Guest Blog: Andy's Transformation.

By guest blogger: Andy

Hello.

I’m a puppet in Un-Scripted’s Great Puppet Bollywood Extravaganza. When they first asked me to do the show, I hesitated. I was in the Great Puppet Musical last year and had a great time, but I wasn’t sure how a puppet as white as me would fit in a show with an Indian heritage. I’d also had a rough time recently and lost an eye.

But Mandy talked me into it, mostly by offering to fix my eye.

Here’s me showing off my new eye:



Last night’s rehearsal involved a photo shoot for promotional materials. Everyone had to dress up in Indian clothes. I was nervous. I mean, most of the people in the show are white, but only a few of us puppets are. How would I look all dressed up?

Bryce took care of my transformation. He started by adding clothes:



I’m not used to wearing clothes, except the occasional hat. But they seemed to go on all right. Then he came at me with a roll of black tape. What was that for? I thought. He started putting some on my face. I’ve never had facial hair before, other than the fuzz of my fabric face. I wasn’t sure I’d like it. When he’d finished the mustache, I still wasn’t convinced:



But then he added a goatee. I… I… couldn’t believe it. I’ve always been just a little wisp of a puppet with tuft of hair on my head and complexion that made me look both boyish and old all at the same time, but now… now… I look like a man! I feel like a man! There’s nothing I can’t do!





Jenny and I hit it of in this photo set, I might add. I wonder if I’d have a chance with Petal? She and the new guy Stanley were hitting it off last night, but now… now… I think I can take him!