Topic: Spamalot

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-09 09:23 EST
Cast

King Arthur - Eregor The Lady of the Lake - Katherine Hernandez Lancelot/2nd Sentry/The French Taunter/Knight of Ni/Tim the Enchanter - Yasmin Robin/1st Sentry/Brother Maynard/2nd Guard - Max Yako Galahad/King of Swamp Castle/Black Knight - Brendryck Alexander Stormgaard Patsy/Mayor of Finland/1st Guard - Arandir Bedevere/Mrs. Galahad/Concorde - Garry Poole The Historian/Prince Herbert/Not Dead Fred/Lead Minstrel/The French Taunter's Best Friend - Hector Brady

Understudies - Renee Russell,Amos Maxwell

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-09 09:24 EST
Synopsis

Act 1

A historian gives a brief overview of medieval England. In a miscommunication between the actors and the narrator, a Scandinavian village appears, with Finnish villagers along with the Mayor of the country on his fort singing the "Fisch Schlapping Song." Ten men grab tiny fish and lightly slap the women in the face with them. After a couple of slaps, the women pull out much larger fish and slap the men in return with great force, making the men fall flat on the floor. The villagers continue to sing and dance. Then, two women slap the mayor hard in the face with enormous fish, both having huge smiles on their faces while slapping him. Because both women slapped him at the same time with so much force, the mayor falls flat on the floor, then leaves the stage. His fort is then taken over by one of the women who slapped him. The villagers continue to sing and dance. The Historian returns, irritated, and tells the frolicking Finns that he was talking about England, not Finland. The scene immediately goes to a dreary, dark village with penitent monks in hooded robes chanting Latin. King Arthur travels the land with his servant Patsy, who follows him around banging two coconut shells together to make the sound of a horse's hooves as Arthur "rides" before him, trying to recruit Knights of the Round Table to join him in Camelot. He encounters a pair of sentries who are more interested in debating whether two swallows could successfully carry a coconut than in listening to the king.

Sir Robin, a collector of plague victims, and Lancelot, a large, handsome and incredibly violent man, meet as Lancelot attempts to dispose of the sickly Not Dead Fred ("He Is Not Dead Yet"). They agree to become Knights of the Round Table together, Lancelot for the fighting, and Robin for the singing and the dancing.

Arthur attempts to convince a peasant named Dennis Galahad that he, Arthur, is king of England because the Lady of the Lake gave him Excalibur, the sword given only to the man fit to rule England. However, Dennis and his mother, Mrs Galahad, are political radicals and deny that any king who has not been elected by the people has any legitimate right to rule over them. To settle the issue, Arthur has the Lady Of The Lake and her Laker Girls appear to turn Dennis into a knight ("Come With Me"). Cheered on by the girls ("Laker Girls Cheer"), the Lady Of The Lake turns Dennis into Sir Galahad and together, they sing a generic Broadway love song ("The Song That Goes Like This"), complete with chandelier. They are joined by Sir Robin and Sir Lancelot, and together with Sir Bedevere and "the aptly named" Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Show (a knight resembling Don Quixote, who promptly apologizes and leaves), they make up the Knights of the Round Table ("All For One").

The five knights gather in Camelot, a deliberately anachronistic place resembling Las Vegas's Camelot-inspired Excalibur resort, complete with showgirls, oversized dice and the Lady of the Lake headlining the Castle in full Cher get-up ("Knights Of The Round Table"/"The Song That Goes Like This (Reprise)"). In the midst of their revelry, they are contacted by God who tells them to locate the Holy Grail. Urged on by the Lady Of The Lake ("Find Your Grail"), the Knights set off. They travel throughout the land until they reach a castle, only to be viciously taunted by lewd French soldiers. They attempt to retaliate by sending them a large wooden rabbit in the style of the Trojan Horse; however, they realize after the fact that it was not as simple as leaving the rabbit and walking away ? they should have hidden inside it. Defeated, they leave in a hurry when the French begin taunting them again, sending cancan dancers after them and throwing barnyard animals including cows at them ("Run Away!"). Arthur and his followers manage to run into the safety of the wings before the French catapult the Trojan Rabbit at them.

