There are so many abbreviations to learn on this job, some make sence, others, not so much…
The Ship -
- MS – Motor Ship
- SS – Steam Ship, as is ss Titanic… there aren’t many of those left…
- MV – Motor Vessel – I still don’t know what this one is..
- OB – Officer’s Bar – cheap booze…
My Cast -
- M1 – The Male Pop/B’way Singer
- F1 – The Female Pop/B’way Singer
- M2 – The Male Singer/Dancer
- FL – Female Legit Singer
- ML – Male Legit Singer
- FD – Female Dancers – we’ve got two showgirl style dancers
- CO/MC – Comic/Male Comic (not emcee) – that’s me…
There are more abbreviations I’m going to need to know and don’t even get me started on the nautical terms – fore, aft, keel, leeward, pitch tender, windward… and that’s on top of all the memorizing I need to do for the shows I’m in.
If I don’t quit or get fired during the next month, I’m extending my contract another nine months just ’cause I won’t have to relearn all this again and I don’t want it to go to waste.
