theater messes

“I guess he doesn’t crave that mineral.” 

“It seems everyone is hitting puberty tonight. That is just… Splendid. * sighs heavily* ”

“*to the house manager over radio* tell the lobby there is two until act two… or just tell them it’s over and to go home… just spoil the ending for them…”

“Hey do you wanna hear a joke? Okay so which runs faster hot or cold? Hot! Everyone catches a cold! *laughs really hard and almost forgets to call a cue*”

“Oh hey by the way I am getting surgery tomorrow and may be out for the rest of the show. If that is the case, good luck.”

“*starts quoting the script along with the actors but does it in a horrible British accent*”

“I love these children, I really do. But I swear if one more kid misses a line tonight I am disowning all of them.”

“Did he just call him daddy? What kind of play do they think this is? This is a children’s theater for goodness sake”

“*kid in the audience screams at a loud sound* please be quite I am trying to see”

“Oh I guess the rest of the cast is hitting puberty now. Okay then.”

“Hey I need you to go into the dark room of death down there and flip the breaker. Thanks don’t die.”

“what is it that the kids say now? Savage. That was savage.”

The sound of everyone’s feet on a stage during a black out

when 5 techies go on stage, move a piece and it looks like no one did it

the sound of a smooth fly system

the feel of a screw driver with a newly charged battery 

at the end of an act or a show and the curtains close and ten techies converge on the stage at once to do their job

being able to see in the dark 

the satisfaction of building a piece and seeing it on stage knowing how hard you worked on it

fixing shit the actors break 

the sound of ripping gaf tape

saying jokes into the mic during sound check because ‘Testing 123′ is boring

going to a restaurant at the last show

watching actors cry about never seeing each other again and knowing that you will always be back

getting a cue just right

always wearing black

when a scene change goes faster and smoother than planned 

saving something before anyone notices it’s wrong

watching actors freak out when something goes wrong and being the only person calm enough to fix it 

putting 100% of yourself on stage and no one knows you were there

learning that the best validation can only come from yourself

learning to be creative, quick minded, resourceful, quiet

learning to be humble 

knowing that sometimes you don’t have to be loud to be productive