Scenes from the opening night of Maskerade (from p.o.v. of a chorus girl):

Act 1 Scene 1
No one is in the changing room except for the chorus girls and the show is to start in 50 minutes. No one is in costume. Everyone else is in the bar downstairs. The chorus girls start fighting for mirror space. No one knows where all the pads for applying foundation has gone. It's probably with the guys. Elizabeth works on Agnes' fat pack. Someone comments that one of Agnes' boobs is bigger than the other... spare socks anybody? Fix Agnes' chest... and it's on to her hips... spare t-shirts? Techies come around with mikes and stuff, looking important and start yelling "5 minutes to curtains rising". Cast looks at each other and asks, "Is that really 5 minutes, or techy 5 minutes?" because we all know that with techy minutes you have to multiply that by 3... techy rule of 3...




Act 1 Scene 2
"So how many people are we expecting tonight, Martin?"
"Oh we've got about 20 reserved tickets..."
"Only 20? Ok... that's not too bad"
... one scene later...
"Wtf! There's a damn crowd out there!!!"



Act 1 Scene 3
"Someone's laughing really loudly out there and very high pitched..."
"But that's good isn't it?"
"... but she's laughing even when there are no jokes in the script!"

Act 1 Scene 4
And Tom has died for the... er... 3rd or 4th time now?




Act 2 Scene 1
Everyone's back down in the bar. Some one from the stage management crew comes down to usher us back up and threaten us to get back into costume. Makeup is starting to run though... can't look like a chorus girl who hasn't slept in 3 days, can I?




Act 2 Scene 2
Which scene is it? Where are we now? This is a big mess! Thank goodness the audience can't see what chaos it is back stage.



Act 2 Scene 3
"Oh my gosh! I know I'm going to laugh... this is too funny, I'm supposed to look shocked and scared but this scene is just way too hilarious!!!"
"Then just pinch yourself really hard!"



Grand Finale
"Curtain call? What now? Does the audience know it's over?"
"Do we bow again?"
"Well they're still clapping"
"Ok... they're still clapping but I'm getting tired"
"Lets just leave?"
"Yup come on... leave the audience to it end the show..."



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