The excitement of outdoor theatre

There's more to battle in outdoor theatre than the mosquitos, Indian family reunions, and painfully direct sunlight.  There are stoned guys in stupid safari hats, too. Well, at least one of them was wearing a stupid safari hat.  First the scene: "Backstage" is behind the brick-backed amphitheatre. It's not closed to the public--it being in a city park--but most people who wander through realize there's a show going on and are quiet as they pass by. These guys, not so much.  They were talking loudly in Spanish as they neared backstage. Then, one of them picked up one of our prop swords and began swinging it back and forth in front of him. It'd take some effort to kill someone with one of these things, but they can inflict damage. Immediately several of those backstage were arced around him telling him he needed to put it down and leave. He finally did, and he and his buddy wandered towards, but fortunately not onto, the stage before wandering off.  Had they returned, our SM would have called park security. It's just a shame our two tallest and most threatening-looking actors were on stage at the time. They could've scared the crap outta those two losers, and that would've been funny.

For anyone who's curious, there are photos online from last weekend's matinee. Hopefully there'll be evening show photos soon, too, but I don't know when he's coming to take them.

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