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-09 09:25 EST
Act 2

Sir Robin and his minstrels follow King Arthur and Patsy into a "dark and very expensive forest", where they are separated. King Arthur meets the terrifying but silly Knights who say Ni, who demand a shrubbery. King Arthur despairs of finding one, but Patsy cheers him up ("Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life") and they find a shrubbery shortly after.

Sir Robin, after wandering the forest for some time with his minstrels ("Brave Sir Robin"), encounters The Black Knight, who scares him off, but King Arthur, who happens on the scene, more or less defeats him by cutting off both his arms and legs, impaling his still-alive torso on a door, and leaving to give the Knights their shrubbery. The Knights accept it, but next demand that King Arthur put on a musical and bring it to Broadway, implying that it need only be Broadway-style, "but not an Andrew Lloyd Webber". The mere mention of his name causes everyone to cover their ears and scream in pain. Sir Robin, who has found Arthur by this point, insists that it would be impossible for them to accomplish this next task, since you need Jews for a successful Broadway musical ("You Won't Succeed On Broadway"), and proves his point in a wild production number filled with Fiddler on the Roof parodies, including a bottle dance like the one in Fiddler On The Roof, with Grails instead of bottles. King Arthur and Patsy promptly set off in search of Jews.

While the Lady Of The Lake laments her lack of stage time ("Whatever Happened To My Part?"), Sir Lancelot receives a letter from what he assumes is a young damsel in distress. He is very surprised to find that the "damsel" is actually an embarrassingly effeminate young man named Prince Herbert ("Where Are You?"/"Here Are You") whose overbearing, music-hating father, the King of Swamp Castle, is forcing him into an arranged marriage. As Herbert is asking Lancelot to help him escape, the King of Swamp Castle cuts the rope that he is using to climb out of the window, and Herbert falls to his apparent death. Lancelot is a bit puzzled at the king's actions, but it is revealed that Herbert was saved at the last minute by Lancelot's sidekick, Concorde. The King asks his son how he was saved, exactly, to which Herbert replies happily with a song. But the king charges at his son with a spear, preparing to kill him. Lancelot steps in to save him, then gives a tearful, heartfelt speech about sensitivity to the king on Herbert's behalf, and Lancelot is outed as a homosexual in the process, an announcement celebrated in a wild disco number ("His Name is Lancelot").

King Arthur begins to give up hope of ever putting on the Broadway musical and laments that he is alone, even though Patsy has been with him the entire time ("I'm All Alone"). The Lady Of The Lake appears and tells Arthur that he and the Knights have been in a Broadway musical all along. Patsy also reveals he is half Jewish, but didn't want to say anything to Arthur because "that's not really the sort of thing you say to a heavily armed Christian." All that's left is for King Arthur to find the Grail and marry someone. After picking up on some not-too-subtle hints, Arthur decides to marry the Lady Of The Lake after he finds the Grail ("Twice in Every Show").

Reunited with his Knights, Arthur meets Tim the Enchanter who warns them of the danger of a killer rabbit. When the rabbit bites a knight's head off, Arthur uses the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch against it, knocking down a nearby hill and revealing that the "evil rabbit" was actually a puppet controlled by a surprised puppeteer. A large stone block showing a combination of letters and numbers is also revealed. After pondering the final clue, Arthur admits that they're "a bit stumped with the clue thing" and asks God to "give them a hand". A large hand points to the audience and Arthur realizes that the letters and numbers refer to a seat number in the audience. The grail is "found" (with some sleight of hand) under the seat and the person sitting in the seat is rewarded with a small trophy and a polaroid photo. ("The Holy Grail"). Arthur marries the Lady of the Lake, who reveals that her name is Guinevere; Lancelot marries Herbert (who finally has a chance to sing); and Sir Robin decides to pursue a career in musical theater ("Act 2 Finale/Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Company Bow)").

