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Post: 40562417_1 created on Mon May 26, 2008 1:56 amPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:56 am
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I've had a few "OMG" moments on/back stage mostly drama caused by people and people not doing what they are supposed to.

the most recent was during a play i was in; "School for Scandal" I played a maid and so I wasn't in a whole lot of scenes. I was waiting back stage while the stage crew did the change anyway when they were done and the lights went up but they had forgotten to put a drink set out and what made it worse was one of the stage crew people (who as flaky to begin with) ACTUALLY tired to take it out onto the stage while the lights were up and the actors were doing their lines!!! I stopped him and took the drink out myself because duh that makes a lot more sense than a stage crew dude.

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Post: 40562417_2 created on Mon May 26, 2008 7:12 amPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:12 am
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Hahah... I have one. rofl

I was playing Mother Goose in a play called.. well, Mother Goosed. It was the final scene, and we were at the part where the other actor was supposed to say "Most eligible bachelor in the shoe?!", and instead he steps onto the thrust (part of the stage that juts out, I actually built it earlier this year for our production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), strips his shirt, and says "Sexist man ALIVE in the shoe!?"

Oh my god, I don't think I ever had that much difficulty staying in-character.
     

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Post: 40562417_3 created on Mon May 26, 2008 10:17 pmPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:17 pm
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Hahah... I have one. rofl

I was playing Mother Goose in a play called.. well, Mother Goosed. It was the final scene, and we were at the part where the other actor was supposed to say "Most eligible bachelor in the shoe?!", and instead he steps onto the thrust (part of the stage that juts out, I actually built it earlier this year for our production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), strips his shirt, and says "Sexist man ALIVE in the shoe!?"

Oh my god, I don't think I ever had that much difficulty staying in-character.


haha that sounds hilarious!!
 
     
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Post: 40562417_4 created on Wed May 28, 2008 2:30 amPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:30 am
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here's another one it was while i was doing 'Children of Eden'....

so we were sitting on stage after 'Generations' when the girl beside me starts to (quitely) freak out and scooches off stage...turns out she had cut her toe and was bleeding so she needed a bandaid. Well this girl had a solo during Place (or is it Piece...i forget sweatdrop ) of Eight which was NEXT so we get into the formation and i'm thinking 'what are the chances of everyone just singing her part for her like we are supposed to...?' luckily she was back on in time for her solo. Oh but before that like the first performance we did God is supposed to destroy the tree of knowledge and there is this big bang of lightning that cues us to duck and cover well when the guy playing god makes the hand gesture to cue the lightning...nothing....so he does it again and everyone just ducks anyway. sweatdrop
     
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Post: 40562417_5 created on Wed May 28, 2008 10:39 amPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:39 am
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This was just an improv thing in class, but after I was done I went so red its not damn funny:
We were doing an improv excercise, and my teacher gave me the scene "Decorating a Christmas Tree" so, of course, I started looking for decorations, opened an imaginary box and screamed "AHHHHHH ITS PINK!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs, I had found pink tinsel, so I went on screaming like "AHHHHH PINK???? WHY IS THE TINSEL PINK!?!?!?!" for awhile, then changed to things like "OMG! EW BURN IT!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE THE MATCHES AHHHH?!?!?!"
it was just so redface lol
And Im still reminded about it even though it was two years ago haha
 
     
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Post: 40562417_6 created on Thu May 29, 2008 1:21 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 1:21 am
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There are 2 big ones.

I was on stage in the middle of an important, dramatic scene when 1 guy leaned up against the set and it fell on us! We had to hold it up for the rest of the scene!
     
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Post: 40562417_7 created on Thu May 29, 2008 1:23 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 1:23 am
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Another one is when I was supposed to unsheith my sword and thrust my hand out toward the audience. I unsheithed it and when I thrust my hand, I threw the sword! It hit someone too!
 
     
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Post: 40562417_8 created on Thu May 29, 2008 1:34 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 1:34 am
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Theres a whole in the world like a great black pit that is filled with people who are filled with s**t and the vermin of the world inhabit it...

