Oh the things that happen when you work with canines and kids. During the afternoon show one of the kids decided to watch a scene from off stage (cause he is understudying Dodger) and the dog noticed him or smelled him or something. But the dog decided it was play time. He was at that point tied to the table, and he began dragging the table toward the poor kid (who realized he had distracted the dog, tried to hide, and made it worse haha). He knocked over on of the chairs, which then got everyone's attention and the scene came to a screeching halt. The actors did a great job staying in character and trying to save the scene, but since the dog is deaf (yeah, he is...not sure I've mentioned that before) yelling at him won't stop him! So he yelled, because the character would clearly yell at his dog) but he had to go over and get in front of the dog so the dog could see his hand signals (yup, the dog responds to hang signals, it's amazing) When he signaled for the dog to sit, and he sat, the audience was amazed and applauded. The audience thoroughly enjoyed this, and the actors couldn't help but smile as that is the pleasure of live theatre (especially when you are working with a dog AND 40 children!)
We have decorated our dressing room to the high hills. There are lights galore (icicles and regular), garland, wreaths, bulbs, and Hug-letoe (ok, it's mistletoe, but have I mentioned the 40 kids? Everyone has cooties, and I guess hugs are acceptable, so it's hug-letoe. hahahahaha) The dressing room looks AWESOME. And it's fun to decorate!
5 show weekend. 9 show week. EEEEEK/Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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