Hee!

I'm perusing All That Chat right now and came across an hilarious thread, started by a guy who attended a production of Brigadoon rercently. He was venting because the director changed the ending so that Meg also woke up, and Jeff went back with Tommie. Someone responded "talk about rendering the play meaningless." Other posters started responding with similar director-hijackings and many were quite funny but the best was this:

I once saw a production of FOLLIES where, at the end, the theater suddenly got "landmark" status and everyone cheered.

Happy end!

The curtain came down as the cast reprised "I'm Still Here."

True story.

My jaw was on the ground as the house lights came up.

Man, that's just so perfectly awful!

Production Thoughts

This weekend I was adding a bunch of new notes to my production log. I've been keeping a log ever since we started rehearsals--I've been writing down things like how many Equity actors are at each rehearsal (so I can reimburse them properly), how much rehearsal space has cost (I've been keeping diligent receipts as well), etc. This weekend, since we actually started performances, I added some new notes, like what exactly we did to prepare the space (how many balloons), what I should write on the postcards/publicity notices (need to tell people "bring a chair/blanket/picnic basket"), how many people were at each performance, unusual challenges/interesting things (like the music, the Weedwhacker), what to bring for the actors. I also wrote down "get easel sign with Midsummer notice to set by entrance"--I'd originally meant that for the next show, but thinking about Duncan's recent posting, I could do it this week. (Although I will say re: Susan--I'm not sure how much clearer our map could be! The one discrepancy is the name of the cafe--the online map says Mineral Springs but the actual cafe's signs say Sheep's Meadow Cafe. Le sigh.) But he's right about walk-ins--anyone walking by might well be interested in seeing some free Shakespeare. This is the problem with producing--I enjoy the challenges but inevitably I will miss something like this.

So can anyone suggest where I could get an easel (not too big--maybe waist high or so)? I have NO idea--maybe an art supply store?