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Your Heart Sings.
I met R. on a climbing trip in West Virginia. We hooked up in my tent for the last two nights. Then it turned into a two-year romance, spread thin between my home in New York, his in Texas, and a bunch of dirtbag crags in between. And spread thin over not much communication in between. ItĀ wasnāt a typical romance but it was the kind I finally said would be okay, since waiting around for perfection left me coming up short every time.
The breakup came in April, about a week after my momās cancer was found. He carried it out as badly as I could have expected, over a clumsy text exchange wherein he revealed he was dating someone local. And had been for six months, including while we were together in Mexico for New Yearās.Ā And that was that, or so I thought.
So I found myself at the hotel one night a week later, nursing wounds in a place Iād been wounded so many times before! And I was anxious because, well, a certain Boy Witch looks an awful lot like R., if R. had been healthier psychologically, as I knew, and wasnātĀ it going to be strange to spend a few hours chasing after someone who made me think of him like that?
But I stood in Manderley for happy hour and sipped my scotch like always and it was very nearly time to check in, and then the text came. He was coming to New York in three days, he said. For work. Would I want to meet up and talk? Oh of course, of course *now* he wants to talk. Couldnāt be moved for two years to put a name on whatever we were but yes, now, letās talk now.
And then it was time to go inside, and all the effort Iād made to hold my stupid heart together the previous week was ruined. Of course he followed me in here, he found a way to break through the spell this place has up that keeps me out of painful reality.
And indeed, there was that particular Boy Witch, and I followed him dutifully through his loop, distracted by the occasional familiarity of his face. I dressed him, which is a scene I hate because it is stressful, and painful to see someone in such agony, but you have to be there to help him put himself back together. And I go to this scene because it leads to my favorite interaction on that loop, which comes next: he takes my hand and we race breathlessly down the stairs, until the last flight when he lets go and disappears around the corner, far enough ahead of me to surprise me and push me into the wall.
He holds me by the throat, leans in and kisses my face. He saysĀ āthank you.ā All of this is familiar, itās what I know is coming, and its comfort is why I am here. He turns to walk away, but then he stops. Turning slowly, he comes back to me and presses his hand into my chest. He lingers and stares.Ā āYour heart sings,ā he says. My broken heart sings.
Of course he didnāt know, he had no idea, how could he have? It was just chance, that this little deviation from the usual script would be so perfectly timed. I broke, I utterly broke.Ā
So, you know, if you wonder why I called that particular Boy Witch legendary, it has a lot to do with this. And I will never forget it. Thank you.
The Greatest.
There was a 1:1 that I to this day still consider the greatest one I ever had. At one point, I know the performer felt it was also, but itās been almost eight years now so whoās to say now. We also both shared a laugh ā and a groan ā when we heard the rumors about what some people thought aĀ āgreatestā 1:1 might have involved. It was absolutely on script and no rules were broken. Just can't say the same about all the props. And of course none of this is going to read like it felt, and it was all contingent on who we were, what had happened in life, and in the hotel, over the preceding few months, and that context is both private and hard to talk about precisely, but I suppose is a part of the magic of the theater in any case. (Porter 1:1 spoilers)
We WILL go back to Manderley again....to all of the residents and guests of The Mckittrick Hotel, please stay safe!
Sad News
As Iām sure some of you have heard, there has been a swath of layoffs at Sleep No More. Cast, crew, and staff are all affected.Ā
Both the Tuesday and Sunday early shows have been cancelled from here forward. However, Gov. Cuomo just shut down Broadway as of tomorrow night, so Iād imagine that SNM will follow.Ā
I thought, in the interest of supporting people we care about, I am going to try and maintain a list of people who are looking for gig work, have started a Go Fund Me page, or are offering to work/be supported in other ways.Ā
So many people donāt have a safety net, and this crisis has come out of the blue.Ā
Iām going to get this list up and running later today.Ā If you know of any specific ways to support the McKittrick family, please let me know and Iāll add it to the list.Ā
All my best to everyone, Dee Anne
Edited to add:Ā https://readwithjoy.tumblr.com/support

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9th Anniversary
For the anniversary, and because I think coronavirus will shortly make such things very difficult, I did a double. My previous visit in February had felt so tired and worn out, so I wanted to see how the new casts are configured ā and oh my god were they strong.
