Spilling the Guts... A Head Genterns Tale (by Elisabeth Evans)

First off, You all rock and I would do this a million times over if I could and I can't wait till February. WOOHOO!

As most of the cast knows I live about an hour and a half away south from Sacramento so my adventure of opening night started long before the performance night.
First obstacle? My normal means of transportation (my car) was made unavailable to me, and Jeff (bless his soul) who had been my very gracious ride for the last week or so was unable to take me that thursday because he was not attending rehearsal that day SO! Ashley (bless her soul as well) offered to grab me! So we coordinated times and agreed to meet at the Pittsburg bart station.
Weds night I compiled ALL my Repo stuff together (including my school stuff) ready to go and bolt after school. A friend of mine dropped me off at bart and I took off. It was senior ditch day that Friday so technically I had it off ;)
Art ended up being the one having to pick me up. After Art being stuck in traffic for an hour and a half (which also meant me freezing my bum off in the windy cold) grabbed me and proceeded to grab Jessica. Our car was STUFFED with costumes, and Jessica was running off of Xanax and Morphine with no food or sleep. I don't know how she did it.
We get to rehearsal, which consisted of mainly timing, cues, costume prep, and set building. Ash, Art, Catt and I all miraculously fit together on a king bed that night. Hanging out with you guys was a complete blast! Art loved his little Harem! LOL
Next morning Ash and Art took off to the theater early as me and Cat stayed behind getting ready. Later Andy, and Ash picked us up and took us to the theater. Another full day of timing cues, costuming and set building. My worry began to stem when we had not done a full costume run through yet.
That night... party at Felicity and Trevor's! Probably didn't sleep till around four in the morning because a few of us decided we were REALLY hungry and went to... where else?... Lyons.
Saturday... the big day. I woke up, started to move around, and yelled.

"OH MY GOD YOU GUYS! WE ARE STARTING THIS OPERA SH*T TONIGHT!!!!"

And everyone cheered! The big night... AHHH!

Me, Dani, Misty and everyone that was there early was busy unloading the sound guys truck as well as the rig guys truck. As slippery and wet their ramp was we almost slid to our death a few times.
First issue? Costumes... and EVERYONE who can help is helping in the dungeon room. I feel awful NOT contributing in some way so I beg for Jessica to give me a job. Jessalyn and I then set to work diligently and quietly on her WOP dress. That was a Sh*T ton of yarn! Anyone who was not supposed to be down there got the hell hath no from Jessica.
Then I was in charge of staining and sandpapering Rotti's table. I think my IQ dropped a good ten points due to how many brain cells I killed with the stain. LOOPEY ME! However Stephen was a gentleman to keep me company as well as Dwight.
Then it occured to me with all my costume changes (not many compared to amber mind you) But it didn't occur to me how many times I would be changing till right then and there. I freaked out wondering what had to be where. So after a chat or two with Ash and Andy everything was in order.
Me running around with the least amount of clothing on. This is Repo people! Two hours in platform six inch heels were already beginning to take its toll. After practicing WSTOS we saw the line and crowd forming outside. All of us began FREAKING out with excitement! All the Genterns ran hurriedly back inside after jess ran it with us a few times (bless her exhausted soul) I stumbled into the attic of the theater with the rest of the cast members. I felt like Anne Frank. Those stairs are HELL in the Gentern shoes!! That theater is anti heels! I got to witness Tristen screaming "I can't breath!" In his new mask. We all responded "You've got to fight through it!" We started A LOT later than presumed but we all watched from the wings as Morgana did her beautiful opening. Me and Dani were grabbing each other holding back silent screams of excitement. I shoved him out for "Genetic Repo Man" as Dani last minutely harassed Spooky Dan in the audience with "He will just rip the still beating heart from your chest!" Tim returned in his awesome leather repo manlyness after basically raping Felicity's chest trying to find the hidden heart he was supposed to grab which he got RIGHT on time!

I watch as the first scene unfolds. Dani whispers to me "Wow I can't wait to see how the blood turns out!"

"What blood??" I ask shocked.

"Stephens got a blood pack attached to him for when Jessica shoots him."

"... No Shit!... No way are you kidding me?? Thats awesome!!"

I watch completely stoaked as Jessica shoots him. The blood EXPLODES PERFECTLY and on perfect timing! I scream "Oh my God perfect timing!" The audience gasps in delight.
Justin's face was COVERED! However he does NOT break character! He merely laughs creepily! Adding perfect touch to the scene. Justin you are a genius and I love you!

21st Century Cure... I nearly had a heart attack, and I think it shaved off a good ten years of Dani's life.

"Wheres the dead body?!" Dani yelled. "I'm on in literally a minute! I need the body out there whose in charge of the body?!"

Our awesome Ninja Tech Ashley responded.

"I'm in charge of the graves the other guy isn't here!"

