43 The Fair Maid of the West an adaptation of the play by Thomas Haywood, adapted and directed by Kevin Theis. So since we were essentially beholden with nary a thing to do, Mike and I struggled to find things to do. Aside from working in the shop, where my skills were poor, we also got to paint and fire proof the risers in the studio space for the upcoming performance of Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants. I swear it was December 23 and it was just Mike and I in the whole building painting this wooden monstrosity grey. Luckily for me, Laura Glenn, stage manager extraordinaire, was producing a smash hit show on the northside, with her company, CT20 Ensemble. That show was The Fair Maid of the West, an English Renaissance Drama that was rarely performed. But Kevin’s adaptation was blowing the doors off The Theatre Building (now Stage 773) with his brilliant sword fighting and raucous comedy, and they kept extending and extending. But their sound operator had to move on to another gig, so Laura asked me if I was interested. Aside from the stress of dealing with an overused and quickly shredding Digital Audio Tape (remember those?) I felt lucky that I was able to watch this show every night. It is also the genesis of The Spanish Pants, and the place I met a lot of folks I would work with later, especially Kevin, who would eventually direct my adaptation of Monstrous Regiment, and Rob McLean and Geoff Coates, two gentlemen I would later do two other completely different and separate pirate shows with. #retrospective #1994 #CT20ensemble #kevintheis #thefairmaidofthewest #lauradglenn #thetheaterbuilding #dat #soundboardoperator #thomashaywood #thespanishpants #fightyfightfightfight (at Stage 773) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dK_JBJoHU/?igshid=1gz21oy0514tg
