[0:04] [Music] [0:10] normally we try really hard to not have [0:12] to actually have real food on stage [0:14] there's a lot of prep that goes into [0:15] having real food and just you know safe [0:18] food practices so we'll be strategic [0:20] about who gets to actually consume not [0:22] everyone gets to eat [0:25] pie but those who do will be really [0:27] excited i'm responsible for anything [0:29] that the actors touch in their and hold [0:31] in their hands so that can be handheld [0:33] props food props it can be set dressing [0:36] and it is often furniture i always start [0:39] by reading the script i create the props [0:41] list that really goes through and [0:44] determines like okay so this person [0:46] talks about this item that means they [0:48] should really have it and then I meet [0:49] with the director and we talk through [0:51] what their vision is for those items how [0:53] they're going to be used and then it [0:55] comes down to researching period [0:58] researching the world that we live in [1:00] for that specific show and then it comes [1:03] the sourcing so a lot of things usually [1:06] come from our own personal stock we're [1:07] very fortunate that we have a goodiz [1:09] stock both for furniture as well as [1:11] props but it often also means some [1:14] antiquing some purchasing online having [1:17] good relationships with other theaters [1:20] and being able to borrow or rent from [1:22] other theaters that also have good [1:24] stocks and so it really comes from lots [1:26] of different places to end up being on [1:28] stage so this is our prop storage most [1:31] of our small furniture is here on site [1:34] we do have a decent amount of larger [1:37] items at an off-site storage location [1:39] but everything furniture related is over [1:43] here um we also have a lot of hand props [1:49] so things are you know things are all [1:51] categorized together but anything [1:53] kitchen related we have a bunch of [1:56] medical supply stuff um everything has [1:58] its proper home but there [2:01] is a lot of things that go into making a [2:04] show waitress specifically because we're [2:06] in a diner there's a lot of food we're [2:09] not only seeing people place orders [2:12] we're also seeing people consume things [2:14] we're also seeing people bake things so [2:16] it's the raw ingredients as well as the [2:20] forming of the dough it's the tracking [2:23] every object on stage in terms of okay [2:26] that person or places an order do we [2:28] actually see their order arrive are they [2:30] going to actually have time to consume [2:32] that order so it's it's really a process [2:35] in that regard so this one is mermaid [2:38] marshmallow pie and there's actually a [2:41] hole in the middle so that you can put a [2:44] cream in so that the actor has something [2:45] to actually consume so the whole like [2:48] the pie itself is not consumable but you [2:50] do have a part that the actor can [2:52] interact with um and there's individual [2:54] little [2:55] marshmallows i think that's the most [2:57] unique thing about Waitress is the [3:00] colorful and artfulness of the food that [3:03] we see come on out to Artistry to see [3:06] Waitress and eat some pie