((And there you have it, my lovelies! Last show of the season by the Theater Company! As always, respect the setting and have fun with it!))

Yasmin

Date: 2015-08-10 18:54 EST
Opening Night

The audience began to settle as the house lights dimmed. A single spotlight illuminated, sending focus off to the side of the stage in front of the closed curtain. A scholarly dressed man walked out and proceeded to set the scene. "England, 932 A.D. A kingdom divided. To the West, the Anglo-Saxons. To the East, the French. Above, nothing but Celts and some people from Scotland." There was a pause while the audience laughed. The "historian' continued, "In Guinard, Palace, and Difford, plague. In the kingdoms of Wessex, Sussex, Essex and Kent, plague. In Mercia, and the two Anglias, plague, with a 50% chance of pestilence and famine coming out of the Northeast at twelve miles per hour." The audience laughed again.

Behind the curtain, Yasmin was obviously not as amused. If any of her fellow performers were looking her way, they would have seen the cream skinned, blonde woman with bright blue eyes trying to adjust her colorful costume dress and long braided pigtails under a white cap.

"Legend tells us of an extraordinary leader who arose from the chaos to unite a troubled kingdom. A man with a vision, who gathered knights together in a Holy Quest. This man was Arthur, King of the Britains, for this was England!" As the "historian' concluded, the curtain went up to reveal a tree filled and Finland flag waving background with the men and women dressed in over-the-top Finnish cultural costumes. The Finnish characters proceeded to dance and sing, "Finland, Finland, Finland, that's the country for me!" The "Mayor" chimed in on cue, "Finland is the country where we dance. Finland is the country where we play. Here in Finland boy and girl can find a true romance, in traditional Scandinavian vay!" Everyone hit their marks. "Schlip! Schlap! Schlip-a-schlap-a vay. Schlip! Schlap! Schlap away all day. Schlip! Schlap! You simply can't go wrong vith traditional fish-schlapping song?" It was then when the men of the dancing couples proceeded to pull out two small fish. According to the musical cues, the men then feigned slapping the women in the face while the women turned their heads to one side, pretending to be hit. With the next appropriate note, the men did the same in unison with the other fish and the women turned their heads to the other side. While everyone else was wearing silly grins, fully aware of the ridiculousness of the skit, it was clear from Yas's stoic expression that she did not share the same regard for the scene. The music continued and they all danced to their choreographed positions. It was then the women's turn to pull out a fish, one much bigger than the men's. On the beat, they proceeded to slap the men with one big hit, causing most of the men to either stumble backwards or fall over, much to the audience's laughter and delight. The song continued, "Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I quite want to be. Pony trekking, or camping, or just watching TV" Finland, Finland, Finland, that's the country for me!" The "historian' cut in. "I said, England." The Finnish characters all stopped and looked disappointed, beginning to apologize or hang their heads. The audience erupted with laughter once more, so much that most wouldn't even be able to hear Yasmin's initial complaint as she threw up her hands and said loudly, "I can't. This is so unprofessional?" Some of the performers within earshot of her paused for a moment, looking to her. Seeing more was going on, the audience hushed their laughter to hear. Yas continued, boldly walking up to the end of the center of the stage, "Look, I have done a lot of stuff in my career that I am not proud of, but this is just pathetic. I'm up here dressed like a Dutch milk maid slapping a guy with a fish." She was looking out a few feet from her, most likely at the director as she ranted. Her cream skin was quickly fading to a vibrant sky blue and her blonde braids turned to platinum white as she spoke harshly, "Look, that history dude obviously said "England ". I just heard him! I don't know why we wasted time on some Holland song thing when he clearly is talking about England ." Some audience members laughed lightly at her Holland reference, thinking this must be an addition to the quirky play. "Hey! I don't need this, ok?" Yasmin's attention turned towards the audience, "I'm a professional actor. I just came off the leading role in "The Sound of Music" for crying out loud. The biggest joke here is slapping people with fish. You can see that in a Scooby-Doo cartoon!" A few people laughed awkwardly, only now beginning to assume this wasn't a part of the play. "I don't need this!" She repeated as she began to slip out of the costume dress. As she did, she wore her own white T shirt and jean "clothes" underneath. The shapeshifter peeled off her little white hair cap, letting her long pigtails return to her normal short hair cut. She threw both costume pieces down onto the stage and walked off down the side stairs, up the side aisle, and out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Most people looked around uncomfortably while the scene was changed. Yasmin's understudy was quickly sent out to perform until Yas came back. Unlike the Spanish Inquisition, everyone expected Yas to return.

