From The Desk Of Rotti Largo (by Justin Boeser)

So... I have neglected my duties of REPO diaries for the past shows, so I am doing this NOW before it all leaves my mind. Where to begin......


We got to the theater at 10:15. I was VERY happy to see that our previous night of organizing and moving stuff paid off. Andie was already running the techies through a set moving rehearsal! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY! I went and sat with Macie for a few minutes before I decided to go and set all my costume pieces where they should be and make sure my props were exactly where they needed to be.

blah blah blah... some stuff that isn't really important... blah blah blah.

MMKAY! So I decided to change my entrance from stage right to floor right, coming from the little alcove. I thought that it would just be WAY easier than being crammed into that stage right space with most of the actors, and all our furniture set pieces. ITS SO MUCH BETTER OVER THERE! haha! thats where I'll be entering from now on.

So we started our first rehearsal and pretty much everything went great for me! No huge mistakes, I didn't drop anything, trip, forget lines... nothin! i was very pleased. There were really only 4 things that scared me about that night's performance that just kept lingering over my head.

1. MY 20 SECOND COSTUME CHANGE from Rotti into a Z-addict. BUT there really wasn't any need to freak out about it cause I worked it out so that I'd still have a couple seconds to gather myself before going on stage.

2. NIGHT SURGEON. Instead of having a special effects guy chillin next to me behind Billy's wheelchair to make all his blood come out at the appropriate times, I was now squirting the blood out of his neck. It was a very simple thing to do... just squish it all out of a syringe into a tube... but the 1st and only time I would be doing this was during the performance. SO I WAS SCARED to mess it up.

3. GOLD. Now... how could I possibly be worried about one of the easiest scenes in the whole show? A scene that I basically just sit there for? WELL, due to the combonation of Paul Sorvino's amazingness, and Felicity's genius, I would now be taking shots during one of my lines! haha! I was more concerned about when during my song I'd be doing this, if I'd be able to do it fast enough to still do my last note, and (after being told I was going to be using Andie's glass shot glasses) not breaking them.

4. ROTTI KILLING NATHAN. Ok... so not gonna lie, but I was kind worried about my whole last like... 2-3 minutes alive on stage. First of all, I don't know what happened, but during the reheasal before tech, I forgot all my death scene lines. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY! And the words would not come back to me, so i had to read them over and over until they stuck. THANKFULLY, I got them all down, and i think I worked the shit out of it. HAHA! BUT, as you all know, I would not be using just any old gun for this scene anymore, oh no! I would be using a stage gun loaded with a blank and would actually be shooting it on stage. i was just like... WHAT.THE.FUCK?! HAHA! i was SO excited to do this! But i was scared to DEATH about it going off in my pocket, going off as Catt and I passed it to each other over and over, it going off as I dropped it while I die, OR it not even going off at all. I WAS SCURRED. AND to top it off, I only had about 3 seconds to steal it from Catt, cock it, release it, aim it, and shoot it. yes! the nerves were going.

OK.. and so now... the only thing out of these 4 that I would actually be practicing during rehearsal was the shots during Gold. We got to that part, and it started out badly already. HAHA!! not because i couldn't grab them, or Felicity did anything wrong, but some of them were stuck together and I couldn't get them apart in time. BUT, to my happiness, we were using plastic glasses, and not glass ones.

OH! and i got to practice my 20 second costume change too! In fact, Zydrate Anatomy was AMAZING!!! you guys have really locked it in! And POOR ADAM!!!! I was there when you fucked your shit up and i felt so bad!! IT LOOKED NASTY!

anywho... the rest of that reheasal went well.

Then It was break time! I spent that time eating my only meal of that day... some trail mix. haha! I had just asked Tim if I could practice shooting the gun just so I would know what to expect. He said we would in a little bit and so I just went and sat down again. But as I was sitting there, Billy sat in front of me, followed by some other people and was all like "Rotti, pay attention! pay attention" and I was just REALLY confused about what was happening and then BOOM!! mother fuck. Tim, who was like.... 10 feet away from me, shot the gun IN MY direction AND I SCREAMED AND JUMPED. IT WAS SO LOUD! IT SOUNDED SO REAL! so now my nerves and excitiment went up to about 39827394 on scale of 1-10. It was finally going to be my turn to shoot the gun, but it was all jammed, and wouldn't work! SHITTY! so he had to take a look at it and try to fix it.

