Coming Together

Performing in Friday’s show was soooo much fun. Everything really came together that night mostly because the whole show was so character driven. We had just as much plot as we needed. The humor came naturally out of the characters interacting with one another. Everybody played a part and everyone in the show had their song.

Here are some disjointed highlights:
I say the strangest things when I’m choking – Zack
Did they have hospitals when you gave birth – me
No, Mom. He’s the best doctor here at Kaiser – Tara
I love you. But I need to go now – Andy
Everything Amy said.
Amber using finger puppets to be the sonogram images of Tara’s triplets.

And many more I’m sure I’m forgetting.

I also got to use Marcel all night. I love Marcel. He played Dr. Vagner. My own personal puppet highlight was Marcel taking his space-object stethoscope out of his ears. Marcel’s character was German. Amy’s was an overbearing Jewish mother. We had a great scene together. Oh! It was so much fun, and so organic and natural. The characters were just built to play off each other with Tara in the middle trying to hold it together.

Here’s a summary of Friday’s show:

And Babies Make Five
Jerry (Andy) and Ariel (Tara) find out their having triplets! Ariel’s terrified she’ll drive her children insane the way her mother drove her crazy. Jerry suddenly has to confront settling down. Except… Jerry gets called away for a 2 week cross country delivery with his best friend Verne (puppet Mel played by Zack) and Ariel’s mother (Amy) comes to visit while he’s gone. When Jerry runs into his ex-girlfriend Rita (puppet Evelyn played by Amber) at a strip club, he realizes he needs to be back home. After some near-death mother/daughter bonding, Arial and her Mom work out their own differences. In the end, everyone has a better idea what’s going on.