WP tech day 3 or 4

Bright sunny day, most beautiful weather we've had in weeks! and we're locked in the theatre for hours on end. Luckily, the fog and haze set off the fire alarm and we got to spend some unexpected time outside. We all acted like 4th graders....we filed out of the building in a line, then some of sat on the grass and ate fruity cheerios, while some did acrobatics (and some shouldn't have) and some played telephone. (the theatrical fog is obviously doing something to our brains). Ha.
We finished teching the show w/o costumes, sort of, before dinner. Took dinner and came back to finish in costume. Everyone looks fantastic! It's amazing the step the show and the characters take when the costumes enter the equation. Frances has done an amazing job. Looking forward to running the show and not hanging out in the haze. It's very drying. But the visual effect is cool. Teching a show is when we figure out how all the elements come together. Sound, lighting, costumes, set changes, props etc. It's often the first time an actor has a chance to play with a prop or set piece. It's fine to find your spike mark in the light (spike mark is a mark on the floor with tape, so that you know where to place an object. Often different colored tape is used to denote different placement of the same object from scene to scene). But try to find it in the dark! That's why we use glow tape. (that's pretty much exactly what it sounds like, tape that glows). You find things out about your costume or your wig. Like will it stay on when I'm turned upside down (not me of course-A. using my own hair and B. don't get flipped upside down!). Jeremy had trouble bending in his pants (lol). Quick changes get figured out. (quick change is when your costume changes very quickly (ah) often you only have seconds to make a complete change. In Souvenir, my fastest change (complete costume-jewels, gloves etc) was done in 32 seconds! I had help) It will all get sorted out. The end of the show has something for everyone, girls in their underwear, boys in their underwear, big belty voices!
Another lovely day, another day of tech in the theatre. maybe there'll be another fire alarm!-xx Li