I decided it was time to start changing into my costume since the next rehearsal was a full costume run. After I changed, I went backstage left to put my real clothes away and thats when Chris was announcing that he was going to be doing his ear drum shattering sound checks. SO Felicity and I, after screaming WAIT WAIT!!! ran outside, where we had to stay for like... 5 minutes. It was a cute bonding moment. HAHA! After the sound thing, Ashley was calling 5 minutes till places! I wasn't worried cause I had all my costume on, all my stuff where it needed to be, and my wig was lookin like some HOTness. BUT THEN we found out that we were going to be filmed up close for this. SO i had 5 minutes to grab my make up, get to the bathroom, take out my piercings (which is harder than it seems), do my make up, hid the piercings I don't normally take out, and get back in place. I got back there right as Felicity died on stage. YIPPY!

So that run-through went pretty damn great! I was going to be practicing my shots again during GOLD, and was finally going to get to shoot the gun to kill Nathan. The shots started out going pretty well, I got the first 5 or so down with no problem. But the second to last one, got stuck in my throat, and the last one kinda just... sat on top of that one. I never thought that I could totally choke, puke, and die from drinking iced tea before. haha! So that was something I'd have to fix for the show.

Then I had my gun all loaded and ready to go, before I was told that i was NOT going to be shooting it for this run-through. Sooooo... yeah. No bang! I didn't shoot it, and was scared that the only time I was going to actually get to shoot it was on stage, during the performance. I WAS TERRIFIED!

So after that run-through, the line had already started forming, I still needed to get in full make up, do a mini photo shoot, and get in place. AND I STILL NEEDED TO FIRE THAT DAMN GUN! AND there was about 30 minutes until we opened the doors. I got all my shit done and went and found Tim to fire the gun. I put my newly required ear plugs in, loaded that shit, and fired! HAY!!!!! it was SO loud! And I was concerned that the neighbors and stuff would be scared, but then I realized that, in that neighborhood, they were probably used to it. HAHAHAHA!

After sitting in my little alcove for a while, I went outside to smoke. Thats when Terrance arrived. He came over, we hugged, Spooky was filmed him for a little bit, then he went inside. ALMOST SHOWTIME and i was SOOOOOO EXCITED! To make this even better, there was a family that drove JUST TO SEE US through the snow, from NEVADA! It was SO nice to meet them and I'm SO glad they could come out to the show. People from ALL OVER Cali came to see us BUT we have OUT OF STATERS COMING TO SEE US! you guys... AWESOME!

All the pre-show things went on. Stephanie introduced us, Jessalyn and some genterns baptised the crowd, Terrance showed a clip of his art lessons, 2 auidence members ripped open a pinata (or so it looked like) to find organs... and all that good stuff! And as Morgana walked across that stage perfectly playing her violin, my heart almost jumped out of my chest! The audience was AMAZING. They were SO loud, happy, and excited as hell to be there! Dani worked his shit as he did his first scene to a cheering crowd, to which Felicity was also murdered by Tim. PERFECTION. I knew it was going to be an amazing night!

ROTTI'S OFFICE/THINGS YOU SEE IN A GRAVEYARD. amazing amazing AMAZING!!!!!!! STEPHEN'S HEAD! OMG!! hahah! In the first show, the blood shot out the wrong way, COVERING me in blood. It took everything I had to remain calm and stoic. I was prepared for that again. BUT NO! instead, IT WENT EVERYWHERE!!! IT SHOT SO FAR! I WAS SO EXCITED I COULD HAVE PEED!!!! AND the only blood that got on me was a little mist... nothing to be worried about.

