Today, the play I was directing opened. The curtain opened, and my lead actor and actress weren't prepared. I could tell from the looks on their faces as the whole audience saw him balls deep in her, doggy style, on stage. FML
headinabag33 tells us more.
Hey...OP here. So in this theatre there are two curtains. The second one (more up stage, away from the audience) has been broken. So we just open both curtains, since the second one never opens. We perform in front of it and it's no big deal. We get some great lighting off it really, and once we had someone stand back there and shake it and looked cool. Someone fixed the second curtain without telling us. The actors were having sex behind the "broken" curtain and it opened. No one told them to stop because they were quiet, and no one wants to tell people to quit having sex... So anyway, there it is.
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mld4657 28
happy Valentine's Day!
nikkipettyfer 24
How disrespectful.
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TheNewGuy03 29
I finally realize what it means when they say "action" before scenes.
HAMMONDYLAN 18
Well you know what they say. Love is in the air
zeffra13 31
How did the curtains open without checking people were in place? Didn't their make-up/costume people complain about them going missing? Did no one even look at the stage before declaring it ready to open?
Dick_diamond 22
^^^^^^THIS!!! I'm glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of this.. Who doesn't do that last minute check of everything before the curtains open??
yerawizardlizzy 27
Totally valid questions. You might need a more responsible stage manager, OP.
katertott 44
YES! Thank you! Someone should be fired. That should never have been allowed to happen.
kyu_Q 19
Judging from OPs username, he/she got fired.
PhoenixChick 26
exactly! how were they on the stage with nobody seeing them right before curtain?
danceinconverse 25
I hate to say it but as someone who's grown up around theatre all her life, there's just no way this could happen. Other people would be waiting in the wings, especially the stage manager and other techs, who would be watching the stage intently and making sure everyone is ready. Also, the actors would have been given their call for "places" which means they needed to be in their starting positions, so no one in their right mind would believe they had time for a romp. Also, even the worst stage manager ever would see the stage and know if something was amiss before calling for house curtain. I'll probably get downvoted, and I usually hate when people comment this but I'm calling fake on this one.
JCRouzer29 27
Perhaps another actor/actress opened the curtains simply out of spite for them doing that.
mesh_mello 4
Because it wouldn't happen. This is totally fake.
ladytigerhunts 20
That's what I thought, too.
SixthSinEnvy 39
@#53 Not that I don't agree, but maybe the stage manager knew and let it happen due to personal reasons? Maybe some of the staff didn't like OP? Hell, maybe they're leaving out some details like being a tyrant director? So many unknowns. I'd like to vouch in OP's favor but it is true that the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. Who knows. Maybe he/she will follow up.
Tarlachia 33
And the show must go on?
FryingPanHero 11
I guess you could say they were on the ******* stage.
MagnusDeus 24
They were ******* on stage
nickie_94 18
I hope that wasn't supposed to be a paid performance
Vagitarian4life 14
Sounds like a sure hit to me!
alex_gen 39
Their parents must've been so proud.
Talis99 26
I'm confused as to how there wasn't someone in the wings, you know, directing the cues.
capnbzarr 43
Sounds like a bad dream. Or a good one...