Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: When art and nature collide, the results can be startling, hilarious and occasionally beautiful.
Animals lurk behind the scenes and occasionally blunder onto the stage.
Bats in pursuit of insects drawn by the bright stage lighting dive-bomb audiences.
High winds and torrential downpours make unexpected and dramatic entrances.
And, every once in a while, an animal or an act of nature adds an artistic grace note to a performance.
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Although I truly love enjoying a beautifully done outdoor production, I have semi-vowed to never work on one again. In terms of the production process and show maintenance, outdoor theatre shows are unrealistic and require immeasurably more effort than an indoor production. There are already so many safety hazards, unmanageable outcomes, and precautions that must already be taken into consideration with indoor theatre that it becomes almost questionable whether outdoor theatre is worth multiplying all of those factors to the tenth degree. After almost being attacked by a raccoon in the middle of a costume change behind the curtain of the the leading lady's star monologue, I will always second guess a director when they utter the words, "let's do it outside!"
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