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-You are a fishmonger

-Well, here is my leg

-Take you me for a sponge, my lord?

-Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in the shape of a camel?

SM: Where is Lysander?

ASM: Naked.

SM: Where?

ASM: Serious wardrobe malfunction, blood involved, stand by.

SM: ETA? (estimated time of arrival?)

ASM: 1 minute. One full minute. Using Bottom’s pants.

SM: Stage right, please send Puck on to improvise.

Props: Copy, stand by.

Puck runs onstage like a pro.

Puck: My dearest Hermia, for whom do you wait? Thyne Lysander is but a full minute away! (Winks)

Hermia: I–what?–oh!–Um–(deep breath)…Okayyy.

SM: Hahahahha ohmigod! Best Shakespearean improv ever. Good thing she has a whole minute to think of something better.

ASM: Lysander’s on his way.

SM: Copy that, and thank the theatre gods.

Lighting: “Bottom’s pants” is my favorite pun of the evening.

- so the play was set somewhere in the middle between 1590 and 1990 and it was Great listen: mercutio had a snap back, skinny jeans, and a doublet, tybalt had khakis and a red button up and a Good Jacket and it was just?? wow the costumes were amazing

- “make it a word and a blow” mercutio blew a kiss ?? and tybalt Blushed ? confirmed ok i was in the 2nd row Trust Me.

- the build up to the fight. and then mercutio seeing the fight as a game, tybalt all riled up by that. the montagues were trying to stop mercutio and the capulets were egging tybalt on, the contrast was!! and the fight choreography!! wow!

- speaking of fight choreography. during one sword-cross mercutio actually, honest to god, kissed tybalt right on the mouth just gonna leave that there

- as mercutio is dying it really looks like a joke at first; like it could really be just a scratch. and tybalt saw that, started smiling because “haha well he’s just joking he’ll laugh in a minute and have been fine all along”

- but then, mercutio starts to lose his step, his confidence. and everyone sees it’s serious. and tybalt’s smile fell and i can’t describe how horrified he looked. it actually broke my heart. and tybalt fell to his knees and just Stared at mercutio dying, even while gregory tried to get him to run, he just wouldn’t move.

- and then mercutio was dead and Hell if it didn’t kill me too. the actor had this aura about him the whole play that made mercutio just feel untouchable. even when he was fighting he made it look like a game, like he just Couldn’t Get Hurt. and when in the end he does get hurt, for me it was just like reading the play for the first time. it was like a new death and it wrenched my heart and i fucking loved it

- tybalt still on his knees in shock and grief while romeo ran at him and grabbed him and started screaming at him oh my God. i know I’ve said about 18 things broke my heart already but this broke my Heart.