BLOOD LUST

A lot has happened since my last post. This is because I have basically lived at the CTAC, and haven't had time to blahg. Why am I doing this again? Is anyone even reading my incessant ramblings? Oh well. If the answer to that is NO, then at least I'm getting shit off of my chest in a non-destructive manner.

The last few days have been hectic. And by hectic, I mean 'surgically remove my eyelids with a straight edged knife to keep me awake' hectic.
Started out with a giant miscommunication regarding the giant Necronomicon that needed to be built, and subsequently projected. Yes, there's a huge Necronomicon on stage, that opens on it's own, and then the writing in blood is projected on to the pages. It was originally designed to be on a remote controlled wheelchair base, and wheel itself offstage. However, after it was built, and seeing that, considering that it's HUGE and the splatterzone is right there in it's pathway, we nixed the remote controlled idea. It worked, it ran, but the worry about it smacking audience members in the face, and taking out a couple of legs was too much of a risk. Although, they ARE paying extra for the interaction.... We said SPLATTERZONE... your own blood should be sufficient, don't ya think?

So yesterday was certainly my 'Directorial Mental Exhaustion Day'.
It was Night Of The Living Dead... only she was directing a show. Bear in mind, that the majority of nights this week I have been at the theatre until at least midnight. Then it's up early for my 'paying job' (where I do nothing but think of Evil Dead, much to my employers' dismay), and back to the theatre. Last night..... ooohhh... I don't believe I have ever been that exhausted in my life.

When the majority of the cast and crew ask you what's wrong and give you a hug when you haven't said a word, it's a bad sign: Fact.


But, we plowed forth with our first dress rehearsal, and aside from me feeling like Tommy Chong at 4:20, it was AWESOME. We did the rehearsal using water, to see where the sprayers would hit. Water is insufficient.

BRING ON THE BLOOD!
After a glorious 6 hour sleep before meeting the construction crew at the theatre for breakfast, we got to work for tonight's dress rehearsal. There are SO MANY little things that take up a lot of time, yet are SO small, but important to my vision of the show. But, we got them done, got all of the movable parts up on the cabin walls, and prepared the SplatterZone for the ultimate in grueling terror! Which essentially means, turning the CTAC into a condom.

Thanks to our props lady who's family runs a greenhouse, we had huge rolls of black poly donated to us, which cover the floor.
Chairs dressed in industrial sized garbage bags.... squirt bottles prepared, sprayers ready, and blood mixed.
We flung blood. And it was great.

The best part is this corn-syrupy detergent smell that catches your nostrils when you get down there. It smells like a few hours of happytime. And that's what it was.

And really, my major note from tonight?

MORE BLOOD.

I LOVE THIS SHOW.