Remembering more from our 2009 production of Aladdin, I was reminded by the victim, Jordan, about a time that caught me - and him - off guard, live on stage.
It was close to the end of the show in September 2009. While playing the bad guy in the show, my character was happy, possibly even giddy to finally marry the Princess (played by Zoey).
When I come out from behind the set, I sing, "I'm getting married in the morning!" as only a guy that can't sing, can sing. Well after that line, I looked at our Mime (played by Jordan) and whacked him on the back with my hand fairly hard. I remember it hurt my hand, so it probably left a long finger mark on his back. I looked at him for half a second, he looked at me, clearly puzzled. I nearly broke, but held it together. I don't know what caused me to do this to him, but it garnered a laugh from the crowd - which was encouraging.
This is one of those things that happens when you get too much in to character. You're not 100% in the role - you're 110% in the role, and completely transformed in to someone else. In my case, an evil bad guy that wanted a lamp and the Princess.
What caused me to slap him on the back? The fact that my character was so delighted and happy to be marrying royalty. He slapped Pico the Mime ont he back as kind of a, "Hey, buddy, guess what I'm about to do?!".
I believe the slap came back for the performances to follow. But the greatest part is, I had no idea a second before that I was going to do that. I wasn't waiting behind the set thinking, "I'm gunna slap him on the back!". No. It just came at the very split-second before it happened.
Who knows why - but it's another one of those things that makes live theatre a wonderful, unpredictable affair.
Oh - and sorry, Jordan.
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