Looking for some advice and help. Tonight is opening night of
Radium Girls in a proscenium stage.
We have been working all week with blood capsules to make an actress appear to be bleeding from the mouth. It is in a dream sequence, and Kathryn is suppose to have blood pouring out of her mouth.
At first, the best the actress could do was spit a small glob (blood clot looking) due to not having enough saliva. At final dress last night, we had a glass of water on stage for her to drink to help with the saliva, and all she could get was a very tiny thin stream (which could not be seen from the audience).
Are we doing something wrong? Or is this all the better the capsules work?
Is there a better method to have blood flowing from an actor's mouth? Or are we asking too much for a proscenium production?
We even tried filling an empty capsule with stage blood, but it wouldn't shut, and exploded all over the make up crew head.
Help! The show runs for two weekends, so any advice may come in handy eventually.
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Valerie Farschman, Drama Director
MLS Theatre Company, Troupe 1422
Marion L Steele High School
Amherst, Ohio
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