THINGS YOU SEE IN A GRAVEYARD 2/LIMO RIDE went with NO noticeable problems! The audience laughed at the Henchies covering my mouth during "...difficult", and at me winking at them after "who says that dad needs to know everything?". I LOVED the audience. they were amazing! And Catt... I applaud you! Everytime we do this scene, I always cringe when you get thrown on your knees cause it looks PAINFUL! But, everytime, you take it like a champ! good good job!

SANITARIAN SQUARE was AMAZING! everyone got their cues down perfectly and it looked AWESOME! AND the crowd could actually hear the Largo kids get all pissed off. haha! I didn't know if they could hear Jessalyn grunting last time, but this time, they laughed. so that was good!

the REPORTER SCENE went amazingly! I'm glad we decided to move upstage cause it made things MUCH easier for the henchies... not having to push through the crowd and shit.

INOPPORTUNE PHONE CALL... now... I am NOT in this scene. BUT TIM... even though the spine was a little bitch from hell, you still worked it! You worked the shit out of it! don't even worry baby!

ZYDRATE SUPPORT NETWORK was great in all its 1 minute of stage time. haha!

ok... NOW FOR MY VERY quick costume change. Last show, I decided that I would take off my tie, belt, and suspenders and put on my skirt and plaid shirt BEFORE Zydrate Support Network. Then I can just hold my pants up and put my coat on over my z-addict costume. THIS WORKS SO MUCH BETTER! I don't know if yall know about the first show and how it worked out! haha! well... I basically went out as Rotti with a skirt on. HAHAHAA!! it failed.. but this time... EPIC! IT WORKED SO NICELY!

ZYDRATE ANATOMY was AMAZING. I don't think the crowd stopped cheering!! it was seriously AWESOME! There is already a video on Youtube of it, and everyone got it LOCKED. it was SO good! Remember yall, Zydrate Anatomy is pretty much Repo!'s Time Warp! WE HAVE TO MAKE IT PERFECT! and that, we did!

INTERMISSION! HAY! smoke break. get dressed. blah blah blah. This is when I finally got to take a look at Billy's neck appliance that I would be squirting blood out of. I was pretty positive I could get it!

WHO ORDERED PIZZA was AWESOME! Ever since Sac Anime, I'm always scared that the spine is going to fall off the table. BUT it hasn't since! so that is good! AND NOW THE BAG HAS A LIGHT IN IT! WHAT THE FUCK?!?! ITS EPIC AND AWESOME! AND everything seemed to go perfectly!

NIGHT SURGEON... oh god. I was shaking! I WAS SO SCARED TO FUCK UP THE BLOOD! I'm still not even fully sure if it came out the right way! haha! All I know is that I squished it out, and was still laughing and mocking Tim as I did it... SO I HOPE IT WORKED OUT! The blood was MUCH harder to push through the syringe than I thought it would be! GOD DAMN! I thought i fucked it up! but i think and hope it was ok!

HAPPINESS IS NOT A WARM SCALPEL was a scene that I did kinda mess up in. Nothing TOO huge, but I came out with my glasses on. HAHAA!! I did just take them off while Jessalyn was singing and put them in my pocket, so hopefully, no one noticed. I'm SO glad we could finally get something on Jessalyn's face this time! I still am voting for a Hannah Montana face cut out next time though! HAHAHA!

GOLD. YES YES YES! It all went well! My coat didn't get stuck on my giant arms while I was trying to put it while singing, I got all my cues, I ACTUALLY opened the damn box of gold this time... i forgot to during the last show. haha! AND I was able to get the will and quill out when it needed to be. GOOD GOOD GOOD! So then, Felicity comes up in al her Gentern glory with my shots, sets them down, I look at them, and then mid-line, I start shootin them! HAY!!!! 1,2,3,4,5 were fine! but the 6th one kinda... just.. stayed in my throat! IT SUCKED! BUT I couldn't deny the very loud cheering audience that one last shot. So I kinda just.. dumped it on my mouth and let it get all over. hahaha!!! I wasn't going to risk stacking that one on top of the one that was stuck in my throat and choking. BLEH! I didn't finish with enough time to do my last note. So I just ended it with a great hand flourish. haha!