The understudy finished out the play that night.

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-11 06:29 EST
"She walked out of the first scene?"

Mataya looked into the faces of her director, musical director, choreographer, and stage manager, and tried very hard not to laugh. All four of them looked as though they were expecting her to blame them personally for something she had seen brewing for a while.

Yasmin was an excellent performer, always on time, always knew her lines, always gave a hundred percent on stage. She was also, however, a bit of a local celebrity, and the persona she inhabited was more than a bit of a diva. Taya had watched over the course of the year as the DJ's roles had grown larger and more accomplished, and as those roles had grown, so had the perceived ego, not to mention the incident with the blow up dolls last week. It wasn't exactly unheard of for a fairly new leading lady to go off the rails at some point. She'd worked with a few who were far worse than Yasmin would ever be.

Looking her worried crew in the eye, she let herself smile. "Look, it isn't the end of the world, is it' She might come back tonight and perform, she might not. She's a diva, folks, and this is the last Company show of the season before the auditions begin. At least it's Monty Python - even if she walks out on every show she performs in over the next two weeks, it'll fit, and if that's what she does do, I'll talk to her if she re-auditions."

She considered the collection in front of her, laughing at the concern in their expressions. "Calm down, guys. Just make sure the understudies are prepared tonight, in case they're needed, and have an announcement ready to explain to the audience the need for a very short break while the scene is reset. I'll have the programmes reworked with a larger spot for the understudies, and we can distribute them instead of the others. Okay?"

She could see the concern melting away. Everyone had panicked last night, but no one had called her at the time. They'd been caught up in their agony of concern over someone getting fired for the incident on opening night for more than twelve hours - it was a shock and a relief to discover that Taya was more inclined to laugh about it than get angry. Nothing ever went smoothly on the stage, even if it looked like it to the audience. This was just another bump in the road.

Yasmin

Date: 2015-08-11 18:07 EST
Not Dead Yet

On the second night of the musical, Yasmin preformed the opening scene with a smile on her face. She sang "Schlip! Schlap!" right along with the rest of the Finnish characters and eagerly slapped fish like no one's business. Yas even went along with her Sentry role where she and another sentry were more interested in debating whether two swallows could successfully carry a coconut than in listening to King Arthur. In her defense, she believed it was probably the most eloquent conversation in the whole play. Hoping to make up for her previous night's transgressions, she was trying to give the play a shot, but it was clear by her next scene that her newly found enthusiasm was wearing thin.

Yas played the cocky and sword-happy Lancelot, who, with his friend Robin, were collecting dead bodies from the plague. At least that's how Yas interpreted the scene, though pretty much none of this play made any sense to her. Lancelot picked out a body laying around, but Robin tried to prove the man was still alive. The man was even getting up and dancing in the scene, while singing, "I am not dead yet - I can dance and I can sing. I am not dead yet - I can do the highland fling. I am not dead yet - no need to go to bed, no need to call the doctor, cuz I'm not yet dead." Lancelot, either still believing the man was dead or just happy to fulfill his blood lust, would repeatedly hit the man upside the head with a shovel. With each shovel whack, the audience started laughing and the feigned smile faded from Yas's face. By the last 'death blow" of the scene, Yas cracked.

"No," she announced as the music started to fade out and the audience was still laughing.

