The Sacred Angel Fist Circle of Note Gang doing what it does best (Matthew Garland, Nadia Ahern, Michael Lanahan, Marc Cardiff, Brad Blaisdell, Ian Gould, Lauren Rubin; photo by Lili Von Schtupp)

Buk is visited by the ghosts of William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Sylvia Plath, and William S. Burroughs (Michael Lanahan, Marc Cardiff, Brad Blaisdell, Nadia Ahern, Ian Gould; photo by Angela Carper)

Love is, indeed, a dog from hell (Lauren Rubin, Nadia Ahern, Brad Blaisdell, Fleur Phillips)

Bishop Fulton Sheen (Matthew Garland) prays for your soul (photo by Lili Von Schtupp)

Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke audition for Barbet Schroeder (Ian Gould, Michael Lanahan, Matthew Garland)

Things look bleak for Buk (Fleur Phillips, Michael Lanahan, Ian Gould, Brad Blaisdell, Marc Cardiff, Matthew Garland, Nadia

Opening night rush for food and booze

Producer John Mitchell and The SAFCNG Founder, Marc Cardiff

Angela Carper and Michael Lanahan flaunt their engagement in front of miserable single people

No, you were great…No, no, you were great…No, no, no, you were great…

Director Joe Peracchio and wife Paloma flaunt their attractiveness in front of miserable single people

Theatre is serious business--don't fuck around

Film legend Robert Forster with some unknown simp
 


Meanwhile, backstage...


Fleur Phillips is mocked by her donut
 

Lyricist/composer Gary Stockdale and Brad Blaisdell discuss the correct way to pronounce "dipthong"

Stage Manager Alexis Miles attempts to bring order from chaos. She is only partially successful

Cason Murphy and Jennifer Blake secretly plan to find Curly's Gold

Director Joe Peracchio chews his thumb in the manner of Tyrone Guthrie

Assistant Stage Manager Kerri Morriagn rests after futile attempts to free the actors from Pharoah

Producer John Mitchell and lyricist/composer Gary Stockdale (insert "Casablanca" joke here)

Grotowski meets Michael Kidd (left to right: Lauren Rubin, Michael Lanahan, Brad Blaisdell, Nadia Ahern, Fleur Phillips)

Choreographer Leanne Fonteyn is oblivious to the actors' head-scratching and noises of befuddlement. (left to right: Matthew Garland, Ian Gould, Michael Lanahan, Brad Blaisdell, Fleur Phillips, Lauren Rubin, Nadia Ahern)

Marc Cardiff stands watch as Lauren Rubin, Michael Lanahan, Brad Blaisdell, Ian Gould, Nadia Ahern and Fleur Phillips look for their contact lenses