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Stage Manager, watching an actor walk hips-first onstage: Is it just me or is [CHARACTER] getting more and more pregnant each scene?

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Stage Manager: It’s not even real Greek yogurt.

Sound Designer: Fake Greek, so Roman?

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Director, discussing blocking with the leads: Okay, even though you never get together, there’s tension here. She starts flirting, and he turns away- just like that! Good job!

Stage Manager: Even though he is definitely gay and she’s probably lesbian this is gonna be so funny! This is going to be the biggest bamboozle ever!

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Director: Romeo, poison tastes BAD, it tastes BAD

(Cast giggles from the house)

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Director, discussing blocking with the leads: So, before this you were just friends, but now we want to add some tension. It never goes anywhere, but it’s good to play around with and add some stakes. And… go!

The actors make up lines as they block to get the flow

Masc-presenting lead: Oh, I’m so gonna make fun of your outfit!

Femme-presenting lead: *reveals costume* And now I flirt with you.

Director: Maybe add some movement that shows “Oh no she’s hot!”

Femme-presenting lead: I do The Thing and almost do a teen movie trope, but we wrote that out of the script because it’s cringe.

Masc-presenting lead: Now I do The Thing.

Stage Manager, yelling up to the actors: Platonically!

Moves to tuck femme-presenting lead’s hair behind her ear.

Femme-presenting lead: Don’t touch my hair. Pretend to. Wow, that was horrible.

Stage Manager: And then I wrote here in the script, ‘the squad rolls up.’

Director: Great job! Now to do it in front of hundreds of 12-year olds and your high school peers!

Leads: Yay.

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Sound tech holding up ball of gaff tape: this just fell from the cat walk????

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Assistant Stage Manager: If I'm the only person from the stage management team who can be on time, I probably have to actually show up on time right?

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Box Office: [to spider] sir im gonna need you to leave

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Student: oh I've got life drawing. can't miss that. naked people or Grease.

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Student: I think I'll put myself down as dramaturg as well. Fuck it. YOLO

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Choreographer: I’ll remember all your names don’t worry. [Pause. 😕🤨😟😐. Pause.] Worry.

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[discussing blocking for nighttime scene]

Rodney's actor: did Rodney brush his teeth?

[later]

Stage Tech: we are completely redoing the blocking because all of the actors decide their characters would brush their teeth and change into pyjamas before this transition.

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[about the Sam Wanamaker playhouse]

Professor: when I sat there i had an actor on my knee which was rather disconcerting

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Stage Tech: fit check for tonights totally candid rehearsal photos

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Director: how was this scene

Actor: i don't know i don't really have like a discovery or an arc in this scene

Director: not everything is about you

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Student: YOU'RE NOT HERE TO HAVE FUN YOU'RE HERE TO LEARN

Professor: I need to start saying that at the start of classes

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Professor: you can go 'oh that won't kill me' and go picket, lie down in front of a tractor