Anywho, we are currently finishing up a 4 day sit down in Lansing, Michigan. Yes.... 4 days!!!! What a friggin' luxury! We've been able to call the Wharton Center at Michigan State University our home for the last 3 days. We got to leave the set up for so many days!
At this theatre, we got to perform on our very first thrust stage, which has made things super interesting... For one thing, since the audience can see us from the side instead of just from the front, we've had to keep acting even when we went behind things. When I've had to go behind the fence to hide the froggie in my pockets, I've had to give the side audience the 'shhh, don't tell anybody' face so they wouldn't scream "He's putting the froggie in his pockets" to the rest of the house.
Also, the sister and significantly larger theatre in the same complex was housing the touring production of the "The Lion King." Backstage, we got to walk past Hyena puppets and heard 'Circle of Life' pumping in over the monitors. We joked about joining the opening animal procession as our 'Max and Ruby' animal characters. Picture us following the giant Julie Taymor elephant in our Bunny Scout, Cowboy Lobster, and Alien Green Gorilla outfits. We would have fit in perfectly!
So, the little Simbas and Nalas and crew members caught our show, so in exchange they snuck us into the show between our two shows today. And it was so much fun! When the giant elephant skeleton set piece spun, I turned to Lauren and said "It's like our spinning house!" I have to say, that stampede scene never ceases to dumbfound me. Right when their intermission started, we had to head back to prep for our show, but on the way we met up with little Simba and little Nala, and chatted with them about both our shows and exchanged compliments. Man, I want to be in Lion King!
Anyway, we are off to Wisconsin tomorrow!
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