Balloons...

We're in tech. People who have worked with me know that I have a fascination with balloons on stage. Practically speaking they break up vertical space, and aesthetically they have a lyricism I like. There is something haunting about them to me. They're about memory, childhood, amusement parks, walking hand in hand...

I have used them in many shows...

William Finn's Elegies at Signature Theatre:

Sherri Edelen

Elegies at Philadelphia Theatre Company. You can notice a couple on the floor. There were many, many, more LOL.

Will Gartshore, Michael Rupert, Donna Migliaccio, Sherri Edelen, Keith Byron Kirk

 Assassins at Signature Theatre:

The dazzling, and incredibly daring cast of Assassins.

 I also used them in Side Show at Signature but I can't find a picture with said balloons in it. Trust me. And here is a picture from Side Show just cause... well, I loved directing this show.

LOVED doing this show.

I'm sure I've used them in other shows I just can't think of at the moment LOL. I use them like crazy in The Boy Detective Fails. I'll just give you the "scary" balloons in the haunted toy factory:

And if one uses helium balloons, mishaps are bound to happen. We lost a balloon one day staging the toy factory sequence. Assistant stage manager Jeremiah Mullane used his height, a chair, a set piece, a pair of pliers, and sheer determination to save the day.