Those Pesky Tricksters (A Small Tangent of Those Pesky Theatre Terms)

Yesterday being April Fool's Day, leads me to branch out a bit from our standard, enlightening "Theatre Terms Series" into a new realm, just briefly. (Have no fear; more theatre terms will be on the boards of the Barksdale Blog very soon.) But today: Tricksters! (And I promise there will be no mention of Equus...oops...I just did it...sigh).

Side note: I was very excited to see that Artistic Director Bruce Miller saw Spring Awakening recently. It really is a tremdous production. (John Gallagher, Jr. as Moriwitz) in Spring Awakening, who was a member of the stellar cast of David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole last season)

Speaking of Bruce Miller...and tricksters. These are your choices for today. Below you will find three pictures of infamous tricksters. Your task is to name each of them and submit to the blogmaster. Out of all the entries a winner will be drawn randomly and win...well...the joy of knowing that you knew all three and that somehow the universe aligned and your name was drawn! Isn't that terrific!!!

So! Here they are! Submit your answers by Friday, April 6!!!

Aren't they all so adorable! But don't be deceived!!!

(Especially by the brilliantly faux Strindberg season)

Those Pesky Theatre Terms- Part II

I greatly hope you all delighted greatly in Part I of Those Pesky Theatre Terms. Congratulations to the winner...oh wait...we didn't have a winner...or maybe we're all winners...who was it that said that..eh...who knows...but doesn't it just make you feel better to know that you are a winner? It surely brightens my day. I would say that we're all winners in Thespis' eyes, but that would not be true at all; he was quite a harsh...well...we'll leave that for another day.

So word of the day...that's why we're all here, right? Well, I certainly hope so...or perhaps we could talk more about that stimulating production of Equus with Daniel Radcliffe...

Word of the Day!
Thrust
What is THAT?!
A. A compressive strain in the Earth's crust.
B. What you do with your hand when you're in college (and it's the end of the month) and trying to get that last french fry from that irritating crevice between the driver's seat and the console in your car.
C. A stage that has seating on three sides of the stage.

Those Pesky Theatre Terms- Answer I

And the answer is...

(drum roll please...)

(Go ahead, do it...you know you want to...)

(Yep...right there at your desk...do the drumroll...)

(You can make the sound with your mouth, or you can produce a slightly more authentic sound by alternating your right and left hands striking your desk...)

(Or you can even use your feet if you'd like...)

(Come on...a bit more...)

(There ya go!)

B. An opening, as in a stadium or theater (leading to and from the seating), permitting large, maybe 57864 , (or small, maybe 1) numbers of people to enter or leave.

[Please note the festive green arrows pointing to the two voms in Barksdale Theatre at Willow Lawn.]

More to come tomorrow!!! Keep checking in!

Those Pesky Theatre Terms I

Vomitorium (also known as Vom)

What is THAT?!

A. A large room, perhaps similar to one's own high school auditorium, where one might, upon imbibing oneself with an excess of a certain aqueous material, seek solace...or at least release, so to speak.

B. An opening, as in a stadium or theater (leading to and from the seating), permitting large, maybe 57864 , (or small, maybe 1) numbers of people to enter or leave.

C. The seventeenth letter of the Telisomgophorus alphabet [that which is used by the BBC's infamous Teletubbies].