Are they on the floor?

THE WONDERFUL OPAL PEACHEY INSTRUCTING HER ACTORS TO LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR LETTING YOUR SKIN BECOME ONE WITH THE CARPET.

JOHN Q SMITH HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THIS REQUEST.

ROB BURGESS HAS NO QUALMS WITH THIS, "DID YOU SEE THE SHOW I WAS IN LAST NIGHT... STANDING THE ENTIRE TIME."

JOHN FARRAGE AND HIS CREW RECEIVE WORD THAT OPAL PEACHEY IS LETTING HER ACTORS LIE DOWN... "IF ANY OF YOU LIE DOWN I WILL KICK YOU IN THE STOMACH." - JOHN FARRAGE

Memorization has Begun

I entered the Allen Theatre (for the first time ever) and all I can say is... wow! It's gorgeous.

Today, the Allen Theatre is the sacred rehearsal space of Nicole Boyer Cochran and her intrepid 14/48 cast (Rob Burgess, Mark Boeker, Rob Jones, Annie Lareau, Kate Parker). Together they are working on Paul Mullin's play, /me misses hyperbaric.

At this moment, the cast is hard at work memorizing the piece, which may or may not have something to do with sand boxes, martinis, the movie Airplane, and an internet chat room. I'm definitely looking forward to this one.

VIRGINS

While all of these virgins are at home asleep, dreaming about what their first day of 14/48 is going to present them, I sit awake thinking about my encounters with three of the "pure and innocent" this evening. Encounters which make school boys giggle and grown ups blush... below is what a few VIRGINS had to say before the big dance:

COLLEEN ROBERTSON (ACTOR)
"I'm afraid of nudity. Not really feeling the nudity," Oh brother, you never admit out loud that you don't want to be in the scene with nudity because you're going to then end up in the scene with nudity. Silly virgins... Anyway, I pressed further and asked if having animals onstage might help her with the nudity, "Yes, a flock of sheep that they can't control."

ROB BURGESS (ACTOR)
When asked how he felt about nudity, Rob said, "Prosthetics." Hmmm... interesting. Probably easier to accomodate than the flock of sheep.

SHAWNMARIE STANTON (BAND)
I missed my window of oppurtunity to ask her about how she felt about nudity, since this was quickly becoming the theme, but she told me which instruments she may be playing... "Harp, flute, saxophone and vocals."

Thank you to these VIRGINS for giving me a few minutes because that's all I really need.