The book I’m currently working on is set in a theater company, which means I’ve been doing research into what makes live theater work, and what is and is not possible. So far, one of my biggest pet peeves as far as plausibility is when movies/TV shows portray theater productions doing the impossible quick change. (For all my non-theater peeps out there the Quick Change is when a performer has to change rapidly (usually within seconds) from one costume into another costume. Sometimes even from one character to another.) A quick change can involve removing not only clothes but complicated wigs and make up. And if you’ve never had to scrub off caked on make-up while stripping then stuffing yourself into a new outfit and all with only seconds to spare, then pal, you haven’t lived. One production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” I did, we decided to attach a … Continue reading →