as resident choreographer, became alternate (emergency) swing in April 2022.
Norwegian Bliss
3.0
Marilyn Caserta: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 3.0; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr. Alternate, Broadway; joined the Broadway cast for two weeks in August 2022 as emergency alternate Aragon. Universal alternate, US companies; Joined December 2022 as alternate for Broadway and both US tours, covering Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves/Parr.
Ashlee Waldbauer: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 3.0; alternate Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.
Alize Ke'Aloha Cruz: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 3.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.
Kristina Walz: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 3.0; covering Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves.
Adrianna Glover: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 3.0; covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr.
4.0
Kayla McSorley: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 4.0; alternate Boleyn/Cleves/Parr.
Willow Dougherty: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 4.0; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Howard.
Emily Lyons: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 4.0; covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr.
Chelsea Wargo: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 4.0; covering Boleyn /Seymour/Howard.
HannahTaylor: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 4.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Cleves.
Gabbi Mack: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 4.0; covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr, was promoted to principal Aragon early during rehearsals.
5.0
Bethany McDonald: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 5.0; alternate Seymour/Cleves/Parr.
Jillian Worthing: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 5.0; alternate Aragon/Boleyn/Howard.
Haley Izurieta: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Boleyn/Cleves.
Lois Ellise: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Aragon/Seymour/Parr.
Jasmine M. Smith: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Seymour/Parr.
Alyssa Giannetti: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Aragon/Seymour/Howard
Norwegian Breakaway
2.0
Abbi Hodgson: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 2.0; alternate Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves; did not debut before the production was cancelled because of lockdown. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 2.0, came back with the same covers as before.
Ellie Sharpe: Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 2.0; alternate Seymour/Howard/Parr. Was previously cast in one of the unnanounced 2020 cruise casts. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; returned as alternate S/H/P.
Sadie Hurst: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 2.0; was announced to be covering Boleyn/Seymour/Cleves, changed to Boleyn/Seymour/Howard during rehearsals.
3.0
Channing Weir: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 3.0; alternate Boleyn/Cleves/Howard.
Madeline Fansler: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 3.0; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Parr. Swing, Australia tour; joined the Australian cast for September 2022 as a temporary swing and later as a full time swing starting December 2022.
Princess Victomé: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 3.0; covering Seymour/Cleves/Parr. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; came back changing her covers to Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves.
Sunayna Smith: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 3.0; covering Aragon/Boleyn/Howard.
4.0
Sarah McFarlane: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 3.0; covering Seymour/Howard/Parr.
Meg Dixon-Brasil: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 3.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.
Reca Oackley: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 3.0; covering Aragon/Seymour/Cleves. Returned as principal Cleves for Bliss 5.0.
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introducing Katya Zamolodchikova as Nancy the Relentless!!! a concept @vampireshmampire and i braindumped about like a year ago lmao. far before the rumors about Trixie Mattel being in s6 came out owo!
My Familiar’s Ghost part 80
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ID: 1a. Small panel, waist up of Nandor and Guillermo on a vague grayish-blue background. Nandor has one hand on his hip and the other pointing upwards as he leans toward Guillermo sternly and says 'Now I will show you how to call long distance.' Guillermo looks up at him, rubbing his arm awkwardly, still flushed from the previous page, and responds 'Ok...' 1b. Chest up of Nandor on a brighter blue background with his eyes closed in concentration, palms held up and out. He clears his throat and says, in a wispy bright blue speech bubble, 'I, Nandor the Relentless, am calling out to the etherrrr to inquire about available familiarsssss...' 1c. Shoulders up of Nandor and Guillermo lurching to one side in shock, Nandor's hands flying up, shoulder crashing into Guillermo's, as a glowing blue bubble suddenly shoves into their panel. Inside the bubble is a thin white vampire in drag with long white-blonde hair styled half up in a high ponytail by a sparkly red scrunchie. She is wearing a thin red dress with a black leather corset, a red-violet leopard fur capelet with gold coins dangling from the hem, a red jabot at her neck with a bat shaped gold brooch decorated with rubies, and shoulder length red gloves with ruby-encrusted gold caps shaped like claws on each finger. She lurches into frame with a huge, devious grin, shouting, 'Nandor, babygirl! Is that you?!' 1d. Repeat of Nandor and Guillermo standing side by side, Guillermo now having moved to stand slightly behind. Nandor slumps and scowls, already looking exhausted by this encounter, and greets poisonously 'Hello, Nancy the Relentless.' Guillermo frowns up at Nancy but stays quiet. From offscreen, Nancy coos, 'Heyy, mama! Still shopping in Turkish Cryptkeeper Kohls? I love that for you.' Nandor replies, irritated, 'This kaftan is not coal, it is made of wool from the sheeps of Al Q-' Nancy interrupts and asks, 'So, you're looking for a familiar?'
