Day 17: Coos Bay & Portland, OR

Coos Bay was fabulous. The stage was pretty small, so much so that we had to use the bare minimum on set. We took the wardrobe apart during intermission and pulled the curtains back so we could have more room for the Peter/Wolf fight scene. The wolf, by the way, is called Fenris Ulf. I think that was his name only in the first publication of the book, and then after that it was changed to Maugrim. I have no idea why. Anyhow, here's a picture of the Coos Bay stage:

The night before last we stayed with some people from the church where the show was. It was my first time staying in a house with other people I didn't know. They were really nice, and the lady cooked us bacon and eggs and toast for breakfast. I slept on the couch, which was really comfy, and I didn't move the whole time I was asleep. I woke up and I was just where I was when I went to sleep. Staying at the house was an interesting experience, and definitely a good one.

Last night we did our Portland show. It went well, providing that the stage was even smaller than Coos Bay. It was definitely the smallest yet. It was sooooo small!! And it was carpeted. The building was really beautiful though. It was a Baptist church, but it looked like it had been a cathedral of something like that. The picture makes the stage look big, but it was totally not. Thad is standing in the middle of the stage as far back as we could have. The rest was steps. It was maybe 10 feet deep, probably less. That's before we took the wardrobe down, which gave us about 2 more feet. Backstage was all steps, so we had to be extra-especially careful back there. I don't think anyone tripped. Nothing really wrong happened tonight, other than when Aaron took away the top piece of the stone table when he was just supposed to knock it over when Aslan comes back to life. The lights came up and I thought "Why did he take half of the stone table away? And if he was supposed to take it, why not at least knock down one of the other pieces??" That's the part when Aslan tells Lucy & Susan how the stone table will crack and death will work backwards when an innocent person gives himself for a guilty one. The table wasn't cracked, just halfway gone. It was a little weird. :p

Anyhow, we don't have a show until Tuesday, and we're driving 2 1/2 hours to Seattle today for some free time. We don't have to be at the vans until noon, so we got to sleep in a bit. That always makes us happy. :) :)