Early Show
- Ruby in the bar:Ā āTo what do we owe the honor? I donāt trust birthdays. If I start trusting birthdays Iāll have to count my own.ā - Nate Boy Witch shot me dead. Pow. Nateās new hair now makes him literally look like the beefier update of my ex in Texas, so thereās also that. - Finally got to see Brandonās fabled Porter and it is so charming I wanted to scream. - Weāll call this combination Pretty Lobby, because they are oh so pretty, and since this appears to be a regular thing, *enjoy it everyone a lobby like this doesnāt happen every day* - Got Lost Luggage literally all to myself with Jack - Joy-Marie Thompson, new Bald, is fantastic - Thryn Saxonās Danvers serves serious Elizabeth Behnke sternness (shout-out to all my fellow Babylon Berlin fans)
Late Show - I figured since the early showās cast had been so phenomenal this one would inherently disappoint. Lol no, the hotel has other plans this cycle. - Zach Martens truly is one of the greatest Malcolms of the 9 years Iāve been stalking Malcolms - Paul Zivkovich has returned to Macbeth. Old Scorched readers will understand that I havenāt followed Macbeth for a full loop since Paulās last show before The Drowned Man in 2013, so I had forgotten how some of it goes. And yet it was almost like no time had passed at all. - Issa and Jeff in the Lobby, with their extreme height difference, is wonderful. - For as much as I loved Brandonās Porter, Jeff wins a medal for a 1:1 with bits of Will, bits of Paul, and something special and entirely his own.
Miscellany
I didnāt know the bar staff, but they had clearly gotten a memo about me? Knew my drink? Took great care of me? *Tipping heavily* And then itās not clear to me what planet weāre on, since everything else this week had been pure Hell Dimension... but then these shows happened, and then this:
āYouāre such a joy to watch in all your roles. Sorry that I two-loop you sometimes.ā āOh my god I donāt care, youāre lots of fun.ā āPlus youāve figured out which loops I like.ā āYeah, the gay ones. You like all the gay ones.ā āAfter nine years I donāt come here to deal with straight people.ā
I canāt believe itās been nine years, and I canāt believe that itās still such a wonderful place to be. I mean, thatās rhetorical, I can believe it. It takes a lot of work. I am so much richer for the people whoāve come and gone through my life under that roof, and I am so very grateful.
We are not directors
I just want to throw out something for the SNM fandom to chew on.Ā This is perhaps a controversial opinion, but I think itās worth a mention.Ā Ā
We are not directors. This means that giving performers suggestions on how they should or should not perform a role is not our job. They have people with that job.Ā
This doesnāt mean we shouldnāt be saying things like,Ā āThis thing you did was awesome, Iāve never seen someone do it this way. I loved it!ā Thatās great! Be encouraging. Get excited about the various nuances of performances.Ā
But telling a performer to their face that they are doing something wrong, or that they arenāt playing a character correctly is SUPER inappropriate. Are there performers who make choices I donāt like? Of course there are. I talk about those in private with friends. Not directly to the performer in question.Ā
I canāt even imagine someone going up to a performer and saying something like,Ā āYou are doing X thing with your character. Itās wrong and you need to stop. You should be doing Y thing instead.ā This is called giving notes on a performance. Please donāt do this! Iām not sure how it works elsewhere, but in the UK and American theater scenesā¦this is very very rude.Ā Giving notes isĀ something that rehearsal directors are paid to do. It is not the role of the audience, unless we are specifically asked for an honest critique by the performer in question.
Over the years Iāve heard of this happening from time to time. Itās not a good look for us.Ā If you donāt like the way a performer plays a role, then just donāt follow that performer.
As always, this is just my opinion, do with it what you will.
Oh god please never do this. I know Iām, umm, opinionated, but this is way over the line.
With cast change coming up are there any current residents that you would like to see take on new roles?