As she began her tirade, she started walking towards the audience, letting her tanned Caucasian skin turn to a shade of light blue. "This is stupid. Is the only thing this play has going for it physical comedy' I just got done slapping people with fish, now I'm smacking people with a shovel. And the whole joke is supposed to be that I mistaken the guy to be dead when he's actually alive" How is that funny?"

At the end of the stage, a few feet from the front row audience, she looked at some of them as she continued, "You probably thought this show was going to be funny. Well, you were mistaken too. How is that funny' I got news for you. That's not funny - It's sad."

She sighed in disgust, then added, "I won't be any part of it. I'm out." Yas made good on her word, storming off stage, making the same overly dramatic exit as she did the first night.

The understudy finished out the play that night.

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-12 11:30 EST
This time, Ludo called Mataya as soon as Yas started to show signs of rebellion. She listened over the phone to the microphone-amplified rant, as the laughter of the audience turned to confusion, and tried very hard not to still be laughing when Ludo put the phone back to his ear.

"Now what is she doing?" she asked through a splutter of laughter.

"She's walking out!" her director squeaked. He wasn't used to out and out rebellion among the ranks, not at all. "Right down the aisle and out through the door!"

"Ludo, calm down," Taya told him through her grin. In the background, she could hear Gabriel, the musical director, addressing the audience with apologies for the delay, and the promise that the musical would continue very shortly. "The plan's in place, the understudy for the night is ready to go, right' It's just a minor mishap."

"Minor mishap" One of our actors walking out two nights in a row is not a minor mishap!"

"Are you arguing with me, Ludo?" Taya asked him mildly. She heard the gulp and suppressed her snicker. The tables had turned since she'd hired him; once, he'd been in charge of her, now she was in charge of him. "Just play the overture again while Amos is getting ready. And tomorrow, have Renee ready, regardless of whether or not Yas is there. We have enough copies of the costumes to be able to handle this with the least amount of difficulty and inconvenience, stop being a ninny."

"But ....the show ..."

"The show will go on," Mataya assured him, letting him hear her grin again. "And the interval drinks are free tonight, because of the disruption. Okay?"

As Ludo squeaked his agreement and hung up, she looked over at her dozing baby boy with a giggle. "I think I need a babysitter for tomorrow night, Oscar old chum."

Eregor

Date: 2015-08-12 23:55 EST
Eregor was having a blast playing Arthur, and refused to let Yasmin's antics deter him from enjoying the role. On the second night, though, he couldn't resist a bit of fourth-wall leaning: when Lancelot and Robin first joined up with the king and "kaniggits", he gave a quick double take at Amos-as-Lancelot, then looked out from the stage, shrugged, and went on with the scene.

The audience laughed fairly loudly at the bit of lampshading. He just hoped that Ludo wouldn't give him any grief for it later.

Yasmin

Date: 2015-08-22 23:14 EST
Night of No

On the third night of the musical, Yasmin happily sang and slapped fish for the opening scene. She proudly preformed her Sentry role, debating swallows and coconuts. She then played the appropriately cocky and sword-happy Lancelot, eagerly bashing a poor guy over the head with a shovel on multiple occasions.

Some assumed that Yas was on her best behavior due to the presence of the theater owner, Mataya, in the audience. Others waited patiently to see what Yas would do on her next scene. Much to those people's disappointment, her next scene went off without a hitch. Why wouldn't it' Lancelot and some of the other knights were promoted to the Knights of the Round Table. Why walk out when you're being awarded an honor"

The following scene involved Yas as a French taunter, aggravating the Knights on their journey to Camelot, which was set up like Las Vegas, complete with showgirls, over-sized dice, and a Cher impersonator. Some began to realize her pattern. She had walked out on the first scene, then the third scene last night. Surely this was the scene she would walk out on. Some of the audience awaited with bated breath as she hurled insult after insult at the other characters, thinking any one of which could set her off on to another tirade. Fortunately, Yas finished out the scene....and the first act. During the intermission, a few audience members could be seen handing over a couple crowns to friends seated nearby, undoubtedly paying off bets against Yas's odds.

