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June 5, 2001
I am trying to approach this from the POV of someone who has never dealt with RHPS props before. Many of you have props at your shows and are used to working with them. Please do not take this as an insult, I am merely trying to make sure things run smoothly and you all have a good time without me stripping nekked and doing the pee-pee dance. (NO, Marc, I will NOT do it anyway.) I'm going to take it scene by scene. You will be acclimated to our props before the performance, but just in case all of our MI performers die before they have a chance to give you the tour at FGTH, here's a list so you can at least be mentally prepared (No, Marc, don't light the doobie in the theatre. That's not what I was talking about.) Sweet T - a Throne. If you can't deal with a throne, just shoot yourself now. It's a big, silver chair. There are nekked babies all over it. Creation Scene - BIG ASS TANK that includes ladders you can climb. You may not stand on the edge of the tank - not that it's not safe, just that we're paranoid. And as the host cast, you're all gonna fall victim to our paranoia. You may sit on the edge of the tank, you may climb the ladders. In fact, Rocky will need to sit on the edge of it for the "Hanging from the HOneycomb" scene as the front openings are covered with rainbow lucite. We will probably not bring our Starship Honeycomb because hanging it would be too difficult. The tank ladders are made of metal that has been welded. Magenta and Columbia for this scene will need to take a good look at the red cover - it's HUGE!!!! I thought it would be easy to remove the cover from the tank, but it takes some finesse. I figured out they're not flapping the cover just cause it's pretty and makes a nice sound - they have to get some air under it to make it easier to remove. It's a bitch, but even if you screw it up (like I do) it's damn funny, so don't stress. We also have a light-up monitor board with all the bells and whistles. Riff will have a wheel to turn. Fake the tension on the wheel because otherwise it will spin like a 10-speed on it's back. All of the levers are movable, the Medusa lights up, and the magnets pop out. But we'll get to that later. Charles Atlas - weight set with removable hand weights and red cover. Pummel horse with red cover. Both are fully usable. Rocky, we don't provide a hole in the ground to do push-ups over; you will have to pantomomomime that one. Mop Scene/fuck with the monster - we have a mop and bucket. The monitor board will be available for Riff. We have a crappy candelabra we are hoping to somehow upgrade by con, but at least we have one. It has a removable candle. Hoping to light it up by then, but that will be dictated by time constraints. Toucha - Again, you can sit on the edge of the tank and do all of that scene accurately. The red cloth will be there. We are hoping to have some chairs for Mag. and Col. for this scene. Mousketeer Role-Call - The lever moves and the Faggot Magnets pop out. Expect it so you don't get startled. We will provide a wheelchair for Dr. Scott. Dinner Scene - we are hoping to have a table and some chairs. There will be a red cloth covering Eddie (One Eddie in this scene. We don't need to feed the entire theatre, just the people on stage. The rest of you can starve! :) We will try to provide the smaller hand props for this scene. Wise Up, Janet Weiss/Medusa Scene - the monitor board is equiped with a bump-switch on the Medusa lightning bolt. It lights up if you hit it right. I will show you. It's simple, so don't worry. Floorshow - we have a purple onion, we think it will light up by con. But even if it doesn't, it will be there. I think that's it! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at any time and I will provide you with as detailed an answer as I can. Or I will send you a joke or a limerick or a dirty website addy or something to amuse you and take your mind off of it. All in all, just have fun! We know we will!
WOO HOO!
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