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Aug. 20th, 2009 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gracedpalmerWent to the Steampunk event down at the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre tonight. I haven't been dressed up strangely for a while. It was nice. We went to Steam Century's pre-show, and they are quite nice. However, we've discovered a problem with this subculture. We are an insular bunch, so there was a lot of quiet talking to the people we came with, and very little success in talking to anyone new, even if they had a fun outfit. I know not how to correct this, and am just as guilty of it as anyone else. Kudos to the Steam Century folks for trying hard to get our antisocial butts in gear, though they had little luck.
The play itself was lots of fun, and done up as nearly a farce. The props and set design were amazing, and the entire play was put on by five actors (in something like 30 parts) and two highly visible stage hands in goggles and aprons. Pretty much everything you'd usually have done off stage (special effects, etc) was done on stage, to nice effect. The actors were quite good, and with the exception of one painfully awful Funny Chinaman, the play was highly amusing. Also, there didn't seem to be a minute of downtime. I can only bet that those people are very tired right now.
The walk back from the 3rd ward was not painful at all, which says I've gotten better stamina these days. I'm glad that some of this extra weight I've gained back is muscle, at least. Now, I am tired, and trying virtuously not to order a pizza. We shall see if I succeed.
The play itself was lots of fun, and done up as nearly a farce. The props and set design were amazing, and the entire play was put on by five actors (in something like 30 parts) and two highly visible stage hands in goggles and aprons. Pretty much everything you'd usually have done off stage (special effects, etc) was done on stage, to nice effect. The actors were quite good, and with the exception of one painfully awful Funny Chinaman, the play was highly amusing. Also, there didn't seem to be a minute of downtime. I can only bet that those people are very tired right now.
The walk back from the 3rd ward was not painful at all, which says I've gotten better stamina these days. I'm glad that some of this extra weight I've gained back is muscle, at least. Now, I am tired, and trying virtuously not to order a pizza. We shall see if I succeed.