By last minute, I actually mean any time prior to the live stream that day.
This is a list of what we were doing on April 15th:
12 pm
Dress Rehearsal
1:15 pm
End of Dress Rehearsal, final notes and we parted for other classes.
5-6 pm
Turned off all my devices for an hour
6 pm
Operated all the cues for the whole show by myself and double-checked if there were anything that needed my attention
7 pm
Entered zoom chat with all actors
preset all cues
turned off any software that wasn’t needed
turned on YouTube Studio to monitor the streaming connection
Actors put on make-ups and set up their props
7:40 pm
Something came up with one of the actors’ device and thus she shut it down and turned it on again- hopefully, it worked fine until the end of the live stream
7:45 pm
Preset all the cues again
Go Live on YouTube Studio for the waiting room animation and music
Made announcement on YouTube Live Chat
7:55 pm
Double-checked all the cues
made sure actors were all online
checked streaming connection
8 pm
Made announcement on YouTube Live Chat
Unmuted all actors on OBS
Show began