No, not the ethnic kind of Pole jokes...
So the scenery for the Plymouth scene is supported in part by these enormous metal poles that fit into slots in the deck. During the intermission scene change the poles are struck along with the rest of the set.
Except that the other night the pole in front of Eleanor’s cabin was stuck. The tech crew and ATs spent an extra ten minutes trying to get the mother out of the slot while we held the show. No go.
So we did the second act with this fifteen foot tall metal pole on stage.
How many pole jokes do you think can be made on stage without breaking character?
A lot, that’s how many. Even Father Martin’s Illness of the Day was influenced. Something to do with poles and holes and being stuck and….well, you get the picture.
Surely somewhere along the line, you have done an incarnation with the large totem pole. Lynn Lockrow always told of times when it didn't come out and Queen's Garden was done around it! Which is why that hole in the concrete was always double sealed by my crew!
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