Can't stop laughing!

So, last night was our first cue-to-cue rehearsal. For those of you not in the theatre, that means we run the show, concentrating on getting light and sound cues correct...meaning this is not a rehearsal for the actors, but for the tech and designers.

You will be happy to know that we've had a habit of cracking ourselves up in rehearsals, and then on top of it we were getting a bit squirrley, as actors often do in tech rehearsals. (the "look at me! Look at me!" syndrome). Our director, the fearsome Gianni Bosco, finally laid down the law and told us that he would charge us for each time we laughed on stage....which of course made everyone try even harder to be funny and crack up the rest of the cast. Needless to say, this rehearsal technic was only effective as a way to raise $$ for Piccolo Theatre, NOT to keep us from laughing! It actually only got worse.

We add costumes tonight! Ready to look hot everyone???

1st Rehearsal on a Gorgeous Stage

We came up the theatre stairs yesterday and walked through the back-stage door to find ourselves on one heck of a lovely stage. Those of you who haven't been to a platformed Piccolo show before won't know this, but we have had some difficulties finding the right sound dampening capabilities for our space. This is nothing against the crews we've had before...let's face it we have a stone floor and a wooden platform. Resonance is our middle name.

This crew, however, put their good ole noggin's together and came up with a beauty of a solution. The stage is quiet and clean. It's a treat to perform on. Really. I love carpet padding!

So yesterday we tried our hands at rehearsing on it and aside from a scary spill that Kitty made (she's just fine, folks) and a few tricks that were pulled for the resulting safety concern, it went very well. Now, some of you are going to read this and think that we're going to change the show because of this, but let me just add the little caveat that until last night when Moxie and Zeke painted it, this was a bare massonite floor. The paint they've painstakingly applied will add some much desired grip. We'll be better than fine. We'll be PERFECT!

Thank you Moxie. Thank you Zeke. You're awesome!