2a. Waist up of Nancy in her ether bubble, right arm crossed over her chest to rest on her left bicep, left hand reaching up to tap a jaunty claw on her cheek. She raises a brow and grins, tongue curling around one fang, and asks teasingly, 'Does that mean your scrumptious little slayer-boy is finally availableeee? 2b. Chest up of Nandor and Guillermo side by side. Glare fixed on Nancy, Nandor throws an arm out in front of Guillermo and shouts, 'No!! I have told you before, he is mine!' Guillermo startles, a green glow beginning to creep up behind him as goosebumps skitter up and down his shoulders. Nancy replies to Nandor, 'And your title is mine, Nandor the Plagiarist!' Nandor snaps back, 'I have been called Relentless since before you were born, Nancy the- the Pretender!' 2c. Repeat. Guillermo blushes and looks away, lips pursing as if attempting to whistle nonchalantly as his hand reaches up to grip the arm Nandor is holding in front of him and move it away from his body. Nandor's eyes flit over to him curiously, color rising to his cheeks. Nancy continues, 'Ooh, baby, you know how I feel about older men yelling at me. You should call more often.' 2d. Close up of Nandor in profile in the foreground, Nancy's bubble beyond. He glares at her and asks sharply, 'Do you know of any familiars looking for work or not?' Nancy, full body visible now as she perches on the edge of a table and leans back on one arm, legs crossed at the knee to reveal the high slit in her dress, fishnets, and thigh high black leather boots. She closes her eyes haughtily and stretches her free arm outward in a clearly rehearsed pose, replying, 'Well, gorgeous, effortless, beloved vampires usually receive applications directly...' 2e. Repeat. Nandor arches his eyebrows and turns his head away from Nancy toward the viewer, muttering, 'Then you must alert me if you find such a vampire.' Nancy wheezes with shocked laughter, kicking her legs wildly and flapping her arms, delighted rather than offended by the dig. Through her laughs, she declares, 'Read!!' 2f. Chest up of Nandor and Guillermo, the latter standing just behind and gripping the edge of Nandor's sleeve. Offscreen, Nancy recovers from her fit and says, 'Well, since I'm nice, I'll forward you a few. But- hello! Is that the slayer behind you? Did you turn him?! You bitch!! Guillermo, call m-!' Nandor scowls and interrupts, saying quickly, 'YesthankyouNancygoodbye.' He then flaps his hand in the air, dispersing Nancy's bubble and ending the call. Behind him, Guillermo frowns, flustered and blushing. 2g. Repeat. Nandor lowers his hand and glares where Nancy once appeared, sneering, 'Yeesh, why could you not have slain her?' Guillermo aims an unimpressed glance toward him, still purple in the cheeks. /end ID
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ACTOR!CONNIE and his BLACK FEM ACTOR GF
Connie Springer x black fem reader
tw: fluff, friends to lovers, kinda rushed !!, modern acting au,
actor!Connie who always had a little crush whenever he seen you as a horror actor in his favorite films so it was exciting when he was found out he’ll be starring as the final victim male in a movie with you as the main femme fatale villain.
actor!Connie who’s always getting you flustered whenever you and him are doing rehearsal on set. When his character kisses your hand in such a romantic way. You make a quiet gasp as you have to remind yourself that this is just regular acting between two actors.
actor!Connie who in a weird way likes getting scolded by you when he’s goofing around. The way you say “uh uh boy! No games, cmere.” with a finger while he walks your way with his hands in his pockets and Eren and Jean cracking up at that behind his back. He just loves the way you scold him in a motherly way.
actor!Connie who gets flustered whenever you do such platonic acts to him. Like when you catch him with his collar not fixed up right and decide to get up on your tippy toes and fix it yourself or when you fix his green hat that has a ‘C’ on it.
actor!Connie who sees a lot of ship edits of you and him after the movies release. He has a guilty pleasure of going on a alt account and secretly liking any account that post edits like that of you and him.
actor!Connie who can’t even post pictures of you and him hanging out with the movie cast without editors that ship you and him making edits of that.
actor!Connie who likes doing platonic secret dates with you in his house, just because of any onlooking paparazzi and that’s how you like it. He remembers you telling him how anxious you are about any press or you showing up on The Shade Room or some shit.
The platonic dates usually consist of you and him sharing a pizza box or some chipotle as he lays on your lap in a totally platonic way as some Jazmine Sullivan plays out in his room speakers.
actor!Connie who’s always has his friends commenting on his obvious crush on you.
As he sits smoking the shared blunt he huffs when Jean starts his talking.”It makes no sense why you haven’t pinned after [name] yet. That’s a good good lady,” Jean said his last sentence with ooze on it which caught Connie’s attention as he let out a drag and held the blunt.”Aye, don’t talk about the lady like that and I ain’t going after her yet.. Just gonna take things slow.”
Eren clicked his tongue when he said that.”Take things slow my ass.. You and this woman eat together, you listen to all the music she wants as you just vibe resting on her lap, you’ve danced the fucking bachata with her before off set.” Connie groaned once more as Eren continued on.”Learn from me Con, don’t be some silly dumbass like me and wait to pin after your woman. You never know what dude will come right along.” That gets him thinking..
actor!Connie who’s always jealous looking at Eren and Mikasa’s relationship. When he sees how Eren is always holding doors open for her and kissing the engagement ring on her finger while looking at with such love in his eyes makes him long for something like that.
actor!Connie who starts to ask around what kind of things you like to your girlfriends and Sasha. They of course help the poor man out just for their bestie never the less as they giggle deviously.
actor!Connie who one day comes over to gift you some strawberry pound cake perfume and just decides to fuck it and ask you out on a date.
As youre squirting the perfume on your wrist to smell it he clears his throat and speaks with his head hanging low.”Let’s go on a date, I understand if you don’t wanna fuckin’ date me beacuse im just this young boy from fuckin ragoka and—“ you and giggled at how fast his mouth was moving and grabbed both his cheeks.”it’s a date Springer, took you this long hm?”
actor!Connie who you grow close to after 4 dates with him and bam! It just happens so fast becoming his girlfriend. Before you can even keep this secret with him somehow you and his relationship comes out fast..
a/n: Maybe I’ll make a part two? Lol 🫠
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