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Jeremy Heere and Rich Goranski are funky lil bisexuals

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The most dangerous places in theatre (feel free to add)

Orchestra pit (like what is going on there, it’s like a cave, is anyone alive?)

The 10*10 meters area around stage manager during tech week

Dressing room 5 minutes before the show

Behind the curtains, when the whole ensemble is waiting to go on stage

Light booth for anyone who isn’t light crew

Any staircase set piece in general

Space in between a set piece and a dancer in front of you during a dance number

In the storage room where all the set/costumes/props/dead bodies are kept (honestly got lost there once, scarred for life)

That one free spot that can be used for little personal rehearsal (IM THE LEAD I NEED THIS SPACE)

Bathrooms during intermission

Backstage if you are not a theatre kid

ANY THEATRE SPACE IF YOU ARE NOT A THEATRE KID

Beside an unfinished set piece (don’t you dare step on that, i’ll snap your neck)

Right in front of the choreographer, who is having a bad day

Beside a theatre kid, who just got insulted for doing theatre (honestly the worst)

Casting rooms during a callback (the most tension you’ll ever feel)

Backstage when there’s only 3 people who don’t really like each other

Beside an actor during quick costume change, which isn’t going great (if you see that situation: offer help, get a negative answer/deadly stare, run)

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anywhere near the prop table (cue stage manager “DONT TOUCH ANY PROP THAT ISNT YOURS”)

right beside the dancer that’s always told to calm down

near the director after someone misses their cue to come on

near the director after crew misses the their cue to move something on

anywhere in the way of a set change (whisper yells of “get the fUCK OUT OF THE WAY!!”)

beside the musical director/conductor, because conducting is big and enthusiastic and honey you’re asking for an elbow to the face

close to the enthusiastic lead that doesn’t understand large motion does not equal actual acting

anywhere behind an actor with a pencil on their script (its gonna fly off, i almost hit someone doing that multiple times)

anywhere near a mic change, those are stressful as fuck

beside the first sopranos (bye eardrums!!)

next to the belters in the chorus (bye eardrums!!)

the theater during the first mic check (bye eardrums!!)

being even near any actor during show week might get you killed

any rehearsal space a few days before the director declares that everyone’s gotta be off-book (without a script)

right in front of a newly posted cast list

just to name a few more

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THIS IS REAL MUSIC PEOPLE

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Adele is shook

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Okay since I’m evidently not over seeing bmc, here are a couple things that I loved from the performance in no specific order:

•the way the squip squats on the cat walk asdfghjkl gave me LIFE

• brooke’s!! Pompom!! Earrings!! And the hair buns were really cute

•the cat leggings were g9 Christine is too good for this earth

•buzz lightyear?

•fuckin micheal and his drugs,,,my guy

•"Careful, careful! He’s a delicate boy…and that was a loud ‘thunk’“

•"Is that the source of your genetic income?” “Yeah, that’s my dad” “We’re gonna need to double those push-ups”

•literally anything the squib said or did at any given point

•rich went from vocal chord A to B to somewhere in the infinity in actual nanoseconds

•the crowd was silent when Micheal made the Enterance™ and suddenly erupted into complete disarray and screams and shouts

• the cheers at “omg I’m totally bi”

•I don’t like the pants song or jermey’s dad for that matter but when he shows up in pants, that was cute I’ll admit

•Micheal’s quote “Legalize it.” And I had to ask my friend if that was in regards to gay marriage or drugs

•THE SQUIP’S JACKET f LiC K AT T hE B O Ws

•for gods sake he wore a light up outfit with leather I love him

•micheal in the bathroom,,,was like,, more projected and raw and angry sounding at first and then a broader range of emotions than just listening to it,,so good

•all the actors were moving the props on stage while singing and stuff so honestly so much respect

•the way the squip said “damn” when Jeremy was on the floor making out with Brooke

•"you’re welcome.“

•Jeremy and Christine just talking on the couch…good content, very pure

•the squip running from person to person when they let go of the glowy chords

•the led lightning in the chords and shoes were so well dome

•where can I get those squip sweaters

•causally carries around Mountain Dew in me jacket yees I do

•when Christine came and talked to the audience like an actual play sHES TOO GOOD

•”……Hillary Clinton"

•"which is to say you’ve had ANY experience with the opposite gender" he was so offended my god tone it down

•"Do you love him?“

"W h AT.”

