Oklahoman
From wind gusts blowing around set pieces to ducks wandering onto the stage to the choreographer keeping actors out of the moat around the stage, Ashley Wells is embracing the shenanigans sometimes involved in creating outdoor theater. Yes, there s an actual moat, which is a good thing for our COVID world that we re in right now, because we don t have to worry about how close we are to the audience. . But it really does require us to think about the choreography and the blocking, said Wells, Lyric Theatre s associate artistic director. Luckily, this show is great in that we re breaking the fourth wall all the time anyway and speaking to the audience. So, if we need to talk to a duck to get it off the stage, it s totally fine. We can do that.