So much has happened on epiphany since the last time I posted. For one, we have actors! Yes, those are three of the shining faces you won't be seeing come opening night (no human faces, remember?). So I thought I'd show them to you now (and, as always, you can click thru to my Flickr set of my epiphany photos thus far).

It's very odd to all of a sudden be working with actors after having these ideas in our heads and then on paper and then in the workshop for so many weeks. Finally being able to play with other folks and really explore these little stories of mine has been great for me, though. Last weekend we did our first stumble-through of the whole show. It really helped put the individual pieces in perspective, and gave us all a good look at the shape the show was taking. Now it's back to stressing out about puppet building and fine-tuning in rehearsals.

My spider has gone through several more revisions - we tore apart the first one to mold the body for the final version, but then that wasn't remotely ready for rehearsal, so I had to do a second rev out of the box from my DVD burner - but he's finally got all his appendages and controls attached, and is just waiting for his head to be done. I've also dubbed him "Webb." I'm purposefully not posting any pictures of Webb closer to his finished form so as not to ruin the surprise - on Saturday we had the designers gasping when they saw him walk across the stage. If you want a good look, buy your tickets and grab a front row seat - I guarantee you'll get a great view of his arachnidian rhetoric.