effective-kittening

Want to blow some minds with how prepared you are? Toss this stuff in your bag.

Sticking Things To Other Things

Trip hazards need to be tamed. Sometimes costumes need some help. This stuff helps you do that.

• Toupee/boob tape
• Lash glue
• Sewing kit
  • safety pins
  • scissors
  • thread
  • needles
  • buttons
• Fishing line
• Gaffers’ tape (having a few colors is handy for marking prop locations on stage, keeping wires out of the way, etc)
• Black duct tape (not for wires, but for things that need to be affixed ‘permanantly’)

Documents

Before a show, I like to print out the lineup, kitten notes, and emcee notes. These get handed out to the announcer, sound tech, and a few for the green room.

• Lineup (the show list)
• Kitten notes (your annotated lineup, “who needs chairs”, “where do those chairs go?”, “where does this crown go?”, etc)
• Emcee notes (your announcer’s annotated lineup; performer’s name, song, and anything that should be said before the act)
• Notebook (near 100% chance you have someone running up to you before the show with a last second change)
• Sharpies/Pens (see above)

Ouchies

• Bandaids
• Antibiotic cream
• Chewable tums/pepto
• Acetaminophen
• Gum (handy before going on stage)

Cleanup

• Makeup removal wipes
• Isopropyl alcohol
• Nitrile Gloves
• PAPER 👏 TOWELS 👏
• Wet Cloth + Dry Cloth (do NOT try to sweep up chalk or talc powder, it becomes a slippery mess)
• Bath towels (especially if there’s a performer doing a waterpour)
• Laundry bags (take some tape and tag the bags with the act, then jam all of that act’s stuff into the matching bag)
• Swiffer/broom (sometimes a box of Lucky Charms explodes on to the stage for a St. Patricks Day act)
• 2x Trash bags
• Gallon sized ziplock bags

Weird Stuff That Has Come Up

• Protein/candy bars (especially if you’re at a venue from 4:30 to 11:30, not to mention the 2 hours of driving to get there. Someone is going to eventually be hangry, have a way to stave it off)
• 1/4” patch cables (sometimes performers play violin, guitar, modular synth, etc.)
• XLR cables (sometimes they have their own microphone, too!)
• Power strip
• USB-C and Lightning cables