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for but I definately have a funny story from this year.

So on my 17th birthday we had rehearsal for Music Man. I was playing Mrs. Squires [[one of the main Pickalittle ladies]] and if you know the show you would know the scene "Its You". Well at the beginning of the scene i had to walk over to my 'husband'. The quartet member next to us had keeled too early and i hadn't realized it. So I walked over and tripped over his leg and just about fell off the stage. It was incredibly hilarious to see. It took us all like 5 minutes to control our laughter. I think the funniest part about it was that it was my birthday though.

...But not for long....
     
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Post: 40562417_9 created on Thu May 29, 2008 2:19 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:19 am
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My friend was in Fiddler on the roof as uhh... the oldest daughter begins with a T. It was the very last scene where they leave or something. She had to pull this, like, huge shopping cart across the stage. She got to the line "Goodbye papa we may never see each other again" or something like that cause she never actually got to say it. She started the line and took one too many steps back. She fell off the stage and the gianormous house cart crashed on top of her.

Also. The taming of the shrew. She threatens him with a stool. Byaccidentally... the stood slipped out of her hand and flew into the audience. She hurt some audience member who almost sued or something. Bad stuff.
 
     
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Post: 40562417_10 created on Thu May 29, 2008 2:34 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:34 am
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"I Forgot To Breathe"
My friend was in Fiddler on the roof as uhh... the oldest daughter begins with a T. It was the very last scene where they leave or something. She had to pull this, like, huge shopping cart across the stage. She got to the line "Goodbye papa we may never see each other again" or something like that cause she never actually got to say it. She started the line and took one too many steps back. She fell off the stage and the gianormous house cart crashed on top of her.

Also. The taming of the shrew. She threatens him with a stool. Byaccidentally... the stood slipped out of her hand and flew into the audience. She hurt some audience member who almost sued or something. Bad stuff.

Theres a whole in the world like a great black pit that is filled with people who are filled with s**t and the vermin of the world inhabit it...


the characters name is Tzietel. i was Grandma Tzietel in that show. and she really should keep away from the edge of the stage...

...But not for long....
     
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Post: 40562417_11 created on Thu May 29, 2008 4:08 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:08 am
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Hah. Right. Thanks.

PFFT. Yeah. REALLY.
It was cutting it too close to the edge to begin with though.
It was hilarious though.
 
     
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Post: 40562417_12 created on Thu May 29, 2008 4:33 amPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:33 am
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this is more funny/ironic than anything; so our director is giving us notes after our last rehearsal for Les Mis, he's standing in the pit where some of the poor come out, he's telling the girl playing Fantine 'You're movement is good but if you have to stumble-" and just as he says stumbles he trips! Which of course breaks the cast into laughter although it's one of those had to be there moments.
     
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Post: 40562417_13 created on Thu May 29, 2008 9:49 pmPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:49 pm
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I also had another when we were in rehursal and I was supposed to jump onto a taped area off of the stage. By accident I jumped a little to far. I'm glad this was just a rehursal, or I would have landed on a strangers lap!
 
     
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Post: 40562417_14 created on Fri May 30, 2008 3:08 amPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 3:08 am
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during a performance of Les Mis it's the scene where Val Jean let's Javert go after he is found out by the students, after Javert exists Val Jean shoots a gun to make it seem like he killed Javert only instead of a gun shot the audience got to hear a trumpet flair (you know like in the beginning before Engerous says FIRE!!) gonk
     
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Post: 40562417_15 created on Sat May 31, 2008 2:43 amPosted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:43 am
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During All the World's a Stage, I played Portia from the Merchant of Venice and performed the "crossdressin" scene. The whole thing was, I had to go behind a screen and change into boy's clothes.
First dress rehersal, I said my monolouge, went behind the screen, stripped down to my underwear--and the teacher screamed, drawing even more attention to the fact that I wasn't wearing pants--and then put my guy pants on.


I was supposed to have my boy clothes on underneath my skirt.


...But hey, that's what dress rehersals are for.
 
     
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