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...more subtle show played out when one night the cast was given a new subtext for each of their characters. For example, Juno’s subtext was that her doctor had just informed her baby was actually a stillborn...
...amount of focus actually goes up on those nights,” says Compton. “The number one rule is that you can’t change the show. So when these little things change you have to figure out how to get it back...
...Another diversion is the “Ring Game,” which is similar to “Hot Potato.” Basically, someone starts off holding a small iron ring on stage at the beginning of the show. The ring then gets passed around from one character to the next without letting the audiences see. Whoever finishes the act with the ring loses, and the penalties for losing are acted out during the next show...
...played the game twice. You don’t want to end up with it,” says Ryan P. Halprin ’12, or Madge Madeinheaven, who after losing the game one night, had to do as many cartwheels as he had lines in the show. He did thirty-five cartwheels...
...Twenty minutes before one show was set to start, Lucy W. Baird ’10, who is in charge of tour sales, entered the dressing room and announced, “The band is drunk.” Nobody was surprised...