I'm in a movie!

When I got to Mary's after the hospital yesterday, Our favorite movie director was busy filming his latest movie at Mary's "juke joint:  This is the coolest old building on LaLuna Estates and Mary and Glen tease each other that it would be a great juke joint, well if it had electricity and running water.  So as Mary assisted Mr.Rabbath, she suggested to Mr. F.C.Rabbath, aka Freddie, that he needed to drop something to give Owen, the actor, not the grandson, a reason to stop and look around nervously.  A few minutes later Freddie calls for me to come in and drop something.  I picked a can of spray paint and dropped it and it rolled and made a great sound.  So I got to do that 4 times, and I have to say my last drop was perfect.  I hope Freddie was happy and my big part makes the movie.  And I have to say that I think this could be my speciality in the "Biz".  Really, I am so much happier behind the scene instead of in front of the curtain or camera.  And as half of the Opera House Stage Company's Foley Team, The Miller Sister's (which is Mary and I), I enjoy getting the sound and the visual right. Which takes on a whole new meaning with a camera.  When we make the sound effects on Stage for the 1940s Radio Productions, the visual is as important as the sound.  To make the sound of a fist fight we beat cabbages into cole slow with a billy club.  The audience loves it, and the sound is great.  And the best part is you can drag the bit along for the whole show as you pick out cabbage out of drinks, clothes, hair and accessories.  So getting to drop a can for Freddie?  This is big for me!!!  Mary is a wonderful actor and she loves it, same with Jack and Jan, Marcie and Colin, Rich, Jon, Dani and most of our stage company members.  But there are those like Judy, Denise and myself that prefer to be behind the scene.  Ron and Pat love to act, and they have acted some memorable charatchers from Heavenly Hillary or Mr. Whithers, but sometimes I think that as long as they get to be a part of the production they are happy. And I am not saying that I don't understand the amazingly complex emotions auditioning for a part, learning the script, creating muscle memory for the blocking and then connecting with the other actors.  I mean it is cool.  But then I have to go out in front of all these other people and when the applause comes I see endorphins popping over their heads, their smiles are real and happy.  Me?  I don't know I want to be on stage left holding the rope to pull the curtains and cue the lights, oh, yeah and I am so happy for the actors.  


So to think that this may be away for me to hang out with some of the filming if they need something dropped.    Shoot, if the rolling can makes the film, I will be so thrilled, I could hang up my movie career while I am on top!