This director will not put cats on stage. Dogs, maybe. Cats, no. Cats Do Not Listen. They are worse (and more needy) than actors. Plus, they tend to talk back if you give them notes.
BWAH! So I guess you won't be considering Diary of Anne Frank?
Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?
'Why We Fight'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gadget_Girl - Oct 07, 2008 3:58:25 pm PDT #3112 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Jesse - Oct 07, 2008 4:00:23 pm PDT #3113 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Mr. Kitty might work, but they are getting 2 cats off of Craiglist if they get no volunteers, they need them by Friday, and I think that no one is really planning to do anything with the cats in between except, like, put them in the props cabinet!
HMOG.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2008 4:00:54 pm PDT #3114 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Drop everything and watch A-Ha's "Take on Me" music video repurposed with new lyrics:
That was brilliant.
"Band montage!"
"Somebody's gonna get an ass full of pipe wrench!"
Gadget_Girl - Oct 07, 2008 4:01:07 pm PDT #3115 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
(yeah, the "humorless" tag just won't close on this particular subject...)
I'm with you on this one, amych. Any show I've ever worked that had animals in it had the animals "donated" by someone in the show or by someone closely related to the show.
sarameg - Oct 07, 2008 4:02:45 pm PDT #3116 of 10001
I really was hoping they weren't going to be that stupid.
I do not want to watch the debates. I do not want to watch the debates.I do not want to watch the debates.I do not want to watch the debates.I do not want to watch the debates.
WHY ARE THEY ON.
OK, turning it off. Maybe. Sorta.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 07, 2008 4:02:51 pm PDT #3117 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
PLEASE tell me that before they decided on this Craigslist wackiness, they made plans to take care of the cats for the next 15 or 20 YEARS? Or I'm'a have to come up there and break some heads....
It is crazy! They have tried for 4 weeks to get shelters to "donate" cats that we could have an adoption event in the lobby, but they are understandably concerned that we wouldn't be taking care of the cats. Today they asked for my cat, but I said no... I ride the bus, I am not leaving her there and I can barely get her to sit in my lap. Also, she meows a lot, hates other cats, and there is a live rock band on stage, which I think would terrify her.
The props person doesn't want to do it, but the director and artistic director are insistent to the point where she can either quit or get the cats. I'm pretty sure that she is hoping that someone from the theatre donates a cat so she doesn't have to go the Craiglist route. I wrote a really long email against it-- I have a feeling I might end up with 2 more cats, though...
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2008 4:04:07 pm PDT #3118 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Remember the 1988 election "commercials" that SNL did, with Bush and Dukakis? "Bush: He's Taller."
Well, Obama is HUGE. He *has* to win.
Also, he looks literally half McCain's age.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 07, 2008 4:04:08 pm PDT #3119 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also, I worked on The Diary of Anne Frank, and the young man playing Peter brought his own cat. And it was still sort of a disaster (she just walked off atge one night not to be found for several hours.)
sarameg - Oct 07, 2008 4:05:53 pm PDT #3120 of 10001
Sophia, I think it would well be within reason to contact anyone they contact with a DON'T FUCKING DO IT. Or hell, post something to Craigslist against their postings. And if you can't do it anonymously, get someone unrelated to the theater (here) to do so. It's the height of irresponsibility.
quester - Oct 07, 2008 4:07:48 pm PDT #3121 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
When I was in undergraduate school, we did a production of Oliver! that not only included Bill Syke's dog, but we had to put rats on the poorhouse set and make real porrige for the kids.
We got white lab rats from the science department and dyed them brown with hair dye. the we had to make little rat sweaters on them and then tether them in place with heavy black thread leashes. The we cleaned up the rat poop and put them back in their cages.
the kids, of course were scared of them. the also, didn't want to eat thier porrige until I started putting m&m's in them.
good times.