Backstage Pass Seeker Gifts

Man stands by the backstage door selling medical equipment that can be used as an excuse to get in.

"Just be yourself."

'They all want to play the star.'

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

Theatre Crowd

"Can you speak up: there's a bloody racket going on in the background."

Passed over at the Inaugural Poetry Audition

Woman crying with happiness.

"Yoo-hoo. Fifteen minutes of fame is about to start."

Acme. Breakable prop transporter.

Stephen Fry

Knickerless Cage.

"A glimpse into a cartoon character's dressing room..."

Waving from Behind the Curtain

Cleaner cleaning under the feet of the dancers as they perform

'I'm a star!'

Mr. K's essay is such a drag! Yeah, but I've got to do really well. Twig! You're such a grind! Am not! Life isn't only about grades. I know! But he's directing the spring musical. And my singing won't get me the part all by itself! English: Gateway to the Grammys.

'But enough of our golden oldies! Here's a new one we just wrote called 'Middled-Aged Hearing Loss!''

Open Mike for the spotlight operators

"My first love is the theatre, of course, but you're right up there."

Clara had come a long waw from those readings at the public library.

Fiction. Mystery. History.

'Theaters from Hell.' 'We have no sound engineers, so no there's not a good seat in the house.'

"It's Cinderella?!?"

"I seem to have forgotten what I was going to say...please...hold the applause!"

"Well, that's show business."

'6 One-Act Plays By 6 World Leaders'

'Some of you may have heard that Dr. Weil is giving HIS talk right now in the next auditorium.'

"This next song is for all you a cappella lovers. No strings attached."

Bravo!

"If all the world's a stage, I'm beginning to wonder about the PLAYWRIGHT!"

"Ambitions. . . To . . . Er. . . Um . . . Become. . . Er. . . Um. . . A. . . Er. . . Um . . . Motivational. . . Er. . . Um. . . Speaker."

"They're texting it in."

'I told you I'd make you a star.'