Not Dead Yet — Seth Swafford

In the first episode of OFF BOOK WITH BETH, Executive Director Beth Domann and Springfield Little Theatre Board President Seth Swafford get into what actually happens around a show at the Landers. The 1978 bugle still sitting in Beth's office, and what it has to do with ARSENIC & OLD LACE. The night Sven the reindeer lost his head mid-performance. The Dorothy who had no bucket and announced "I splash you" anyway. The 174 people who auditioned for LES MISÉRABLES, and the 42 who got in. Eight weeks of four-hour rehearsals; every one of them volunteered. And why ticket sales cover only 44% of what it costs to keep the curtain rising.Plus a black dress, donated to our costume shop after Seth's mother died, that he watched walk across the Landers stage two seasons later.OFF BOOK WITH BETH is a production of Springfield Little Theatre at the historic Landers Theatre in Springfield, Missouri. Learn more at springfieldlittletheatre.org.