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It’s very strange sitting in the house before closing night. Actors aren’t here yet, crew members aren’t here yet, the orchestra isn’t here yet, audience isn’t here yet… In less than two hours the house will go to half… In less than five hours actors will take their final bows… In less than eight hours the set will be torn down, the lights will be pulled, the mics will be returned, the lobby will be empty. Physically, it will be like nothing ever happened.

Crappy photo quality, but look at all that color! 😍 Barnum opens tonight!!!

#barnum #croswell opera house #the croswell #stage manager #theatre arts #musical theatre #light design

It’s not tech week until your ASM steals your phone to take backstage selfies.

#aviewfromthewings #croswell opera house #musical theatre #theatre #tech life #stage manager #stagehands #barnum

Out of the rehearsal studio and onto the stage!

#barnum #croswell opera house #theatre #stage manager

Choreography or air traffic control?

#gif #BARNUM #croswell opera house #stage manager #choreography #musical theatre

Getting ready for a day full of Callbacks!

#callbacks #stage Manager #Barnum #Croswell #Biggby coffee #cy coleman

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First production meeting yesterday, Heathers is coming fast 💙❤️💚💛

#heathers the musical #ann arbor civic theatre #assistant director

You guys, I am so excited for this season!!

#west side story #mamma mía #she loves me #Barnum #ragtime #next to normal #wizard of oz #croswell opera house #stage manager

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Talkbacks! Or, as I like to call them: the show is over but you STILL can’t go home

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I was going to gif this scene but it honestly won’t do it any justice…

stop sleeping on Holiday Inn and watch for free on pbs!

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I’m screamingggg. This makes “Whipped Into Shape” look like child’s play.

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As a prop person who’s worked on Legally Blonde, I shudder to think how many of these custom jump ropes they go through on this run.

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Not just actors are theater kids ♥️ A shout out to the rest of the team!

#theater #tech #backstage #theater crew #musical theatre

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Appreciation post for everyone who works backstage on a production

The set designers, the costume designers, the theatre techs, everyone who cleans up between shows. Everyone who works just as hard as the actors and without whom there would be no play, but who get no credit.