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| Travis Steubing and Tashina Richardson in RASPBERRY FIZZ |
Actress Tashina
Richardson consumes lots of sugar while performing in the Audacity Theatre Lab
play Raspberry Fizz. Besides
consuming a bottle and half of raspberry soda during each and every show, she
chews a lot of bubble gum.
“The trick is to start
chewing it fifteen to twenty minutes before curtain so it has optimal popping
elasticity,” says Richardson.
During the show,
Richardson’s character Samantha blows and pops gum at key moments. This means
that Richardson has to juggle drinking the carbonated soda, saying the lines
and blowing those bubbles at the right time so it all looks effortless.
“It is akin to rubbing one’s
tummy and patting one’s head while reciting the Gettysburg Address,” says
director Brad McEntire, who also wrote Raspberry
Fizz and performs a small role in it as well. “It takes some focus. I’m
impressed at how she does it.”
“Each pack of gum has fifteen
sticks and I went through a whole pack outside of rehearsals just practicing
blowing really good bubbles,” says Richardson. “I averaged about three sticks
in every rehearsal.”
Raspberry Fizz involves an encounter between two adolescents as they explore
anticipation and expectations in 1949 small town America. The play premiered in
Addison, Texas in March of 2012 at the Water Tower Theatre's Out of the Loop
Fringe Festival directed by Andy Baldwin and featuring Jeff Swearingen and
Natalie Young.
The current production
featuring Travis Stuebing, Tashina Richardson and Brad McEntire recently returned
from a hit run at the Houston Fringe Festival.
The show will be playing Saturdays
at 2 PM, November 16, 23, 30 and December 7 at the historic Margo Jones Theatre
at the Magnolia Lounge, Fair Park, 1121 First Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210. Tickets
are $10 suggested donation at the door. More information at: www.AudacityTheatreLab.com
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