10
Peyton
Kathy had a healthy, bouncing baby girl named Lily.
And in her next breath, she named me the interim artistic director.
In my shock, the only answer I could find was yes.
Cassidy had spent all day on the phone, trying to find someone to take over. The interim AD, who had planned to come in January, couldn’t be here earlier than Christmas. She was running her own Nutcracker until then. And every other person that Cassidy could get to take her call couldn’t do it. Everything was too short of notice. What person in their right mind would come in as the artistic director the day before opening night?
Me.
I was that i***t.
Luckily, I had more than twenty years of experience with The Nutcracker, and I had played every role. Though I didn’t know all the choreography for this Nut