The second act opened with Sir Robin and his minstrels following King Arthur and Patsy into a dark forest, where they are separated. King Arthur and Patsy encountered the terrifying Knights Who Say Ni, the head knight being played by Yas. In order for the Knights to allow King Arthur passage through the forest, the head knight made a demand. Yas paused before her line, aggravated by the absurdity, then said insistently, "We want....a shrubbery!" Yas closed her eyes so that she unable to see the audience breaking out into laughter. Author rode off in search of a shrub....in the forest. Luckily, Yas was able to recoup and center herself as the Arthur went and found a shrub. It didn't last long though.

Arthur and Patsy triumphantly returned to the Knights Who Say Ni. The head knight informed them that they were no longer the Knights Who Say Ni, but were now the Knights Who Say "Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zoo- owli-zhiv". Yas was trying not to choke on the "word", but her disdain for it was becoming apparent on her scrunching face.

Yasmin continued the knightly role, issuing another demand, "Firstly, you must find....another shrubbery!" Arthur groaned and the audience laughed. Yas continued, "Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get the two-level effect with a little path running down the middle." She rubbed her face, now obviously beginning to crack even to the audience. She soldiered on between gritted teeth, "Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest....with....a herring!"

"Cut down a tree with a herring" It can not be done," Arthur protested.

The "Knights Who Til Recently Said Ni" began to cower and groan in pain and horror. Yas said in the same amount of pain, "Agh! Ohh! Don't say that word."

"What word?" Arthur asked.

Yas answered, "I cannot tell, suffice to say is one of the words the Knights of Ni cannot hear."

"How can we not say the word if you don't tell us what it is?"

The Knights of Ni screamed out again as Yas replied, "You said it again!"

After a bit more saying of the forbidden word and more screaming, Sir Robin and his minstrels caught up with Arthur and Patsy in the forest. They continued to say the word, much to the Knights of Ni's dismay.

Yas continued, "Aaaaugh! Stop saying the word! The word..."

Losing patience, Arthur said bluntly, "Oh, stop it!"

"...we cannot hear!" Yas over dramatically held her hands over her ears while the other Knights of Ni recoiled, some dropping to their knees. "He said it again! Wait! I said it!" The Knights of Ni howled in pain as the audience howled in laughter. Arthur and his crew would take the opportunity to flee through the forest.

Yas looked out across the audience, throwing her hands up the air in frustration, then letting them fall to her sides. "Forget it..." she mumbled. As she started to walk towards the center stage, her tanned skin turning to a darker hue of teal and her hair turning platinum white, the audience seemed to hush, realizing this was the moment some feared and some were waiting for. She said louder, "Forget "it". Forget "Ni". This is "No"!" There were some stifled laughs.

"No," she said defiantly, "No, this whole thing is based on absurdity. I am supposed to demand tribute of a bush....in a forest!"! These men are supposed to be searching for the Holy Grail and they have to take a whole skit to find a doggone bush in a forest. These guys couldn't find their way out of a paper bag!" There were a few chuckles from the audience. As Yas scanned across the room, trying to glare at those laughing, she seemed to purposefully avoid right where Mataya was seated.

"Let's see if they can find me. I'm out of here!? She said as she threw her long black robe and knight's helmet on the stage. She stormed off back stage, and left through the back doors.

The understudy finished out the play that night.

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-23 08:26 EST
Mataya had spent the twenty minutes before curtain up fielding the frantic "what if" scenarios being thrown her way by her director and stage manager, all of which were calmly answered with. "Just make sure Renee is ready to go on." That was all they really could do, after all, and to be honest, Yasmin's frequently staged walk outs were doing wonders for business at this end of their season.

She was, however, pleasantly surprised when the first act went without a hitch, laughing into her program as money changed hands all around her as various bets were won or lost. Divas, while difficult to manage sometimes, could be excellent for keeping interest up. She wasn't entirely sure that Yasmin's diva-ness wasn't just another role, though. Max was her current spy in the company, and he seemed pretty sure that Yas was playing up to the persona she'd created for her radio show.

