Comments on: The Injured List: Fringe Casualties http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/19/the-injured-list-fringe-casualties/ Blogging the Capital Fringe Festival 2011 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:31:07 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Denison http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/19/the-injured-list-fringe-casualties/comment-page-1/#comment-24393 Denison Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/?p=1236#comment-24393 Maybe by year five, the organizers will have some of these more crappy venues in better shape to actually host a show in. Seeing casts and patrons, alike, struggle through performances isn't my idea of a good night at the theatre, albeit fringe or other theater. Was I misinformed or are these pesky buttons supposed to be revenue items to help with the festival's building fund, as it were? Maybe by year five, the organizers will have some of these more crappy venues in better shape to actually host a show in. Seeing casts and patrons, alike, struggle through performances isn’t my idea of a good night at the theatre, albeit fringe or other theater. Was I misinformed or are these pesky buttons supposed to be revenue items to help with the festival’s building fund, as it were?

]]> By: Sheffy Gordon http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/19/the-injured-list-fringe-casualties/comment-page-1/#comment-24358 Sheffy Gordon Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:16:03 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/?p=1236#comment-24358 I saw an ambulance rescuing a (74-yr old?) actress who apparently fainted during 4:48 Psychosis last Wednesday. I wasn't at the show, but apparently a fellow actor recognized she was having difficulties with her lines and casually went over to her, catching her mid-faint. Maybe having the actors stand up on chairs for a whole hour isn't such a hot idea in this heat... I saw an ambulance rescuing a (74-yr old?) actress who apparently fainted during 4:48 Psychosis last Wednesday. I wasn’t at the show, but apparently a fellow actor recognized she was having difficulties with her lines and casually went over to her, catching her mid-faint. Maybe having the actors stand up on chairs for a whole hour isn’t such a hot idea in this heat…

]]> By: John Morogiello http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/19/the-injured-list-fringe-casualties/comment-page-1/#comment-24357 John Morogiello Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:14:54 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/?p=1236#comment-24357 During a performance of Irish Author Held Hostage, our stage manager adjusted her chair. It went beyond the one inch lip of the risers upon which it was situated and she plummeted five feet backwards to the ground. She's alive, thank God, with nothing broken, but the bruise was visible on the X-ray. Being in The Bodega, and being sold out for a number of performances, we also had heat issues. On opening night, I sweat into my hearing aid, shorting it out. I was compelled to perform the rest of the show deaf. We also had two audience members leave b/c the heat nearly made them vomit. But other than that, it has been a dream! During a performance of Irish Author Held Hostage, our stage manager adjusted her chair. It went beyond the one inch lip of the risers upon which it was situated and she plummeted five feet backwards to the ground. She’s alive, thank God, with nothing broken, but the bruise was visible on the X-ray.

Being in The Bodega, and being sold out for a number of performances, we also had heat issues. On opening night, I sweat into my hearing aid, shorting it out. I was compelled to perform the rest of the show deaf. We also had two audience members leave b/c the heat nearly made them vomit. But other than that, it has been a dream!

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