Things I “didn’t” like:

•ngl I was really hoping at “I wanna dance with somebody” a drunk girl holding her heels would run across the catwalk

•'tis all

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Things I loved in Exit 82 BMC

everything

okay now seriously

Every member of the cast had fuckin beautiful amazing voices like they’re perfect

Everyone dropped after the Mt Dew Red, followed by Michael screaming “ohhh FUCK”

Rich peeing in the bathroom, he did like a “look ma no hands”

Jeremy and Christine talking on the couch after the Halloween Party, guy in a unicorn costume that sits up, starts barking, then passes out again

The amount of averting/shielding eyes from Mr Heere’s dick

Brooke’s mic went out during The Play and she recovered and projected like a boss like I was in the mezzanine and heard her well it was a “go baby go” moment

Not something I enjoyed but I feel the need to include on this list: the amount of grinding that just occurred omg end me

SQUIP’s costume getting progressively more techy and extra

the way Jake treated Christine like he wasnt charming like OG Jake he was just a dumb boi

Mr Heere making an entrance and running through the house to get to Michael

Michael MAKING AN ENTRANCE and running through the house to get to Jeremy

When SQUIP was being affected by alcohol, and spoke Japanese he used like a slightly different deeper voice and it was perfect

Mr Reyes had a blonde wig with a ponytail its iconic

When Jeremy says “she was cheating on me” he

1. flips the shirts on display

2. coLLAPSES ONTO THe FLOOR

Jeremy’s walk when SQUIP controls him is like a cross between Frankenstein’s monster and an adorable robot

Michael’s “I’m your faavowite pewson” when he leaned on Jeremy’s shoulder then Jeremy pushed him off and he straight just fell onto the bean bags face first

Not a specific moment but SQUIP was just so goddamn fabulous

During the last chorus of Two Player Game, Jeremy and Michael did like epic fighting moves and then also LEAP FROGGED OVER EACH OTHER

Jenna Rolan conveniently pulling Mountain Dew out of her blazer

The way Chloe dEAD pan delivered the 😊💄🐾 speech in Smartphone Hour was mad telling of how text is miscommunicated all the time like typing lol with a straight face AND her relationship with Brooke

MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM

MICHAEL CRYING DURING MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM

Brooke dropped her phone during Smartphone Hour and sCREAMED

SQUIP’s fucking unexpected riff in Be More Chill pt 2 that gave me FEELINGS

Michael : “That’s what makes it so … *shrieks* aWESOME!”

Jeremy singing in More Than Survive and hitting that high note on “WHY cant someone just help me out” and it hit my heart and it was so emotional and he was so sad and I just want to hug him for a long time

After Upgrade these pieces flew down that were life great big circuits like SQUIP has on him and they stayed down for act 2

But then they gone for Voices in my Head so when SQUIP comes back out they would like bob up and down from the fly system like “ooh are we back? are we not? nah? okay byyyee”

SQUIP coming back in for Voices in my Head, he just crawled his way across the balcony and all the students were kicking his ass

THE FX ON SQUIPS VOICE AT THE END OF THE PLAY AND VOICES IN MY HEAD

I will continue to add to this list

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Stuff I noticed about The Squip in the revival

.(Btw I haven’t seen the original boot so if this isn’t new then ignore this)

Before he enters and Jeremy is freaking out and stuff, Jeremy does these yoga poses?? His body was twisting and he falls on to the ground with this weird position?? Just wanted to point that out

When he enters, you don’t see him. It’s all dark and you can only see this light that is around his neck??(The audience went WILD when he appeared btw)

Whenever he controls Jemery, they both do symmetrical actions and I just thought that was so cool every time.

Another thing I wanna point out is that during the entire part of act 1, the Squip is always on the top part of the stage.(There are stairs that lead to a little top part) I thought that was cool cause it felt like the the Squip was always watching Jeremy, keeping a watchful eye on his every move. Yet it still felt like he wasn’t a fully sentimental being yet

UPGRADE, HOWEVER——-> WOW, kay this is when we start to see the Squip’s true motives. The most fascinating part for me was when Jeremy agrees to the upgrade. The Squip goes DOWN the stairs and touches Jeremy. Almost like he is finally there and not inside his mind in a way?? Kinda like a real human?? It’s so hard to explain but it was some symbolic shit let me tell you. He goes down the stage, touches Jeremy’s shoulder and epicly looks at his hand like he is studying it as if he transformed into a different being?? and says “Let’s get back to work” (I DIED)

Act 2 is when I think he starts to transform into this unstable machine. He starts to wear the iconic leather jacket and even makeup?? I don’t know if he always had this makeup but I felt like it started up around act 2. It felt like the make stated to grow more noticeable as the musical kept going, I noticed that around The play the makeup is literally covering his entire face that makes him look less human

Another point, the Squip gets more and more unstable as time kept passing by, and when the play finally came, he was like an uncontrollable monster.

The people who got Squiped hooked themselves up to these glowing wires as Christine came to Jeremy?? It was like they were all linked to the Squip and I thought that was a genius move.

