Theatre is Like Life...

...even with its imperfections.

The show closed this evening, and I would like to reflect the humerous mistakes that occurred in this show...

1) One night, as Lonnie sat down, his zipper popped.

2) A random screw was left onstage. I didn't see it. I kicked it and it flew downstage and rolled, loudly.

3) There is a nail on the side of one of the flats/walls. Yesterday, my nightgown got caught in it as I was walking onstage. I nearly took down the wall AND lost my clothing.

4) In the dark, Renata bumped into a coffee table and the coffee went flying, soaking the floor.

5) I didn't hear the "places" being called. I missed my first entrance tonight because I was in the bathroom. There was, apparently, quite a long pause.

6) Sometimes, we completely miss a page and confuse the hell out of ourselves.

7) Sometimes it's our turn to say a line and we have no idea that is it because we get brain farts while onstage. A pause usually follows.

8) Sometimes our stage manager changes up our drinks without telling us. Once I sipped from a coffee cup expecting water. It was tea. Not that it was bad, but it was a shock.

9) Sometimes bodily sounds accidentally occur.

10) Sometimes we abuse ourselves. Case in point: I was waving a ladle around onstage and got carried away. The ladle ended up smacking me on the face, resulting in a swollen cheekbone. Ouch.

11) I was supposed to throw a pot of soup upstage onto another character. Somehow, the soup landed downstage and even hit an audience member. Oops.

Hmm. A lot of these mistakes happened with me. I guess I'm accident prone.

Tomorrow's blog: things that happen backstage that the audience is unaware of!

Cheers!