Raphael Schumacher news story? Warning: graphic, horrific story re actor

[bunnie3]

Posted: 2/5/16 at 2:50am

Came up on my news feed.  For actors here on BWW, is this type of  "prop" even allowed by the unions?  Here, or elsewhere?  omfg.  Sorry: link Ian t working again.

 

 

 

Updated On: 2/5/16 at 02:50 AM

[BeadleDeedle]

Posted: 2/5/16 at 3:00am

WUT

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/5/16 at 11:16am

Here ya go bunnie

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/europe/italian-actor-strangled/

[Tag]

Posted: 2/5/16 at 11:26am

It doesn't seem like it was "allowed":
Schumacher (the actor) changed the play's script at the last minute, the directors of the theater company told Italian newspaper Il Giomo: "The original monologue included a fake gunshot but he eventually decided for the hanging -- without telling us."

It also doesn't appear that the play was in a union situation bunnie3.

Updated On: 2/5/16 at 11:26 AM

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 2/5/16 at 11:46am

You have to wonder if this wasn't an elaborate way to commit suicide. I mean he changed from a fake gunshot to a hanging without telling anyone. That was my first instinct after reading the story anyway.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/5/16 at 1:01pm

Either way,  it's just horribly sad.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 2/6/16 at 12:22pm

Riggan Thompson.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/6/16 at 12:42pm

A Stage Manager friend of mine actually brought up the idea that it may have been a suicide.