Playing up or not, there was no mistaking the roar of laughter as the leader of the Knights Who Say Ni went into a truly beautiful rant. Even Taya was chuckling, though a part of her was wondering whether or not Yas had gotten this scripted. If she hadn't, maybe she should explore writing a few shows, rather than just being in them. Tonight, however, the understudy was on the stage almost before Yas had managed to get out through the doors, the show moving on surprisingly smoothly as Mataya rose to make her own exit.

The show must go on, all right. But if they were going to have a diva in the company next year, words were going to be had beforehand.

Arandir

Date: 2015-08-23 12:12 EST
Like Yasmin, Arandir didn't really understand the musical. He wasn't too familiar with Monty Python or any of the shows at the Shanachie, though most were easier to understand than this one. Thankfully, Carina had explained about Arthur and his Knights and, more importantly, about satire. It wasn't that elves didn't have a sense of humor, but it wasn't really in their nature to poke fun at dramatic events, historical or otherwise.

He also wasn't quite sure why Yasmin kept storming off stage the way she was. It wasn't in the script, and he knew from experience that he wasn't supposed to waver from that. Even Eregor surprised him with his little improvisation, but Arandir stuck to his lines, amazed every time the audience laughed at something he said or did.

To his great relief, his big number never failed to draw cheers and laughs from the crowd, though he wasn't quite sure why it was so funny. If anything, he agreed with Patsy's advice. It was good advice, and advice he was trying to put into practice in his own life. After all, back home, his own people might be trying to destroy each other, but here in Rhy'Din, he was trying hard to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

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Yasmin

Date: 2015-08-23 23:30 EST
Final Curtain

For the next several nights, Yasmin would take longer and longer getting ready before the shows. Just sitting at one of the vanities and staring into the mirror, some would walk by and see her, assuming she was questioning going out at all. On occasion, she would break her staring contest with herself to put her head down on the vanity, but by the time of curtain call, she would always jump up and be ready to fly. During the performances, Yas would give it her all, delivering lines with perfect comedic timing and smiling big and bright during musical routines, but once she would hit a new scene, she would throw another one of her walk-out tantrums.

Show after show, Yas and the audience knew that she would be running out of scenes to walk out on. By the end of the first week of the two week run, she had almost completed the entire run through of the play. But she would prevail....On the night that she had no scenes left to walk out on, she walked out on the opening scene once again, throwing an even bigger fit than the first time. "...and when I signed up, no one told me that I was stuck in the group with all the musicals. I'm a radio DJ forcryingoutloud! Even I can get sick of music all freaking day and night long!..."

Over the last week, Yas would walk out on random scenes just to keep things fresh. Even though she seemed to be fully self absorbed, she kept a heavy eye on things. Each night, she would stare into the vanity mirror, watching the reflections of crew members talking about her behind her back. One night, she would quickly turn around to face two who were quietly questioning her motives and snap, "Hey you! Where's my magenta M&Ms I demanded in my contract?" The two would stare at each other, puzzled, then went on their way. She was confident that word would get around worse than it already was after that. She turned back to the mirror, wondering if the blue girl facing her could take the strain.

On the last night of the performance, she pulled out all the stops, giving it more than she ever had, wanting to make up for more than a few things. Some audience members waited on the edge of their seats, while others made their pay out scene after scene that Yas completed.

Like the Spanish Inquisition, nobody expected it...

Yasmin finished out the play that night.

Mataya

Date: 2015-08-24 16:56 EST
Well, at least Yas had kept everyone guessing. Taya couldn't be that upset about the increased interest in the theater, although she was a little concerned. It wasn't often that an actress suddenly became a diva overnight, which is what seemed to have happened to Yas. She'd have to grab the woman at some point and make sure everything was okay.

Just as she had done for the Rep Company, on the last night of the Theater Company's last show of the season, gift baskets for everyone appeared in the dressing rooms, addressed only To my shining stars!

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