Complete the eccentric theater director's speech to the cast.

If the lead actor insists on wearing a giant chicken suit in the tragic finale, then so be it! We shall embrace the absurdity, as it were, and transform it into a modern masterpiece. We don't have the budget to rewrite the script, so suffice it to say, the chicken stays.

If the lead actor insists on wearing a giant chicken suit in the tragic finale, then so be it!

"So be it" uses the present subjunctive to express acceptance of a situation, even if it is not ideal.

We shall embrace the absurdity, as it were, and transform it into a modern masterpiece.

"As it were" uses the past subjunctive. It is a fixed expression meaning "in a way" or "so to speak," used to make a description sound less literal or definite.

We don't have the budget to rewrite the script, so suffice it to say, the chicken stays.

"Suffice it to say" is a fixed subjunctive idiom meaning "it is enough to say." The indicative form "suffices" is incorrect here.