(This doesn’t have anything to do with the Squip but nobody mentioned it) But when Christine told Jeremy she loved him and Jeremy was about to submit to the Squip, Michael looked so defeated??? Like he didn’t know what to do and he literally was gonna give up and leave the stage until Jeremy gave her the Mountain dew, (he also said “yess” when Jeremy did it, he was so proud) Also, when everyone is screaming and falls down, Micheal is the only one left standing and he yells “OH FUCK.” (Mood)

I think I got everything?? But if I missed so cool points from the revival feel free to add more or stuff.

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some fun things that happened when I went to the bmc preformance at the strand theatre:

I shit u not when they placed jeremy on his bed right before more than surprise reprise he broke the bed and the squip, unscripted, went “oo that was a loud thud”

someone dropped a pen I forgot who and it wasn’t until like many many songs later that christine saves the day and picked it up

Michael came running through right next to where I was sitting when he made his entrance

after jeremy had christine drink the mnt dew red and everyone kinda passed out michael just went “oh FUCK” and it was the best

the LED light up shoes during pitiful children!!!!

the way the squips makeup on the side of its face intensified as act two went on

the light streaks that came down during the play were the coolest

when they picked up the bench after the mall scenes where Jeremy gets his squip, the bench was connected to the two plants and I was shocked when the bench and the two plants got carried away as one

at the end of the smartphone hour everyone held up their phone and the lighter app was open and they all had the little fire flame it was hilarious

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me, shouting at the top of my lungs: SNAPBACK MICHAEL MELL SNAPBACK MICHAEL MELL SNAPBACK MICHAEL MELL SNAPBACK MICHAE-

when Brooke and Jeremy straight up rolled around on the floor, onstage during upgrade

while stage door was overwhelming i got to talk and meet most the cast and they were so nice!! I loved them all so much and they’re performances blew me away

dare I say it?

ryan’s michael > georges michael

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

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I saw the Exit 82 production of BE MORE CHILL on Friday, Nov. 10 and it was amazing! I loved it so much. Brooke dropped her phone in “The Smartphone Hour” and screamed in horror. In “The Play,” Michael said, “And I even brought my own refreshments!” ……….and then the zipper got stuck on his backpack. And then he couldn’t get the Mountain Dew Red out. At least 20 seconds passed where he was like, “It’s in here somewhere…!” and the Squip looked incredibly unimpressed, lol.

Only 1 page of an advertisement in the program isn’t included here. Close-ups of the in-character cast “yearbook” under the cut!

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IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE BOOTLEG

Jeremy’s massive thing of Aveeno and tissues. Same.

Will Connolly has nice legs.

Jeremy tucks in his shirt? What a nerd.

The choreography in More Than Survive is legendary.

Chloe is an asshole. Also, I’m pretty sure Jeremy was going to defend Jenna? Good boy.

Jeremy is so gleeful when he sees the sign up sheet? Fuck everyone who says he only signed up for Christine- this boy clearly wanted to do it, he was just too scared to go for it.

The sad look as he realizes that the signup is just going to end in humiliation.

CHRISTINE’S LIP BALM??? Get moisturized!

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Brooke’s hair is gorgeous.

Jeremy bops along to Michael’s rap, which is adorable. It also shows that he’s only really comfortable around him- compare Jeremy in the chorus of More Than Survive, where he’s flailing and totally unable to keep with the choreography to Two Player Game, where he and Michael are completely in sync.

Handshake is repeated in Two Player Game! Motif confirmed!

Speaking of which, Michael himself is totally with the choreography. I think this can be taken as either him accepting his place in the hierarchy, or at least having the social skills to navigate it. Either way, it makes sense that he has trouble relating to Jeremy’s frustration with fitting in- in his own way, he already does.

Also, the prop and scene transitions are fantastic? The entire set is ridiculously versatile, and it’s incredible how seamless the transitions are and how they blend into the dancing. Also, the fucking sky bean bags. Who do you think had to stand up on the catwalks and drop those? I wanna know.

At 7:40 we have some quality hand flapping action? I mean, this entire scene is great- Jeremy stands up straighter and looks so genuinely excited, and he runs up to the poster, so ready to get genuinely into this play… and then Rich calls him gay and publically humiliates him.

Speaking of Rich, he’s kind of a dick in this, isn’t he? I mean, the whole bullying thing definitely is not a mild issue- Rich spends most of his time attacking Jeremy. At 2:40 he straight up punches Jeremy in the nuts, he actually lays hands on him during the “BOYF” scene, and when he’s singing to him, at one point he’s clearly about to punch him. Hard.

Speaking of that moment, I want to point out Jeremy’s instantaneous reaction to Rich raising his hand. That’s not a normal reaction. Normal people block their faces, obviously, but the way Jeremy automatically does it before Rich even finishes raising his hand, that’s not normal. That’s what people do when they’ve been hit. A lot.

