Making fake blood look frighteningly real onstage

Making fake blood look frighteningly real onstage

Whenever prop master Andy Diaz starts working on a show with stage blood, he knows it’s a long road ahead. “There has to be a lot of conversations with a lot of people, different trials of different ideas, and, of course, a ton of cleanup,” he explained. “But all of that is what makes it so exciting. We play around and find what works. And then, when the trick works onstage, that audible gasp is just amazing.”Such is the case with Diaz’s current…