"Shit Shit Shit Shit SHIIIIIT! You need to get it out there right now!"

Ashley was wide eyed in fear, as Dani made his entrance, Ashley bolts for the dead body. I grab what graves I can and push them out in my Gentern costume as inconspicuously as possible. Dani's eyes were wide with panic as the body is nowhere to be seen. He still miraculously stays in character. I scramble to find little Ashley who RIGHT on the line of "An entire city built on top of the DEAD!" THROWS the body at Dani's feet, RIGHT on cue. I nearly fainted in relief. Whew... Good GOD...
Mark it Up is first, I'm totally pumped and ready, panties in place within the rear of my own panties LOL. Brain toss goes well, I'm totally ready to grab the heart. But... no heart comes... "Well... I guess Tristen just missed it, no worries I will go right back to molesting Rachel" then the heart falls WAY back behind me. "AHH CRAP! Over kill... Whatever I will live..."

"I'm sorry for missing the heart Tristsen!"

"It's ok I threw it too hard"

I really don't know HOW you breathed in that mask honey.. anyways.. whats next?... next next next is.. sanitarium square! I got to change into my head Gentern black whore outfit! Rush Rush Rush ok Im totally ready in the wings for my cue. I was changing during Thankless Job so I had NO idea of the mess it had caused. Art comes in from the wings and gets fake blood ALL over me leg! FUUUCK!! I'm JUST about to come on! Whatever, whatever.. I am straddling Tristen anyways they won't even see my legs. So scene continues, goes just fine. Then I BOLT to get the blood OFF my legs! Upstairs its chaos. Art and Tim were yelling desperately to get the blood OFF of them. Art is drenched and so is Tim's repo outfit. Tim looks PISSED about the mess as ART happily licks his fingers at the sweet corn syrup. hahaha!

"Where is some water!!!!"
"I NEED some PAPER TOWELS!!"

Poor techies were scrambling to get the items we needed. I ripped off my nylons attempting to scrub the sticky substance off in time. I hear Tristen yell my name. FUCK! I need to be out there for the ribbon cut! I get down, late, Andy is holding the ribbon alone. I walk on in character and grab the other end. Scene proceeds, including the Worthy Heirs scene, my leg still bloody as all hell, and I am about to do Zydrate Anatomy. "Ugh just go with it, it almost seems like it is a part of your character."
So Zydrate goes great. I'm not on till Night Surgeon thank GOD for that intermission. Which I spent scrubbing the fake blood off. I felt so bad for Art and Tim. (You guys are Troopers!)
The show continues, I give my feet a quick rest and get the cart ready for night surgeon. Billy is being wired up by the FX guy (Literally minutes before we are about to go on) I ask him if Tim knows about whats going on, and he claims he does. He quickly runs billy through the things that he has to do. The FX guy runs out of time and he has to literally hide behind billy to continue the scene. But the scene goes smoothly from what I can tell. Tim is STUNNED and confused about the random FX stuff that he clearly had absolutely NO prior knowledge to. However he pulls it off masterfully and stays completely in character (you guys are amazing) After the scene, in the attic I could see Tim fuming (or as jess so perfectly put it "seething") about the random surprise FX implants.
I'm not on until WSTOS. I look outside (since we have to run around) and it is POURING!
SHIT! UGH! Me and misty are about to run into the rain when a techie grabs us and says.

"Hey! Ash does NOT want anyone running in the rain, she wants you to go through the isles if needed."

Me and misty looked at each other.

"Are you sure?"
"Oh yeah she just told me before the show." Others conflicted and said the opposite. We decided to take out chances. Me and Misty BOLTED! Up the isle.
We get to the end and there are NO Genterns to be found... and we have literally just minutes...

"Where the hell is everyone?!"

Morgana checks upstairs, they are all changing from the 17 crowd. FUCK! They stumble down last minute as we literally push ourselves to get out on time. The dance goes REALLY well! I surprisingly didn't fall on my face in those heels. We do our gentern orgy onstage ;) Everyone SCREAMS for Jessica's amazing breasts! All the genterns scramble off but stay close for BNMC. Then it hit me, I have no idea what we are doing for Amber's face... oh well, we will be surprised. All the genterns return, we start dancing and Jess smears fake blood on her face... clever! I was pleased as we all bolted off again. I then sat there and realized... thats it for me... oh my god its over!.. CRAZY!
I watch the rest of the play from behind the scenes, helping out whenever I can. With Camille spinning in Chromaggia we all yelled at a techie to put her back but she was too high! We all had a good laugh backstage. Last heart attack? Tim's repo coat getting caught on the wheel of the wheel chair. We YELL at the techie to help him out. She darts out, fixes it, comes back and says "Yeah there was no way in hell that that thing was going to come out on its own."
Then our awesome randomized curtain call... Holy Crap its over WOOHOO!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO DAMN MUCH!!! WE KICK ASS!!!