For each production at TMT, we like to ask our cast and crew members a few questions, so we and you can get to know them better! Some questions are standard. Some are specific to the show these folks are working on. Some are biographical, some are philosophical, and some are completely off the wall! But all of these questions provide a little insight into the wonderful artists that make up our Magnetic community.
See what these colorful creatives have to say, then grab your tickets and come see them in The Splatter Play, now extended through October 28!
Today we asked the ensemble: You're walking alone in the forest and reach a fork in the path. One side is so dense and bramble coated you're not sure if you can make it through. The other shows glints of sunshine in the distance, but you hear a peculiar humming noise. Which do you choose?
Morgan Miller, Tina
I’m going with the other side with sunlight - for one, I’m a nosy bitch (and subsequently definitely the first to die if life were a scary movie) so I’d want to know what the humming was, and two, I’m certainly not going through those brambles - too much work for my taste and I’m not trying to catch poison ivy again.
Dwight Chiles, Harlowe Dexter-Warde/Mom
Sunshine baby! What humming noise...?
Ashleigh Goff, Mother Ironwood/Lethalia Abbums
Um, I keep walking straight down the path thank you. No dark scaries or peculiar humming necessary.
Erin McCarson, Mr. Levinsky
The sunny clear humming path, duh. I have a weak ankles and no sense of direction. Dense nature would be impending doom!
Daniel Moore, Hames Blonde
Definitely the humming noise. I’m not playing Jumanji here, I’m walking alone. I’ll take my chances not in the thicket of death, thank you.
Evan Eckstrom, Stage Manager
I bust into those brambles right quick when the siren's song tries to infect mine ears!
Jason Phillips, Uncle Ivill
Dense forest every time.
Zach Knox, Composer
Sunshine and humming! It’s probably a hum choir in need of another baritone!
Jered Shults, Box Office Manager/D4-DDY/Agent
The path with sunshine. Rather deal with some bit of the known vs the unknown.
Skyler Goff, Dr. Diabolus/Romero Abbums
You fool. You forgot the third option; curl up in a fetal position and refuse to choose.
Melon Wedick, The Realtor
Brambles. For sure. Everyone knows humming is evil and sunshine is a trick!
And here’s what some other members of our amazing crew said (they defied all attempts at photos!)
Christine Caldemeyer (Costume Design): I’ve been slinking through brambles since I could walk, I’ll be fine. It’s the humming that unsettles me.
Brandon McIver (Set/Special Effects): Definitely the bramble side.
Abby Auman (Playwright/Light Design): You should come towards me. Don't you like my humming? We can be best friends! Ok look, the screaming is unnecessary.
Amanda Brown (Scenic Design/Pooky Egg Maker): The sunlit hum for sure. I'm the white lady.
Sarah Hajkowski (Dramaturgy/Assistant Stage Manager): Sunlit path please! I will hum with the peculiar forest noisemaker and we will become friends!
Well well…seems only some folks know how to survive in the woods!
Get your tickets and be in a theatre where the woods can never threaten you again! Be free of the mortal coil!