Dear Brutus Wrap-Up
The play is over! Thursday was the pickup rehearsal, with performances Friday night and last night. We struck the set last night, so Friday night we had the cast party at my house.
Last Sunday was the matinee performance, and I took my camera in because after the show we did show shots, where we basically go through all the scenes in costume and do the blocking so they can take pictures for the theater group's website.
I took this one backstage before the performance, with all the girls getting their stage makeup on.
Sure this is community theater, but who says we don't get paid for it? Donuts and coffee kept us going... though of course one of the other actors had to buy it and bring it in.
Michelle is the wife of one of the actors, and as such she got roped into being a stage hand. Her son Talon is here signing posters with her. Each actor, stage hand, and tech got a poster, and as a result each of us had to go through and sign each one, which takes a while.
And here are the show shots. Of course, I didn't get any of the scenes with me in it, but Strix was there and took shots of all of them with a nicer camera than what I have. You can see her shots on her Flickr page.
From Act 1:
I didn't get many shots of Act 2, mostly because I was in most of it, but also because the stage lighting was much darker and most of my shots came out blurry.
Act 3:
A shot of the set with no actors on it, with Act II lighting. Act I and Act III take place entirely in the house, on the left side of the stage (stage right), which was set up on a giant rotating platform built just for this play. In Act II, the house is rotated around as you see it here, and all the action takes place on the right side of the stage (stage left) where the tree and rocks are.
The moon played a large part in my Act II scenes, so they projected it up on the wall off stage right. Of course, it has a fire alarm right in the middle of it. Pretend it's a Lunar colony, okay?
Joey, in the red dress, between show shots. She was playing my character's wife, and here was dressed up for Act III, with a leaf still stuck in her hair. Lisa, right, was the show's director, and she's telling us who's up next.
Strix, taking a picture in the dark.
Lisa, making herself at home.
The only decent shot I got of the after party Friday night. I took this from the loft while my friends played 80's trivia.
So that's all for now, and I'm caught up. Until next time.
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