G'day all! Traveling Moe here....with my first of many Down Under posts!
Working in the theater allows you many new and different experiences. But even though most people would assume these experiences have to do attending parties and 'hob-nobbing' with the stars...most have to do with every day life and tasks.
Take traveling: Since we tend to travel quite a bit with our shows, we’re always putting together very interesting items in our luggage for custom agents to poke through. When we took The Big Time over to Oz in 2004 I was carrying the bag that had most of the funny costumes in it. When the customs agent pulled out a pink puffy vest that had bubble wrap attached to it, she gave me a very strange look and asked….”What is this for?”. I explained that she was holding the costume for the character Shampoo, and then I did a brief summary of the show.
“We all play house hold items that start a rock band and become house hold hits!” I explained. “I play a sock!” To which the customs agent took a long look at me and replied; “Your parents must be very proud.”
This year I was traveling with a bag full of large plastic pink flamingos, a number of packages of bunny and spooky cat PEEPS and bar-b-q skewers. (too mention just a few things)
As I went through Customs I began explaining again that I was part of a theater company, and gave a brief explanation of our show.
“It’s a theater piece staged as a family reunion. The audience rolls the dice when they arrive to see how they are related to the family, and then they are taken around to different performances within the site. One of the things that we get them to do is Bar-b-q a PEEP.”
“What is a PEEP?” the customs agent asked me. I pulled out a couple boxes from the bag and showed him as I explained; “they’re marshmallow candy covered in a colored sugar coating! We’ve brought both bunnies and cats with us, but they come in all sorts of shapes.” I then told him to come to Adelaide to see our show and we’d make sure he got a well roasted one!
After looking through the rest of the top part of the bag, he asked what was in the bottom. “Large plastic pink flamingos,” I replied smiling. “Do you want to see?” He gave me another long look, looked at the PEEPS in my hand and started shaking his head. “That’s quite a good bag,” he said. And then he told me to have a great time performing at the festival.
I can only imagine if they keep notes on these sort of things…what kind of comments would be on my traveler file!
Nice to know that we’re entertaining even when we’re not on stage!
Working in the theater allows you many new and different experiences. But even though most people would assume these experiences have to do attending parties and 'hob-nobbing' with the stars...most have to do with every day life and tasks.
Take traveling: Since we tend to travel quite a bit with our shows, we’re always putting together very interesting items in our luggage for custom agents to poke through. When we took The Big Time over to Oz in 2004 I was carrying the bag that had most of the funny costumes in it. When the customs agent pulled out a pink puffy vest that had bubble wrap attached to it, she gave me a very strange look and asked….”What is this for?”. I explained that she was holding the costume for the character Shampoo, and then I did a brief summary of the show.
“We all play house hold items that start a rock band and become house hold hits!” I explained. “I play a sock!” To which the customs agent took a long look at me and replied; “Your parents must be very proud.”
This year I was traveling with a bag full of large plastic pink flamingos, a number of packages of bunny and spooky cat PEEPS and bar-b-q skewers. (too mention just a few things)
As I went through Customs I began explaining again that I was part of a theater company, and gave a brief explanation of our show.
“It’s a theater piece staged as a family reunion. The audience rolls the dice when they arrive to see how they are related to the family, and then they are taken around to different performances within the site. One of the things that we get them to do is Bar-b-q a PEEP.”
“What is a PEEP?” the customs agent asked me. I pulled out a couple boxes from the bag and showed him as I explained; “they’re marshmallow candy covered in a colored sugar coating! We’ve brought both bunnies and cats with us, but they come in all sorts of shapes.” I then told him to come to Adelaide to see our show and we’d make sure he got a well roasted one!
After looking through the rest of the top part of the bag, he asked what was in the bottom. “Large plastic pink flamingos,” I replied smiling. “Do you want to see?” He gave me another long look, looked at the PEEPS in my hand and started shaking his head. “That’s quite a good bag,” he said. And then he told me to have a great time performing at the festival.
I can only imagine if they keep notes on these sort of things…what kind of comments would be on my traveler file!
Nice to know that we’re entertaining even when we’re not on stage!
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