Theatre Brown County readies for performances; Kurt Vonnegut Requiem now available
Kurt Vonnegut Requiem now available
Connie Shakalis
Special to the Herald-Times
Actors get paid for consistency, and when they re stifling an unscheduled guffaw, they re suffering.
As Maria in The Sound of Music, in Ohio, I turned, with my guitar, to run back to the abbey for dinner ( She s always late for everything except for every meal ). Splam. Onto my face, with head mic, of course, I went. Boom. And worse, trying not to nervous-laugh into the mic.
In Florida, as Nellie in South Pacific, I sobbed as I hugged Emile de Becque s tiny daughter and carried her stage left, all the while unbeknownst to me dragging a palm tree that had tangled in her hair.