Just a reminder that the ‘Lion, Witch and Wardrobe’ is being performed this weekend at Fondy High. Also wanted to let everyone know that during opening night Ellie was hurt in the fight scene.
She is OK and it was not serious, although it bled a lot, mostly on stage. She was performing a well practiced and well choreographed battle scene, when another actor accidentally hit her in the face with his sword. It hit across the bridge of her nose, and immediately started bleeding. She has 2 superficial cuts to the nose area, but the majority of the bleeding was from a bloody nose. She bravely finished the scene and ‘flew’ out. The backstage crew was there with gauze and worked on stopping the bleeding. They told her they would shut everything down if she wanted them to, but they were close to the end, and the bleeding was under control, so she opted to finish and even took her bow. The show must go on! The people in the front rows commented on how real the fight scene was...complete with blood! Of course, this was not in the script. Ellie will need a tetanus shot, but that’s about it. The area is swollen and bruised, but she even managed to schmooze with the audience afterward, complete with a blood stained dress. Quite an evening!
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