Here are a few off the top of my headā¦
Ingrid Kapteyn - I know she plays a ton of roles, Iād just like to see her in more of them. Iām hoping to see her in a few more this contract cycle.
Nate Carter - Porter. Please, please McKittrick gods.
Camara McLaughlin - I think Camara would be fascinating in a red dress!
Ernesto Breton - Iād love to see Ernesto tackle the role of Porter. I think heād be amazing in it.Ā
Jeffrey Docimo - I know itās not a big dance role, but I feel like Jeff would do something insanely awesome with the Taxidermist.
Evan Fisk - Why Evan doesnāt play Boy Witch and Porter, Iāll never understand.
Jamal Abrams - Iāve only seen Jamal as Speakeasy, and I loved his performance. Iād really like to see what he does with other roles.Ā
Umi Akiyoshi - Umi is brilliant, and Iād love to see her version of all of the roles she doesnāt currently play.
Nate Porter would literally kill me so please make it happen!
Definition question
Iām curiousāhow many of you consider something a 1:1 only if it happens behind a closed door? I definitely donāt. The first time I was given Boy Witchās 1:1, it happened in the hallway between the Lobby and the Ship Stairs down to the Ballroom. I still consider it a 1:1. I also think of Hecateās interaction with an audience member that includes the ring andĀ āIs That All There Isā to be a 1:1 as well.Ā
In my personal opinion, any time a performer singles out an audience member for a sustained interaction, thatās a 1:1. Some are closed door 1:1s, some are not.Ā
As always, I am not the determiner of the rules. Iām curious what others think about this!
Visual privacy of some kind, and mask off, are surely the key ingredients ā and Iād still count the Boy Witch one because the privacy is intended, and if an audience member were to ruin it (has anyone ever seen this happen?) it surely wouldnāt have been the intended unfolding of events.
Main reason I counted the Boy WitchĀ ā1:1ā³ as such is because Jordan Morley described it to me that way. Similarly, Speakeasy Barmanās various interactions werenāt 1:1s until his scene in the backroom was created and a performer referred to it as such (reference also when the Danvers 1:1 was added, performers were also using that terminology to describe the scene).
I wouldnāt count, say, my favorite Boy Witch interaction, which is: after going down the stairs from the shower with him, he shoves you against the wall and whispers something in your ear. Itās for all to see and your mask is on, so itās not a 1:1 per se, though generally no one else can hear what he says (itās usually justĀ āthank youā but sometimes not: cf. theĀ āyour heart singsā incident).
Finally, sometimes shit happens ā at May Fair 2, Will Seefried took me back to do the Porter 1:1 and couldnāt get the door to open, so instead he closed the gate, put my back against it, and ad libbed a completely different 1:1 with his own monologue. Audience could see some of it obviously, but I count it as a 1:1 in my records because *what was supposed to be happening then* was the regularly scheduled scene in the Porterās office. He did lift my mask up for it, since the rest of the audience could only see my back against the gate.
But again this isnāt strict religion so however folks like to count these things is fine!Ā
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Adding one other fun note. After seeing Linked Dance TheaterāsĀ āRemembranceā this fall, they did a talkback with the audience who had stayed through the whole performance. I had asked a question about their structure (the 1:1s and 2:1s etc were in theĀ āpremiumā content in the third loop of the show) and Kendra Slack asked me to pause and explain the terminology for some of the other audience at the talkback, since itās common parlance in the immersive world but not necessarily understood outside that. The baseline was simplyĀ āsome amount of privacy for a scene expressly understood as between a single performer and a single audience member.āĀ
I know that I complain a lot, and I invoke memories of the golden bygone years far too often, but:
There are a handful of people at Sleep No More who consistently make me so, so happy, they do such extraordinary work, and they have, by now, seemed to become aware of just which little moments mean so much to me, and they somehow know how to maximize the impact of those brief little encounters that we share.
I hope that Iāve been able, by dropping hints and plunking stones of good fortune into the pool, to send some gratitude back to them. I really hope they know that itās a tall order to make a jaded old codger like me still feel fresh wonder in a nine year old production, and that they are doing just that, and have my thanks.

