One more weekend left, that means two shows. Truly sad. But, you have to love live theatre. This past weekend we had a number of mishaps. It started Friday night when I went to put on my first costume and the zipper fell apart. Awesome! The amazing Judy Naz and Margaret Dwyer sewed me in to my costume just as places were being called. Judy took the vintage dress home to see if she could fix it and wouldn't you know? She had the exact same zipper at home! I mean literally, the exact same zipper, from 1975. The price was ninety cents. Crazy pants.
We were kept "on our toes" the rest of the weekend, with sound cues. Our high tech sound system seems to be getting a little sticky. Bells didn't go off when they should and phones didn't stop ringing when they were picked up. These follies were not caused by the fabulous Lane Allison, stage manager. (Our sound system is from the early nineties. But we are lucky to have it, so I can't complain.)
That is what is great about live theatre, you never know what's going to happen! I will leave you with a quote from August's eleven year old nephew and doppelganger, who saw the show on Saturday night, "It was better than T.V.!"
Damn straight.
Brilliant! I bet my mom would have had that same zipper, as well. I hope your audience had some fun with those sounds cues, even if your amazing stage manager was working to exorcise the ghost in the machine!
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