We had a very...interesting...dress rehearsal during which several somewhat drunken guys were passing through, then stopped and watched. At first I was concerned as they were disruptive and loud, but after the aforementioned imposing woman talked to them, they calmed down and in fact watched the entire second half and loved it.
I will say that they continued to say stuff aloud, commenting on the actors, the plot, and other stuff, and much of the time their comments toward the women in the production (particularly our Phebe, who was dressed like a townie from Revere) were offensive. But I don't believe that anyone ever felt threatened or like things were out of hand. As mentioned above, the park is very open and well-travelled, and the cast and crew were plentiful and multi-gendered.
Dealing with the city of Somerville was not so easy, from what I understand, though my TD muffyjo did most of that. It seems largely like a they-don't-give-a-shit / they-don't-have-funding thing, though, rather than a hostile-to-the-arts thing. Still, they really ought to do a lot better, given their reputation as an arts-loving community.
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Date: 2015-11-04 10:53 pm (UTC)We had a very...interesting...dress rehearsal during which several somewhat drunken guys were passing through, then stopped and watched. At first I was concerned as they were disruptive and loud, but after the aforementioned imposing woman talked to them, they calmed down and in fact watched the entire second half and loved it.
I will say that they continued to say stuff aloud, commenting on the actors, the plot, and other stuff, and much of the time their comments toward the women in the production (particularly our Phebe, who was dressed like a townie from Revere) were offensive. But I don't believe that anyone ever felt threatened or like things were out of hand. As mentioned above, the park is very open and well-travelled, and the cast and crew were plentiful and multi-gendered.
Dealing with the city of Somerville was not so easy, from what I understand, though my TD