I've only had PSD hit once, thankfully, usually we are plunging right into another show, so there's no real lag time between shows.  since we're a community theater, we have a pretty consistent core of actors and techs that work with every show, so it's not as much of a heartahce when a favorite show closes.

Stageref wrote, "Literally tearing down the set and putting in the dumpster on strike day does not help."  When I built sets (many times doing 90% of the work alone), I actually enjoyed strike day.  It always amazed me how something that went up so slowly and deliberately could come down so fast.  In just a few hours there was a cleared, clean stage, ready for the next production.  It DID annoy me that people who would never be caught BUILDING a set would attack a set with such destructive enthusiasm, and never concern themselves that SOME things can be salvaged for reuse.  So much good wood, paneling, and set pieces were broken, hacked, and destroyed because someone never respected the theatre's budget or lumber supplies.  I always tried to make it clear what was to be kept and what could go in the dumpster, but some people just didn't care.  It wasn't coming out of THEIR pocket.  I guess that's one of the things that made me start the company I own now, where we design, build, and RENT stage props, set pieces, and special effects, primarily for community theatres and schools.