This isn't CGI, this is real theater magic.
And so, it was really fun to explore that downtown.
And now getting to kind of pump it up for these bigger venues.
And we've gotten to really, now, take that tiny idea and stretch it into something.
A bit bigger, while keeping the heart of this Rod Todd,
let's put it together on stage.
So that everyone can see the scenes, type of thing.
There's only seven people in the show.
But we all play, I don't know.
Like at least a 100 characters.
There's so much, there's so many quick changes.
The on stage show is very athletic.
But the back stage show is its own show.
That's what we always say.
It's super athletic, this is just one person's costumes for stage, right?
And so, this is James', he plays Luke and a bunch of other people.
So he's on stage for two seconds in this costume as Gabe, Persy's step father.
He as goat legs for a statue for another scene.
This is his Aries motorcycle jacket that he wears.
This is his underworld gruel.
He plays a DJ literally for five seconds in the same song, DOA.
>> [LAUGH] >> He gets to put this on,
and that's just his stage ready costumes.
>> Yeah, there's a whole other rack over there.
And I never see any of this, I never truly I never leave stage.
>> I know Chris is just on stage.
>> So people come on there's different characters.
And I'm like, I don't know how that happened.
We have phones, seashells, we have fake water.
We have pens that turn into swords.
We have fine shoes, and when you're doing that in a group of ten people.
And you're like, this is so fun and weird, and, this is funny.
This is a funny part, and then putting it out in front of people that know and
love the books.
And are excited about the show and they're right there with us.
>> This is our definitely the brainchild of our director Stephen Brackett.
This is a leaf blower.
Attached to the toilet paper roll.
And Percy is the son of Poseidon, so he has the power of water.
And so, we're like, how do we communicate that he's spraying water
without drenching the set?
And so, our brilliant director came up with this idea.
Cuz the first time he does it, he's in a bathroom.
And so, we have toilet paper on the edge of this.
We turned on the leaf blower and it blows toilet paper all over the stage.
And it is so much fun.
And then, we bring back in an even bigger way.
This is one of our prop tables.
So this is where we grab everything before we go on stage.
Don't look into her eyes, this is the Medusa head.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> Yeah, don't touch the props.
Yeah, rule number one, don't touch it.
This is, my gosh, this is, do you really drink blue Gatorade every night?
>> Yeah, every night.
>> Wow.
>> Try and stay hydrated.
>> So this is, let's see, these are the swords that Clarice uses and
put you in your place.
They're real, okay.
>> They're real.
>> Watch out, don't make her mad.
This is our Mrs. Dodd head.
So Mrs. Dodd is a fury.
It's kind of like demon bat women who attacks Chris at the top of the show.
>> Not now.
>> And this is her act two sister who like pops her really quick.
It's literally just a puppet head, but it's frightening.
>> So the stage we try to keep this really
ragged tagged industrial theme through out it.
So it really has the sense of this urban decayed,
there's a lot of Greek styling and accents.
But we wanted to keep the idea of this that we're finding props and
things to play with.
And to make our show.
Like, for example, like these little lights on the side, they get picked up.
And they become the motorcycle headlights in one scene.
And these antique
plank pillar things we use for so many, so many different.
They become bases for statues, they become where you sit on the motorcycle.
It was crafted in such a personal way where we were like, that.
We definitely need to keep that.
That's hilarious.
But it was a very specific brand of humor and creativity that went into the show.
And then, to see how universal and
clearly understood by this huge audience.
That is so fun for me.
So,