Anyways, Michael is amazing? Such a supportive friend. So many good friendly touches. 9:45’s little face pat, and the entirety of Two Player Game stick out.

“WELL I’M JEREMY!”

And lemme talk about I Love Play Rehearsal too. I love Christine, and she’s so amazingly extra in everything she does. I also love how happy Jeremy is listening to her, even if he’s too nervous to talk, and how Christine is totally cool with that! They have a lot of great chemistry in this!

I also love how it’s absolutely obvious that Christine is horrible at reading the room and is constantly unaware of the innuendos she’s making. My beautiful, stupid daughter.

And, she’s so comfortable with him! You go girl! Shout at the sweaty man!

Jeremy is a ball of spastic energy. Constantly. I can relate.

Shout out to Jeremy putting his hands over his lap. It’s okay man. We all have boners for Christine.

Jeremy’s little smile during her song? It’s adorable. 100% wholesome. He’s so in love.

And Christine poking his… like, everywhere? Cute as hell.

And for that matter, Jeremy’s nervous tic of smoothing down his hair? Really cute. He does it a lot too!

Jake is apparently also on the Frisbee Golf Team. Make of that what you will.

Mr. Reyes hugging Christine. Quality comforting. My poor daughter, who then proceeds to harass him during the Hot Pocket Break. Perfect girl.

She also seems really hesitant initially with Jake. Her body language is very much “Leave me alone please.”

Jeremy has canonically had to go to the nurse over breakdowns.

Rich has seen Mr. Reyes urinate. This isn’t important, but like. It happened. Why.

Rich spends the entire discussion before his song urinating while rolling his hips. And doesn’t wash his hands. Then puts said hands all over Jeremy. Jeremy has indirectly touched Rich’s dick.

Rich’s lisp comes back when he shouts at Jeremy, then he slaps himself. Damn, that’s heartbreaking.

Also, irrelevant to Rich, but Jeremy’s hands are in his pockets 85% of the time. Like a bisexual penguin.

Rich at 20:33 keeps touching Jeremy’s face. He still has not washed his hands.

AGAIN, RICH WAS ABOUT TO SERIOUSLY FUCK UP JEREMY’S FACE, AND FROM HIS IMMEDIATE, REFLEXIVE REACTION, WE CAN TELL THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

Please, someone make a tutorial for the SQUIP hand gestures. I love them.

Rich makes Jeremy stand straight. Foreshadowing much?

When Rich sings “Rule!” at 22:25, he does the rising fist motion from Pitiful Children.

Jeremy’s flailing at 23:09, beautiful anxious deer child. He’s beauty, he is grace, he’s gonna shove a SQUIP in his face.

“Aren’t you gonna wash your hands?”

Rich flashing Jeremy while he shouts about how the SQUIP makes it so he doesn’t get piss on his hands.

Rich is a nasty boy.

Jeremy’s reprise of the SQUIP Song is great.

YEET

Michael has reentered the narrative and they both sound so happy to see each other.

Beanbags, our twin heavenly Lords and Saviors, are made with space fabric.

Jeremy and Michael move in perfect tandem, like holy shit. They straight up swap controllers for a bit and keep playing as they talk and dance and annoy each other? Incredible.

This is the most wholesome thing I’ve ever seen. So full of holes.

Michael tickles Jeremy? GOOD SHIT.

Jeremy steals Michael’s controller and his face has such glee. So playful. So pure.

Friendly reminder that part of the reason Jeremy took the SQUIP and kept obeying it was fear of become his father- depressed and negligent.

The awkward hell of having to stare at Mr. Heere’s crotch. Every time he shows up. Jeremy, I feel your pain.

Mr. Heere goes in for the hair tussle and is brutally rejected by his son. In general, Jeremy is really upset by his parents, both his dad and his deadbeat mom.

Michael is super insecure.

Honestly, this whole thing is like watching the build up to a tragedy. It’s honestly unnerving to now Jeremy’s going to get the living shit kicked out of him.

Jeremy flipping Michael off at 29:07 is my aesthetic.

Rich and Jake helping with the scene transitions are amazing.

Michael’s constant glaring at Spooky Stock Boy is legendary. Quality moral support here.

Every Time Jeremy’s voice cracks, I triple in power.

The robotic backup singers and theremin during Stock Boy’s reprise are my sexuality.

Tag yourself, I’m massive hat lady.

“Minty?”

MICHAEL IS SO FUCKING HYPED FOR THAT PEPSI, DAMN SON.

More quality Jer-flaps at 34:23.

JEREMY’S SEIZURE. HOLY SHIT MY SON IS IN PAIN. ALL WHUMP IS CANON.

I mean, seriously, that’s an actual goddamn seizure. That’s horrifying.

NO JENNA DON’T RECORD JEREMY DYING, GET FUCKING MEDICAL ATTENTION.