Photos: My night at LIDA Project’s ‘R.U.R./lol’

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The LIDA Project has done things its own way for 18 years, so no surprise that its opening-night rituals might be a little more hardcore than other companies’. Actually, that’s Laura Lounge just having a little artful fun before the start of “R.U.R./lol,” feigning the trappings, of, I dunno, a backstage heroin binge alongside a young John Lennon. (She’s kidding!). Below, castmate Rhea Amos joins in.

 

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The next few photos show how the actors oftentimes lie on floor, and how a camera projects their faces out to the audience.

 

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 Actor Rhea Amos conducts a pre-show camera check with the crew.

 

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 Laura Lounge takes her place just before the show is about to start.

 

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