The Show Must Go On!

This weekend I am heading into my last weekend of a show I am in called "The Seven Year Itch" at the Maverick Theater in Fullerton, CA.

I was very happy to be cast in this show. It's a really funny show and we have a really great group of people in the cast!

There have been a couple of mishaps though, as with anything, it hasn't been a perfectly smooth run.

For example, on our opening night one of the guys in our show cracked his head on a low ceiling near some stairs. We heard him bump his head but we thought he had just bumped his head. We were concerned, but not overly so. Or rather, most of us were not concerned. His fiancee who is also in the show was VERY concerned. He kept assuring us he was fine but would not turn around to face us and kept his hand over his head. His fiancee grabbed him and insisted he show her his face and then gasped loudly in shock. He turned around and there was blood just dripping down his face! It was really scary and we were all concerned about him! This was mere minutes from when he had to appear on stage. So, he and his fiancee rushed into the bathroom to wash off the blood from his face and hair. Someone called over the director and producer and they also helped to get him cleaned up. There was talk of him needing stitches, because it was a rather nasty gash on his head. In the meantime, there was a show going on. So, they managed to mostly stop the bleeding and then he put on a hat and headed onstage. Talk about a trooper! Who says actors are all wimps! Most stage actors are pretty tough! The show must go on!

So, he went on and did just fine and by his next scene he was able to go on sans hat. He ended up not needing stitches and he healed just fine, but man.... what a scary sight to see someone with blood dripping down their face!

That whole opening night was a comedy of errors and yet, we pulled off the show pretty well I think! Not bad at all considering that we had never done a full and complete run through of the show before that night! ;-)

Since then, in the 6 weeks we've been running we've had some good and some rough shows but mostly good and nobody else has had any serious injuries. But, I do have some hilarious stories from this show! I was talking about some of the stuff that goes on back stage with a writer last night and he was grabbing lines and writing them down for future use as I was talking! There are some funny people in my show!And all of our reviews have been very favorable. Especially towards us actors. And that is quite a nice feeling indeed!

For me, I am just glad that I got to be a part of a show and on stage again. I hadn't auditioned for a show in about 8 years when I auditioned for this one and I wasn't thinking I would be cast. It was a really exciting great feeling to be able to do what I love again. To get on stage and act! I can't wait to do more shows!