From a Distance...

So here's my latest question...

Many of us are lucky enough to work in a resident capacity- with more or less the same people, in residence at the producing company, familiar surroundings as far as resources go.

But what happens when we are faced with a non-traditionally structured production process away from home?

Has anyone experienced this? The "you have to be in rehearsal to participate/know what's going on" situation when you live three hours away? It is already trying to be in this situation when the design/production/tech schedule is traditional in that people tend to have an "out of sight, out of loop" tendency (particularly for costume designers... hmmm), but what happens when they can't pay you to be present, or you can't due to other committments?

And don't say quit the job or don't take these... assume someone is irrevocably stuck...