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Director's Blog
05/21/2010 - Posted by Freddie Ashley
We are now in previews for Slasher, which is about as much fun as you can have in a theatre I think. We had our first preview performance last night and it's hard to believe we're already here! It feels like yesterday that we started rehearsals.
I took the liberty of posting a photo taken during rehearsal recently by our stage manager, Alicia Quirk. In the photo, cast member Elizabeth Neidel is seen being fitted for one of her costumes that features a giant meat hook poking through her.
When you do a show like Slasher, it's pretty amazing the technical issues that come up. Like, well, how do you have an actress sing "Love Shack" while impaled by a meat hook? We're also contending with a lot of fake blood, which is a mix of tempra paint, water and...ahem...horse lubricant. Yes, you read that correctly. The day AE's production manager Jon Nooner placed the order for several gallons of horse lubricant stands as one of the most surreal and funny days at the Express since I've worked here.
There was also the arrival of the scooter that figures prominently into the action of the play. Click HERE to see pictures on our Facebook page of some of us testing it out when it arrived at the theatre.
Scooters, meat hooks and horse lubricant. Honestly, my job never gets boring!
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Actor's Express
Theatre Company
887 W. Marietta St. Suite J-107, Atlanta, GA 30318
Box Office: 404.607.SHOW(7469)
Phone: 404.875.1606
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