I'm working on a show and texted a fellow friend in the field each sign of a good show, as experienced in the show I'm performing in that just opened last night...thought you may enjoy it.
#1: starting the show thirty minutes late.
#2: directors cussing their actors instead of addressing their safety concerns between scenes.
#3: adding new props and losing old costume-pieces on opening night.
#4: two hours of performing before the intermission leading to a long second act.
#5: actors drinking from flasks backstage.
#6: poorly-formatted programs.
#7: actor writing his lines on his hands before going on-stage...then his ink sweats off.
#8: new deck-crew responsibilities [moving set-pieces] being given to the actors mid-show.
#9: ending a horror-heavy production in October with a horror-free farce.
#10: the production lasts four hours.
#11: half or more of the audience left before the curtain call.
Hooray, community theatre!
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