AT THE OPERA TONIGHT was EPIC! i loved it! and we were able to get around the theater in good time!

WE STARTED THIS OPERA SHIT got everyone on their feet! AWESOME!!! it was so cool to stand in the back of the theater and watch it unfold. It seriously gave me chills!

BUON GIORNO.... ooohhh man. HAHA!!! It was PERFECT up until "Everything is priced to go". During "priced"... the sound disappeared! HAHAHAA! OMG I WAS SO SCARED! it was probably for maybe 2 seconds, but it felt like FOREVER! I just kinda went into my jazz hands and kept goin with it! UGH! but i couldn't help but laugh cause one of the genterns on my side.. it may have been Elisabeth yelled "OH SHIT!" hahahah!!! hilarious. But the sound came back, and everything was grand!

CHROMAGGIA... now... i'm in this scene for like... 2 seconds. BUT CAMILLE... OMG YOU ARE SO AMAZING! you are just EPIC! i love you so much and your portrayal of Mag is flawless. I know you know this, but I just wanted to say it. YOU ARE AWESOME.

PIECE DE RESISTANCE was great in its 30 seconds of stage time. haha! I think the spotlight made it my way, so thats good!

THE WHOLE OPERA SCENE was sooo so so so SO epic! The only thing that I didn't like was that I was earing ear plugs the whole time so I couldn't fully hear my cues. BUT i needed them in so I could still hear after I shot the gun. The scene was spectacular! everything went great. During the black out, I ran to the side stage, grabbed my LOADED gun (that I decided I didn't want in my pocket during the whole scene), and waited for the scene to start back up. As soon as I reached into my jacket to grab the gun, my heart started POUNDING. i was TERRIFIED of that thing! hahah! BUT I WAS SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR IT! During the scene, everytime Catt and I would pass the gun, my heart stopped thinking it was going to go off. I just prayed that it went all right! Its about 5 seconds until I have to steal the gun and cock it, everything dissapeared. haha! all I could focus on and think about was how I was going to do this. AND I didn't realize that the hand that i use to cock the gun, was preoccupied with holding my will. so i was like.. this isn't going to work. SO I grabbed the gun, tried to cock it, but it wouldn't go. SO i tried to press the realease button, but that wouldn't go. So I was sad. I was like.. well... the gun isn't going to work. Whatever.. we didn't have a shooting gun during any of the other shows, soooo its really not that big of a deal. I aimed NEXT to Tim (not at him... Brandon Lee... enough said) and PRETENDED to shoot. BUT pulled the trigger anyway maybe a quarter of a second AFTER Rotti does in the movie, AND IT SHOT! OMG IT WORKED! I WAS SO HAPPY!!! yes, it was a little later, but It still totaly worked! I was exstatic! FUCK YEAH! bomb ass shit.

so then we finished up TO A STANDING OVATION, bowed, met some fans, I went around for a couple hours gathering garbage before I realized Terrance's line was FINALLY short enough for me to stand in, got my cane signed, my picture with him, we chatted breifly, and we were on our way!

YOU GUYS! we did VERY well last night. SO SO SO WELL! thank you to all for making this amazing! Thank you Tim and Ashley for your HUGE amount of support and professionalism, thank you to the rest of the exec team for kicking SO much ass! Thank you to Chris and his helpers for kicking even more ass! Thank you to the rig guys, YOU'RE AMAZING! Thanks to all the actors in our show! WE ALL DID SO WELL!!!! THANK YOU TECHIES! we'd be completely lost without you! You're amazing. KIM RAPP needs her own THANK YOU because, not only is she the best fan, but shes just awesome in general. Thank you Terrance, Spooky, and Stephanie for EVERYTHING. BUT MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU, FANS! your support has been EPIC and THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving Amber's Sweets a name! I LOVE YOU ALL and I can't wait to do this again in August with the amazing Alisa Burkett!

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