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Elwes, asked which role he has enjoyed the most, said he enjoys them all and thatās why he does them.āBut I have to say the one that is probably going to stay with me for the rest of my life is āThe Princess Bride.ā It will say āas you wishā on my tombstone. Billy Crystal said the other side of the tombstone should say āmostly dead.āāā
CARY ELWES as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987)Ā
Wednesday Night
-Great cast all around
-Terrible audience
-Really full
-Fire alarm
-Two hours of alarm strobes
-My newbie friend thought it was part of the show
-In some places the Black Lodge effect was cool
-Mostly it was nauseating
-No interrogation
-No hanging, just a strangling
-Hope it worked out for the house staff in the end :-(
and also, Jesus Christ Nate Carter.
My income has increased considerably since 2011, like, by a truly ridiculous amount, but now I too feel priced out of Sleep No More.
What the actual fuck, guys?
SNM 09.20.2019 late
Macbeth: Evan Fisk
Lady Macbeth: Jenna Saccurato
Duncan: Audrey Tchoukoua
Malcolm: Alec Funiciello
Banquo: Jason Cianciulli
Macduff: David Lee Parker
Lady Macduff: Kristen Stuart
Hecate: Virginia Logan
Bald: Marissa Maislen
Sexy: Kelly Todd
Boy: Austin Dale Tyson
Porter: Jeff Docimo.
Danvers: Evelyn Chen.
Speakeasy: Jamal Abrams
Taxi: John William Watkins
Fulton: Pil Jeong
Agnes: Stephanie Jean Lane
Matron: Mia Mountain?
Nurse: Aliza Russell
6: Kerri Sohn
MIB: Andy Talen
WIB: Ginger Kearns
Fortune Teller: Anna Schnaitter
I enjoyed this casting tremendously, glad I stuck around for this show after the early one.
Speakeasy Negativity?
I didnāt see whatever the origin of this was, but let me just put out into the universe that thereās someone presently playing Speakeasy - youāll surely guess who I mean - who can be 100% pure jerk and I just want to be absolutely clear that I *love* that. He has literally thrown a drink in my face. The role is great because it exists to reset props but can actually give some texture to the emotional range of the show. Heās a thorn and that makes it all more fun.

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Possible Reasons Why You Didnāt Get the One on One
1. Cast member recognized you. 2. Cast member didnāt recognize you. 3. You followed the character for the whole loop. 4. You didnāt follow the character for the whole loop. 5. Cast member only picking audience members that they find attractive tonight. 6. Cast memberās friend was at the show, so cast member picked their friend. 7. You stand too close. 8. You donāt stand close enough. 9. You want it too badly. 10. You donāt want it enough. 11. Youāre clearly angling for it. 12. Other audience member wore an eye-catching hat. 13. That dumb shirt you wore. 14. Wearing mask on the top of your brow. 15. Cast member would like to give the one on one to an audience member who doesnāt know what one on ones are, because those experiences tend to be the most mind-blowing to an audience member instead of, like, you getting to hear Pagoda Woman tell you a story for the 12th time. 16. Scorched the Snake went to the show that night and got all the one on ones instead of you. 17. Cast member knows you do a Sleep No More tumblr and doesnāt want you writing about the one on one. 18. Cast member took someone that they know does a Sleep No More tumblr in the hopes that the person would write about the one on one. 19. You are putting out bad vibes. 20. You went to the show in costume. 21. You didnāt go to the show in costume. 22. Other audience member was wearing t-shirt of cast memberās favorite band. 23. Cast member only picking audience members of a particular gender. 24. Seriously, you wore that to the show? What is this, a barn? HOPE THAT HELPED!
High time to revisit this iconic post.
It could be about you, but itās most likely not about you at all.
@sleepnomoreboston really breaks it down and gives us specific insight into why we didnāt get that 1:1.Ā Ā
In all seriousnessā¦heās right. There could be any number of reasons and we just donāt know.
Relax and enjoy the performances. The 1:1 is the icing, not the cake.Ā
Some of the newer cast members are immune to the Scorched effect and *itās awesome actually*
What night of the week will be my regular McKittrick haunt this contract? Will it still be the Friday show?