Illuminate is running Annie tonight, we enjoyed the performance last night. I thought the clear facemasks were clever, and with the mikes on the kids, hearing them was no trouble.
They are still using the ventriloquist’s dummy that I repaired when Matthew was in that play 9 years ago. When I saw it, I remembered what happened on the Halloween that I was hurrying to fix that prop.
I had to completely take the head off in order to re-rig the strings that control the mouth from the back. I had it in my hand when the doorbell rang, and as I had two doors to open to get to the porch, I grabbed the bowl and left the project dangling as I ran. When I got to the door (with a dummy’s head drooping over the bowl) the kids backed away from my candy and ran back down my front steps! Without any candy!
Oops.
I haven’t thought of that in years.
See? good things come from local theater. Go see Annie if you live near me, it’s charming.
So funny!